BBC News | Business | UK EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.Barclays eyes Lehman assets- September 16, 2008 UK bank Barclays says it is in talks to buy the core assets of collapsed US investment bank Lehman Brothers.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7618312.stm HP set to cut workforce by 24,600- September 16, 2008 Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest computer company, says it plans to cut 24,600 jobs following its takeover of EDS.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7618068.stm Bank trims China interest rates- September 15, 2008 China's central bank cuts interest rates for the first time in six years amid growing turmoil in global financial markets.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7616551.stm Stranded Britons face extra bill- September 14, 2008 A British couple are given a hotel bill for almost 1,000, despite having already paid for their XL holiday.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7614974.stm HSBC chief backs bank pay reform- September 13, 2008 Bankers' pay needs to be reformed so deals that turn bad are no longer handsomely rewarded, says the boss of HSBC.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7613643.stm US retail sales decline in August- September 12, 2008 US retail sales fall unexpectedly in August, the second monthly decline in a row, increasing concerns about the US economy.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7612695.stm Abbey cuts mortgages rates- September 12, 2008 The Abbey bank has become the latest lender on the high-street to cut rates on some of its mortgage products.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7612265.stm Olympics slows Chinese industry- September 12, 2008 The rate of growth of China's industrial output slowed to a six-month low in August, as factories were closed for the Olympics.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7611782.stm |