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Heinz May Have Killed the Tin Can

Heinz Beanz has introduced the new convenient fridge pack container. (Photo copyright Soltent News)

Heinz Beanz has introduced the new convenient fridge pack container. (Photo copyright Soltent News)

Heinz has developed a new way to sell Heinz Beans and may have ushered in a new trend that could dent the tin can industry.

british airways

BA Workers Split Over Pay and Perks

Non union workers of BA cabin crew representing less than 10 per cent of the entire UK crew have accepted a 5.9 per cent pay increase over 2 years.  The union members rejected this offer earlier this month. The non-union members accepted the offer before the deadline, which is tomorrow. Willie Walsh, the chief exectuive [...]

Transport for London has a new app that can help your use of Barclay's Cycle Hire a more organized choice.

A New App in Town Can Take You Cycling

Mayor Boris Johnson launched a new company, Barclays Clycle Hire, and there is already a new app to assist users. Not only can you use the app for live transport for London data, a feature called crowd-sourcing lets you see the availability of bicycles at the newest docking stations.

The FTSE100 slipped Friday but still finished above 5,000.

FTSE 100 Limps Into the Weekend as Stocks Slide

The FTSE 100 looked anything but sharp in afternoon trading on Friday, slipping 56 to finish at 5, 258.

FTSE 100 loses ground as morning session ends.

Weak FTSE 100 Has Bright Spot in Utility Sector

National Grid rose 1.7%, United Utilities rose 5.3% and Seven Trent (water firm) rose 3.3% as a weak FTSE 100 saw gains mainly in the utility sector after this morning’s trading. This occurred following an offer from Hong Kong based Cheung Kong Group for Electricite de France’s UK electricity distribution networks.

David Cameron's words about Pakistan were harshly criticized by Miliband.

Cameron Attacked by David Miliband over Pakistan Comments

David Cameron was described as a “loud mouth” by David Miliband for his claims that Pakistan is enabling terrorism, abroad from people within its own country.

Metro Bank plans to revolutionize the banking business and will be open 7 days a week.

New Metro Bank Needs More Competative Products

The New Metro Bank won’t be fighting back a stampede of customers from first glance of the products they are offering.

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