Royal Mail chief set for 500,000 sterling bonus - Sky News May 24th, 2013 - 00:50h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - The chief executive of Royal Mail, Moya Greene, who is responsible for leading a turnaround of the business, is set to receive an annual bonus worth nearly 500,000 pounds, as the company readies itself for a stock market listing this year... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : royal, mail, chief, 500000, sterling, bonus, news, Top Keywords

APNewsbreak: UK to pledge $195 million to Sahel May 15th, 2013 - 16:40h (CET +01.00) LONDON (AP) - The British government says it will pledge 128 million pounds ($195 million) to help make Mali and the West African Sahel more secure. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : apnewsbreak, pledge, $195, million, sahel, bonus, news, Top Keywords

BoE's King set to offer some good news in his final forecast May 15th, 2013 - 01:30h (CET +01.00) By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of England chief Mervyn King should be the bearer of some good news on Wednesday in his final forecasts before handing the reins to Mark Carney, even if the British economy remains far from healthy. After rep... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : boe's, king, offer, some, good, news, final, forecast, Top Keywords

News Corp results beat estimates, spin-off on track May 9th, 2013 - 02:00h (CET +01.00) By Lisa Richwine (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp reported quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, aided by growth at its cable networks, and said it is on track to split off its slow-growing publishing business by the end o... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : news, corp, results, beat, estimates, spinoff, track, forecast, Top Keywords

News Corp quarterly profit, revenue rise May 8th, 2013 - 22:40h (CET +01.00) (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp reported higher earnings and revenue for its fiscal third quarter, aided by the purchase of a controlling stake in German pay TV operator Sky Deutschland and growth at cable networks. Revenue rose 14 percen... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : news, corp, quarterly, profit, revenue, rise, track, forecast, Top Keywords

HTC Just Put the Facebook Phone on Its Dollar Menu, and That's Bad News May 8th, 2013 - 21:40h (CET +01.00) It's never a good sign when a cellphone company lowers the price of a cellphone so soon after its release, which makes the new, very low $0.99 price of HTC's so-called Facebook phone so very foreboding. It's only been a little over the... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : just, facebook, phone, dollar, menu, that's, news, forecast, Top Keywords

APNewsBreak: US to provide $100M in new Syria aid May 8th, 2013 - 17:40h (CET +01.00) ROME (AP) - The Obama administration is providing $100 million in new Syria aid, U.S. officials said Wednesday, but the money is for humanitarian purposes only and not linked to any decision on arming Syrian rebels. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : apnewsbreak, provide, $100m, syria, menu, that's, news, forecast, Top Keywords

Ex-News International boss Mockridge to head Virgin Media May 8th, 2013 - 09:20h (CET +01.00) LONDON (Reuters) - Tom Mockridge, the previous head of News Corp's British arm News International, will take the helm at cable group Virgin Media, one of Rupert Murdoch's biggest rivals in the British pay TV market. Mockridge will take over... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : exnews, international, boss, mockridge, head, virgin, media, forecast, Top Keywords

'Vampire Diaries' star Ian Somerhalder joins interactive news site RYOT's board May 8th, 2013 - 02:20h (CET +01.00) By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Actor and activist Ian Somerhalder has joined the advisory board of interactive news website, RYOT, the actor's charity announced Tuesday. RYOT, a media outlet encouraging readers to "become the ne... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : 'vampire, diaries', star, somerhalder, joins, interactive, news, site, ryot's, board, Top Keywords

Telefonica renews contract to rent network to cable firm ONO May 6th, 2013 - 12:50h (CET +01.00) MADRID (Reuters) - Telefonica has signed a new contract with Spanish cable operator ONO allowing it to use its network for another 2-1/2 years to sell on phone services, a source familiar with the deal said on Monday. ONO and rival Jazztel, known as ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : telefonica, renews, contract, rent, network, cable, firm, site, ryot's, board, Top Keywords