Kingfisher to plough Â£75m into price cuts
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Kingfisher will reinvest Â£75m gleaned from shaking up its supply chain in lower prices this year, the do-it-yourself retailer said yesterday as it reported a sharp rise in interim profits.
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The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee cuts interest rates to 5.25% from 5.5%.
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A â¬700 million (Â£484 million) stake in Air France-KLM was put up for sale by the French Government yesterday, as part of an effort to more than halve its holding in the carrier to below 20 per cent.
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The Tories outline options for cutting taxes  including one which will save up to Â£800 a year for top rate tax payers.
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InterContinental Hotels Group Plc, the world&#39;s largest hotel operator, will sell more than half its properties as part of a plan to focus on franchising and return 750 million pounds ($1.
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The Bank of England is widely expected to leave rates on hold at 4.75% at its latest interest rate meeting.
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Troubled US Airways is to cut hundreds of management and non-union jobs, and cut wages, in a bid to save $45m (Â£25.2m) a year towards its survival.
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The Bank of England raises UK interest rates to 5.75% as it tries to bring inflation under control.
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Marsh & McLennan Cos. MMC.N on   Friday said it will cut 750 jobs and take a $225 million charge   in its second cost-cutting plan in two years in a bid to save   $350 million annually.
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Sport: Russian steel magnate Alisher Usmanov purchases 14.58% stake in the club for Â£75m.
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Telstra Corporation has announced details of its plan to invite all shareholders to participate in a $750 milion off-market share buy-back.
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The cost of bailing out IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG could top $7.25 billion if conditions in the global market deteriorate, the chief executive of KfW Bankengruppe said Monday in an interview with a German newspaper.
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Treasury proposes to cut Â£4.5bn from the defence budget over the next three years
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Kingfisher, Europe's largest home-improvement retailer, posted an 18 percent surge in interim headline profits driven by rapid expansion in its international operations.
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Kingfisher, the biggest European home-improvements retailer, has posted a huge drop in pre-tax profits during its first quarter, as a continued poor performance in Britain offset success abroad.
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Supermarkets that use their size to force down prices will be penalised under new plan
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The Bank of England is set to keep UK interest rates on hold at 4.75% after five increases since last November.