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First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 31 mins ago - 1 reports

Google boss defends British tax affairs

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Sunday defended the US Internet giant's tax arrangements after claims it has unethically dodged paying vast amounts of British tax.Writing in Britain's Observer newspaper, Schmidt insisted that Google "has always ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Taxes, Google Inc, Eric Schmidt

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 37 mins ago - 1 reports

Angela Merkel

Germans blame euro zone crisis for Eurovision debacle

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germans lamented their unexpectedly poor showing at the Eurovision Song Contest, blaming Chancellor Angela Merkel's tough stance in the euro zone crisis for their failure to win any points from 34 of the 39 countries voting.Denmark's ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Germane, Eurozone, Crisis, Angela Merkel

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation

Founders offer for ENRC included Kazakhmys shares -report

LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) - The offer for miner ENRC made by its founding shareholders and the Kazakh government included shares in rival miner Kazakhmys (LSE: KAZ.L - news) , a British newspaper reported on Sunday.The board of ENRC on Friday rejected ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation, Kazakhmys Plc, Stocks

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

Vodafone Group Plc

Vodafone urged to act on Verizon

Major shareholders have called on Vodafone (LSE: VOD.L - news) chief executive Vittorio Colao to take action in response to Verizon’s campaign to take full control of their joint venture, Verizon Wireless.The American mobile operator, created by Vodafone ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Vodafone Group Plc, Verizon Communications Inc, Vittorio Colao, Verizon Wireless

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Singapore Power Ltd

Update-Moody's reviews Singapore Power and SP Power Assets for upgrade; and SP AusNet, SPI (Australia) Assets and Jemena for downgrade

Singapore Power, SP Power Asset, SP AusNet, SPI (Australia) Assets Pty Ltd and Jemena For the full text of this story please click the following link: http://v3.moodys.com/page/viewresearchdoc.aspx?docid=PR_273415&WT.mc_id=NLTITLE_YYYYMMDD_PR_273415. ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 17 2013]

Entities: Singapore Power Ltd, SP AusNet Ltd, Power Assets Holdings Ltd

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Sergey Lavrov

France opposes Syria conference if Iran to attend

By Darya KorsunskayaSOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - France spelled out on Friday that it would oppose a peace conference for Syria if Bashar al-Assad's regional ally Iran is invited, clouding the prospect for a U.S.-Russian initiative to end the two-year-old ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 17 2013]

Entities: Syria, Russia, Sergey Lavrov, Iran

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

PRECIOUS-Gold hits 1-month low as Fed pressured to end stimulus

* US gold futures down 1.6 pct, down 5 pct on week* Traders see more losses, could take market to 2010 level* Fed officials pressure for stimulus end, driving dollar up* Strong US consumer data, stock market weigh on gold* Palladium, platinum outperform ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 17 2013]

Entities: Palladium, Platinum, United States

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

ECB's Mersch says deposit rate cut an option

LONDON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank keeps the option of a deposit rate cut on the table, but it is not certain to use it, ECB policymaker Yves Mersch said on Friday."We have this possibility, but whether we are going to use it is a different ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 17 2013]

Entities: Yves Mersch, Rate Cut, European Central Bank, Inflation

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

RUBBER-Tokyo futures rise following Shanghai, down 2 pct on week

TOKYO, May 17 (Reuters) - Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures rose in slow trade on Friday following a rally in Shanghai, but were still down 2 percent on the week due to a halt in the yen's decline and caution over a rise in seasonal supply in coming mon ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 17 2013]

Entities: Shanghai, Tokyo, Jane Baird, Japanese Yen

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

Australian shares end up; Aussie dlr weakness helps, BHP rebounds

(Adds details, comments)SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday as firms exposed to the U.S. market benefited from further weakness in the Australian dollar, while big-cap miners like BHP Billiton Ltd rebounded on shor ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 17 2013]

Entities: Australian Dollar, Mineral, Stocks

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

European shares near peaks, carmakers rally

* FTSEurofirst 300 flat* Earlier losses spark buy on dip interest* Autos cheered by car, tyre sales dataBy Toni VorobyovaLONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - European shares held near multi-year highs in volatile trade on Friday, with some investors using early ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 17 2013]

Entities: Stocks, OUT OF THE MONEY, Stoxx Europe, Natixis SA, Paris

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

ECB should bolster its monitoring of credit flows - Coeure

ORLEANS, France (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should take more account of credit flows and monetary creation in the private sector in its economic analysis, ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure said on Friday.Coeure was speaking at a conference ... [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - May 17 2013]

Entities: European Central Bank, Orleans (France), France

Quotes

"There will be two German soccer teams in the Champions League final next week and maybe people didn't want Germany to win Eurovision too."

Germans blame euro zone crisis for Eurovision debacle [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - 1 hour ago]

"When a company only operates in one country, it's obvious where its profits are generated and thus where its taxes should be paid" Schmidt wrote

Google boss defends British tax affairs [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - 2 hours ago]

"This announcement builds on the success of the first franchise stores and demonstrates our commitment to growing the brand internationally through this model" F&F Chief Executive Jason Tarry said in a statement

Tesco clothing brand plans international expansion [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - 2 hours ago]

"The ratchet-effect of euroscepticism has now gone so far that the Conservative leadership is in effect running scared of its own backbenchers, let alone Ukip, having allowed deep anti-Europeanism to infect the very soul of the party."

Civil war in the Tory party [Published Yahoo! UK and Ireland - 6 hours ago]

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