For foreign majors like Royal Dutch Shell PLC and BP PLC, their former heartlands in the Gulf sands are now largely off-limits.
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Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, has decided not to permit the proposed acquisition by Lloyds TSB Group plc (Lloyds TSB) of Abbey National plc (Abbey).
Among the largest underlying components of EZU, in trading today Ryanair Holdings Plc ( NASD: RYAAY) is up about 0.2%, and Prothena Corporation Plc Ord WI ( NASD: PRTA) is lower by about 3.8%.
Among the largest underlying components of VGK, in trading today Vodafone Group Plc ( NASD: VOD) is up about 0.4%, Novartis ( NYSE: NVS) is up about 0.1%, and GlaxoSmithKline Plc ( NYSE: GSK) is higher by about 0.2%.
Among the largest underlying components of VEU, in trading today BP p.l.c. ( NYSE: BP) is up about 0.6%, Royal Dutch Shell Plc ( NYSE: RDS.A) is trading flat, and GlaxoSmithKline Plc ( NYSE: GSK) is up by about 0.8%.
Among the largest underlying components of VEA, in trading today Vodafone Group Plc ( NASD: VOD) is down about 0.2%, BP p.l.c. ( NYSE: BP) is up about 0.2%, and Royal Dutch Shell Plc ( NYSE: RDS.A) is relatively unchanged.
Its importance has grown in recent years after the banking crisis forced two of the U.K.'s largest financial institutions, Lloyds Banking Group PLC and Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, to halt dividend payments after the government bailed them out.
Among the largest underlying components of VEA, in trading today Novartis AG ( NYSE: NVS) is down about 0.6%, BP Plc ( NYSE: BP) is up about 1.3%, and Vodafone Group Plc ( NASD: VOD) is lower by about 0.8%.
Among the largest underlying components of VGK, in trading today HSBC Holdings Plc ( NYSE: HBC) is down about 1.4%, Novartis ( NYSE: NVS) is down about 1.2%, and Vodafone Group Plc ( NASD: VOD) is higher by about 0.8%.
Among the largest underlying components of VEU, in trading today Royal Dutch Shell Plc ( NYSE: RDS.A) is up about 0.8%, GlaxoSmithKline Plc ( NYSE: GSK) is up about 0.7%, and Total S.A. ( NYSE: TOT) is up by about 1.7%.
Among the largest underlying components of VGK, in trading today GlaxoSmithKline Plc ( NYSE: GSK) is up about 0.6%, Total S.A. ( NYSE: TOT) is down about 0.3%, and British American Tobacco Plc ( AMEX: BTI) is higher by about 0.9%.
Among the largest underlying components of VEU, in trading today Royal Dutch Shell Plc ( NYSE: RDS.A) is off about 0.2%, GlaxoSmithKline Plc ( NYSE: GSK) is up about 0.5%, and Total S.A. ( NYSE: TOT) is up by about 0.8%.
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Among the largest underlying components of VGK, in trading today GlaxoSmithKline Plc ( NYSE: GSK) is off about 0.1%, Total S.A. ( NYSE: TOT) is off about 0.3%, and British American Tobacco Plc ( AMEX: BTI) is lower by about 0.3%.
The directors participating in the deal are plc chairman Derek Chappell, club president and plc director Sir Maurice Hatter, club chairman Richard Murray, deputy plc chairman Robert Whitehand, plc directors David Sumners and David White, and football company director David Hughes.
Among the largest underlying components of VT, in trading today Nestle S A ( OTC: NSRGY) is trading flat, HSBC Holdings Plc ( NYSE: HBC) is up about 0.6%, and Vodafone Group Plc ( NASD: VOD) is higher by about 1.9%.
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Among the largest underlying components of VGK, in trading today Nestle S A ( OTC: NSRGY) is off about 1%, HSBC Holdings Plc ( NYSE: HBC) is up about 0.4%, and Vodafone Group Plc ( NASD: VOD) is higher by about 0.8%.
Among the largest underlying components of VEU, in trading today Vodafone Group Plc ( NASD: VOD) is up about 1.1%, BP p.l.c. ( NYSE: BP) is up about 1%, and Royal Dutch Shell Plc ( NYSE: RDS.A) is lower by about 0.1%.
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Among the largest underlying components of VEA, in trading today Vodafone Group Plc ( NASD: VOD) is up about 0.5%, BP p.l.c. ( NYSE: BP) is off about 0.2%, and Royal Dutch Shell Plc ( NYSE: RDS.A) is lower by about 0.1%.
Among the largest underlying components of VGK, in trading today Nestle S A ( OTC: NSRGY) is up about 0.5%, Vodafone Group Plc ( NASD: VOD) is up about 0.3%, and HSBC Holdings Plc ( NYSE: HBC) is higher by about 1.1%.
Among the largest underlying components of VEA, in trading today HSBC Holdings Plc ( NYSE: HBC) is up about 1.7%, BP p.l.c. ( NYSE: BP) is down about 0.1%, and Royal Dutch Shell Plc ( NYSE: RDS.A) is lower by about 0.4%.
Among the largest underlying components of VEA, in trading today Nestle S A ( OTC: NSRGY) is off about 0.8%, HSBC Holdings Plc ( NYSE: HBC) is off about 1.3%, and Vodafone Group Plc ( NASD: VOD) is lower by about 1.5%.
Among the largest underlying components of VGK, in trading today British American Tobacco Plc ( AMEX: BTI) is up about 0.1%, Total S.A. ( NYSE: TOT) is up about 0.3%, and Royal Dutch Shell Plc ( NYSE: RDS.B) is higher by about 0.2%.
Among the largest underlying components of VEU, in trading today Vodafone Group Plc ( NASD: VOD) is up about 0.9%, Royal Dutch Shell Plc ( NYSE: RDS.A) is up about 0.9%, and BHP Billiton Ltd. ( NYSE: BHP) is up by about 1.6%.
Among the largest underlying components of VGK, in trading today Total S.A. ( NYSE: TOT) is down about 0.3%, Royal Dutch Shell Plc ( NYSE: RDS.B) is up about 0.9%, and British American Tobacco Plc ( AMEX: BTI) is lower by about 0.7%.
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Tax authorities in recent weeks served notices on oil company Royal Dutch Shell PLC and U.K.-based Vodafone Group PLC saying they owe higher taxes than they paid because they undervalued the transfer of shares between their Indian subsidiaries and other overseas units.
European banks including UBS AG, Barclays Plc, HSBC Holdings Plc, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Credit Suisse Group AG have announced more than 70, 000 job cuts since midyear, compared with 42, 000 by U.S. peers, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
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Shares in Edinburgh-based Cupid Plc, which include cupid.com, benaughty.com and flirt.com, fell by 57% to 49p.
The administrators of Southampton Leisure Holdings PLC remain locked in talks with the Pinnacle Group.
"Cupid plc confirms it does employ a motivation team of 24 people working across three shifts, " it added.
Deutsche Bank sank 4.7%, Royal Bank of Scotland was down 4.2%, Barclays PLC was down 2.8%.
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