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GlaxoSmithKline combination drug for melanoma gets FDA priority review September 16, 2013 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced today that it has received a Priority Review from the US regulator Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a combination treatment for melanoma. In the US alone, more than 8,000 people die of melanoma each year, with 68,000 of the one million diagnoses of skin cancer each year caused by melanoma. (Release) [...]
Lib Dem lines to take for interviews – in full September 16, 2013 The Lib Dems appear to have given journalists their full lines to take for every interview: Five things to remember for every interview This conference sees the party in a confident mood We have a strong record of achievement in Government Our priorities are jobs and easing the squeeze on household budgets Labour cannot be [...]
Anglo American withdraws from Alaskan copper project September 16, 2013 Miner Anglo American has announced that it is withdrawing from its Pebble copper project in Alaska (release). he Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) was created in 2007 between AA Pebble and an affiliate of Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. ("Northern Dynasty"), who are equal partners in PLP. Following the withdrawal, PLP will proceed under the sole ownership of [...]
Regulator launches investigation into PwC audit of Berkeley September 16, 2013 Regulators have announced the launch of an investigation into auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) (release). The Financial Reporting Council is looking into PwC's audit of Berkeley. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has launched an investigation under the Accountancy Scheme into whether PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP was independent when it conducted the audit of The Berkeley Group Holdings plc’s financial [...]
First-half pretax profit more than double for investment group Shore Capital September 16, 2013 Profit before tax for the Guernsey-based boutique investment bank rose by 123.2 per cent to £3.3m in the first half of 2013 (to end of June) – the 2012 figure was £1.5m. (Release) Earnings per share were up too at 0.83p, a 72.9 per cent increase on 2012's 0.48p. In terms of equity capital markets, [...]
Spain trying to get its casa in order: Country’s debt may shoot past IMF estimates September 16, 2013 Spain is still in recession, but could be turning the corner and returning to growth. The country still needs a strong recovery to reduce unemployment and avoid higher public sector debt according to a new note from Capital Economics. Roger Bootle, Capital Economics: Thanks to the ECB’s OMT programme, government bond yields are back to [...]
Eurozone Consumer Price Index meets expectations September 16, 2013 The Eurozone Consumer Price Index has come in in line with expectations of a 0.1 per cent increase for August. July's figure was down -0.5 per cent. Year-on-year, the rate of change for the index has decreased 0.3 per cent, with July to July up 1.6 per cent and August to August up 1.3 per [...]
Sparkling results for Petra Diamonds as production soars September 16, 2013 Diamond company Petra Diamonds has seen revenue increase by 27 per cent, from $316.9m in 2012 to $402.7m this year. (Release) Production was up by 21 per cent to 2,666,305m carats, with profits glistening at $52.5m (up from $8.4m in 2012). Whilst other commodity markets have experienced degrees of turbulence over the last few years, [...]
ECB’s Draghi says Eurozone recovery is still young and fragile September 16, 2013 European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi has said that the Eurozone economy remains fragile, and that unemployment is far too high. The central bank chief said that the area has made progress, but this is not yet fully reflected in the cost of borrowing. Now he's pushes for growth with a "stable foundation, saying [...]
Surge in women on bank boards after credit crisis September 16, 2013 BRITISH banks have almost doubled the proportion of women on their boards in the past six years, according to research out today from recruiter Astbury Marsden. Twenty per cent of board directors are now women across the top five biggest UK lenders, up from 12 per cent in 2007. That is the same level as [...]