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LONDON, Jan 19 - Britain will throw its banks another multi-billion pound lifeline on Monday by allowing them to insure against steep losses and guaranteeing their debt to stop the credit crunch pushing the economy...

LONDON, Oct 29 - Britain on Wednesday said its meeting of major oil producers and consumers would take place in London at ministerial, not heads of state level, as had been previously planned. The meeting...

LONDON, Oct 14 - Britain is set to cut nearly 10,000 jobs from its Ministry of Justice as part of a fresh round of budget cuts to battle the tough economic climate, The Times newspaper...

LONDON, Oct 12 - Britain will launch its biggest retail bank rescue on Monday when the four largest, HBOS, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB and Barclays, ask for a 35 billion sterling ($60.5 billion)...

LONDON, Oct 8 - Britain may soon allow top-up payments for costly cancer drugs within the state health service in a potentially divisive move highlighting the dilemmas facing cash-strapped social healthcare systems worldwide. Mike Richards,...

Britain announced plans to inject up to 50 billion pounds ($87.2 billion) in capital into its biggest retail banks on Wednesday and Hong Kong slashed interest rates to try to stem the global financial crisis...

Sep. 10, 2008 (China Knowledge) - China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) has invested in nearly 50 listed companies in Britain through its Hong Kong-registered subsidiary SAFE Investment Company Ltd with a total market...

PARIS, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Europe's economy is slowing harder than predicted and Britain is nearer recession than the other big countries of a region where the economy is close to flat...

* Group of 20 divided on push to reach climate finance deal * Agreement needed before key Copenhagen summit in Dec * Push follows failure to progress at Barcelona summit ST ANDREWS, Scotland, Nov 7...

* China says nuclear issue won't be resolved by sanctions * Britain's Brown warns of tougher sanctions if Iran balks * Exiled group says Iran working on nuclear triggers (Adds conclusion of UN nuclear summit,...