Oct 24th, 2008 · With companies warning of lower sales and smaller profits, stock investors around the world are fleeing for the exits. Gloomy forecasts from big Japanese exporters like Toyota, Sony and Canon sent the Nikkei index plunging 10 percent. South Korean electronics giant Samsung posted a 44 percent drop in quarterly profit, and that country's index fell 11 percent. In Great Britain, data released Friday shows economic output shrank for the first time in 16 years. All the European stock markets are plummeting, with Russia down 14 percent.
Keywords: European · world · country · Investor · economic · global · companies · Russia · Toyota · electronics · Japan · nikkei
Oct 13th, 2008 · Stock markets soared after European governments announced a series of giant financial rescue plans. The packages were unveiled by Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy and others. They involve government guarantees of bank lending, as well as cash injections into troubled banks. The rescue plans may involve pay limits for CEOs, and the government taking equity stakes. Great Britain's plan involves the government buying shares in three big financial institutions, and becoming an owner of these once-private banks. The U.S. Treasury is also working on a similar plan.
Keywords: European · France · financial · bailout · private · Britain · Germany · guaranteed · CEO · Great Britain · institutional · treasury
Jul 2nd, 2008 · Tarceva has been shown to extend life in some lung cancer patients by a few months. But Great Britain's government health service has decided not to provide the drug. Cancer patient Donald Sutherland and his doctor, Fergus Macbeth, explain why that's the right decision.
Keywords: Drugs · cancer · Health · services · social · Patient · Britain · lung · Great Britain · Donald Sutherland · Tarceva · Fergus Macbeth
Jun 19th, 2008 · Hilary Lister uses three straws and a "puff and sip" system to control her sailboat as she embarks on a three to four month attempt to circumnavigate Great Britain. She says sailing helps her transcend her physical pain — and that it saved her life.
Keywords: British · Great Britain · transcend · isle · sailboat · quadriplegic · Hilary Lister · circumnavigate
May 30th, 2008 · The fishing fleets of Spain, Portugal and Great Britain have been tied up for weeks now, as workers protest the high cost of gasoline. Farmers and truck drivers are also protesting, reports NPR's Jerome Socolovsky from Madrid.
Keywords: protests · European · Spain · workers · Farmers · gasoline · Great Britain · Madrid · Driver · Portugal · Fisherman · Jerome Socolovsky
Apr 24th, 2008 · The top U.S. envoy to Africa, Jendayi Frazer, says that the leader of Zimbabwe's opposition party has won that nation's disputed presidential election outright. Frazer also tells journalists in South Africa that the White House backs Great Britain's call for an arms embargo against Zimbabwe.
Keywords: White House · national · Africa · presidential · Dispute · Opposition · Envoys · Great Britain · South Africa · Zimbabwe · embargo · Jendayi Frazer
Sep 12th, 2007 · The British manage to hold on to their pounds and now they can keep their pints, too. The metric system was due to take over in 2009. But after public outcry, the European Union made a policy u-turn and will let Great Britain and Ireland measure goods in the old way.
Keywords: policy · public · European Union · British · Britain · Great Britain · 2009 · Ireland · Measuring · Metric
Jul 15th, 2007 · The latest reality-television hit in Great Britain is full of sex and violence -- in the animal kingdom. British viewers are tuning in to Springwatch Nightshift to watch uncensored, uncut animal action -- with no adult supervision.
Keywords: Violence · Sex · animal · British · television · TV · Great Britain · UK · viewers · adult · kingdom · supervises
