Browne's BP cash 'on hold'
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BP confirms that former boss Lord Browne's Â£1.4m leaving payment is on hold pending the result of US court case.
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By DECLAN FERRY  COUNCIL bosses admitted yesterday they will not meet next Friday's deadline for restoring a city's clean water supply.   Director of Services Ciaran Hayes said Galway's supply from the Luimnagh treatment plant will not be flowing for another three weeks.
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Business & money: Â· Group in talks with banks as deadline loomsÂ· Only increased offer will win over Rio Tinto board
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Salman Khan's trip to London to unveil his wax statue at Madame Tussauds has put Boney Kapoor's film on hold.
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The sale of a Highland estate is halted until it is decided  whether local people can make an offer.
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Business & money: The government yesterday handed Northern Rock a further lifeline as it struggled to keep the stricken bank afloat and push through a private sale
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Interest rates are expected to be left on hold for a sixth consecutive month when the Bank of England announces the decision of its monthly meeting later.
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Sport: Deposed PM's takeover of Man City is in doubt after assets worth around Â£1.4bn were frozen.
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Scottish Equitable delays investors wanting to get money out of its property fund after a market downturn.
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The oil company BP agreed to freeze millions of dollars in payments to its former chief executive, John Browne, and its departing global refining chief, John Manzoni.
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com [04-11-2004]. Electronic Data Systems has postponed the release of its third quarter 2004 earnings for the second time, as it continues to negotiate with its auditor KPMG over the value
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A major British bank said today it had to arrange emergency funding from the Bank of England to ensure it had enough cash to keep operating, an announcement that forced European stock exchanges lower and contributed to a lower opening on Wall Street as well.
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The Bank of England keeps UK rates on hold for the second month in row after fears of cooling house prices.
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The Bank of England leaves rates on hold at 4.75%, though analysts predict an increase later this year.
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A major push to seal a political settlement for the turbulent British province of Northern Ireland stalled at the last moment Wednesday over demands for photographic evidence of IRA guerrillas scrapping their arms.
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The assets of an NI businessmen allegedly involved in a property scam in Turkey are frozen.
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The rescue of British bank Northern Rock  could get bogged down in a legal battle as shareholders criticized the government's handling of the five-month crisis just as a decision nears.