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France is the weakest link December 2, 2013 THE FRENCH economy is becoming a major drag on the Eurozone, with yesterday’s abysmal figures from its factory sector throwing fresh light on the country’s bleak political and business climate. French factories confirmed yesterday that their activity fell in November for the 21st month in a row – despite manufacturers across the Eurozone reporting the [...]
Amazon floats plan to use drones to deliver packages December 2, 2013 AMAZON is preparing to make next-day delivery obsolete by using unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, in an audacious plan to introduce 30-minute home delivery. The online retailer hopes to revolutionise online shopping by delivering directly from its warehouses to customers’ homes using autonomous drones that can carry small packages weighing up to five pounds (2.3kg). [...]
RBS and Natwest hit by new IT failures on Cyber Monday December 2, 2013 CUSTOMERS at RBS and NatWest were frozen out for at least four hours last night as the giant bank’s payment system crashed for the third time in 18 months, and on the busiest shopping day of the year so far. Hundreds of thousands of transactions were blocked by the fault yesterday evening, stopping customers making [...]
Taxes and pension contributions are squeezing workers’ pay December 2, 2013 IT WAS meant to be one of the most basic rules of economics: the more people produce, the more they get paid. It is a long-standing, near-universal relationship that helps to explain why some jobs are so much more lucrative than others. But in recent years many have argued that the link has broken down, [...]
Treasury insists Britons benefiting from growth December 2, 2013 THE TREASURY insisted yesterday that compensation for workers in the UK is still closely linked to output, adding to debate over the cost of living in the lead up to the Autumn Statement. A new paper seen by City A.M. yesterday suggests that in the years since the crisis, the share of output going to [...]
What the other papers say this morning – 03 December 2013 December 2, 2013 FINANCIAL TIMES Osborne under infrastructure pressure Work on infrastructure projects fell 13 per cent last year, despite the ongoing Crossrail project George Osborne will come under renewed pressure to prove the coalition is delivering its infrastructure promises after a Financial Times analysis showed slow progress on many schemes. PC sales headed for worst year PC [...]
Retiree incomes hit least hard by weak economy December 2, 2013 WORKING incomes have been hit much hardest by the UK’s economic torpor since the financial crisis, while pension income appears to have weathered recession and stagnation much more successfully. Sobering research released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) yesterday shows that while the median incomes for retired households grew 5.1 per cent in real [...]
Top banks get capital approval December 2, 2013 JP MORGAN and Goldman Sachs both had their capital plans approved by the Fed yesterday. The regulator had previously told the banks to improve the processes for dealing with shareholders in a crisis, after a stress test – the CCAR – was carried out. “We are pleased that the Fed determined that our CCAR process improvements met [...]
