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Santander UK bank profits up 11%

High street banking giant Santander has reported an 11% hike in UK annual profits, but revealed the pressure of intense competition for mortgages and...

Broadband demand boosts BT profits

BT has said the proportion of new broadband customers using its own service hit an eight-year high in the final three months of last...

Vodafone raises profits guidance

Vodafone has raised its profits guidance for the second time in three months after seeing continued strong demand for smartphones in the UK.The mobile...

Shell profits fail to boost shares

Royal Dutch Shell's profits haul of £11.5 billion for 2010 has failed to win over the City after a disappointing fourth quarter performance.Shares in...

Winter storm covers half of the US

A fearsome storm has spread a smothering shroud of white over nearly half of the US, hitting transportation, burying parts of the Midwest under...

'No deaths' after Australia cyclone

One of the most powerful storms recorded in Australia pulled houses apart and snapped power poles as it ripped across already flood-sodden Queensland state,...

Gunfire targets Egypt protesters

Automatic weapons have been fired at the anti-government protest camp in the Egyptian capital in a dramatic escalation of what appeared to be a...

Thomson counts cost of Egypt riots

Thomson Holidays owner TUI Travel has warned the political unrest in Egypt and Tunisia could hit earnings by up to £30 million.The company said...

Shell's profits soar to £11.5bn

Royal Dutch Shell has outshone its troubled rival BP as it revealed a near-doubling in annual profits to 18.6 billion US dollars (£11.5 billion).Higher...

James Bond volcano stirs Japanese

According to the James Bond version, circa 1967, Japan's Mount Shinmoe was a serene, extinct peak with a scenic, lake-filled crater that provided the...

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