Bank of China has started offering mortgages to credit-starved British borrowers at rates that undercut many of the deals available from established UK lenders, the Financial Times reported.

据英国《金融时报》报道，中国银行已开始向急需信贷的英国借款人提供住房抵押贷款业务，利率低于该国许多老牌银行。

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After a deal worth the equivalent of $120m last January, TutorVista is now 79% owned by Pearson of the UK, owners of the Financial Times, making Mr Ganesh a very serial entrepreneur.

一月，他签订了一个价值一亿两千万美元的转让合同，现在，TutorVista的79% 的股份由掌管着《金融时报》的英国人皮尔森掌控，这让加内什一下子又变成了创业者。

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But the Telegraph is the second major newspaper in the UK after the Financial Times to implement the so-called metered model, which allows a certain amount of access free of charge.

BBC: Telegraph extends paywall to UK readers

"I think at the moment it's too early to say if were going to have a recession in either the UK or continental Europe, " Chris Giles, economics editor of the Financial Times told CNN.

CNN: Recession fears stalk Davos meeting

The Financial Times reported that Liberty plans a potential takeover of Virgin Media, creating the UK's second biggest pay-TV business after BSkyB.

BBC: Virgin Media in talks with John Malone's Liberty Global