The up-take far exceeded the expected 300m euros
523 banks borrowed money after the European Central Bank announced that it would issue loans for lending institutions to shore up their finances. The ECB offered banks a way to shore up their capital in its first ever three-year loan offers, meant to avoid another credit crunch in the New Year. The central bank also [...]
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It can what can only be described as a gruesome attack, an elderly woman in New York, America, has died after being set on fire when inside an elevator in Brooklyn. Figures show that Brooklyn is safer than 37% of cities in the United States, and the chances of any person becoming a victim is high at 1 in 49.
Investigators raided the office buildings of three small Olympus Corp subsidiaries on Wednesday. These were among the 20 sites searched for investigations in a £1.1 billion accounting scandal. The scandal over mis-kept books could bring down the 92-year-old, successful camera medical device makers. Run for cover It seemed that not even the homes of Olympus [...]
Every year without fail bookmakers state odds on whether it will snow on Christmas day, this year has been no different. But with a light wind coming in from the tropics the chill that might have existed in the air will not exist, as predictions are showing that the temperature this Christmas will be double compared to the average maximum.
Columbian football team America de Cali have been relegated from top flight football, which prompted fans to go on violent rampage in disgust. The footage recorded simply confirms the passion people have for the beautiful game in South America, to call the supporters of these teams fans is a massive injustice as they hold their [...]
The European Commission has announced a plan to stem the tide of growing youth employment plaguing the European Union. The programme will help out of work youth throughout all 27 EU member states. YOI The new programme to keep young adults off of jobless benefits has been named the Youth Operatives Initiative (YOI) and is [...]
In the current state the financial markets find themselves in, it is no surprise that investors are feeling on edge about their investments. These concerns are only amplified if they have chosen the equity market as the place to make their money work for them, interestingly what has been witnessed throughout the recent past is investors moving into safer markets.
Piers Morgan the former tabloid editor has refused to admit that it was unethical to listen to a voicemail sent to Heather Mills by her ex-husband Paul McCartney. However, new developments during the Leveson Inquiry are suggesting that Mills herself may have leaked her own voicemails to Morgan.
The economic policymakers at the Bank of England had left open the possibility of an additional round of quantitative easing (QE) in February. The QE measures involve printing and injecting cash into the faltering British economy in hopes of kickstarting growth. The poor growth in the third quarter of 2011 saw the bank add £75 [...]
Two planets which are similar in size to our Earth has been spotted orbiting a star that is also similar to our Sun. This has been the first time another planet has been seen in another solar system that has similarities of the planet we call home, if one planet discovery was not enough a second was also spotted which reveals that somewhere there could be a planet that supports life and if discovered plans will be put into placed to get humans to it.
The streets of North Korea have been filled with people hysterically crying after learning their revered leader Kim Jong il had died. For his countrymen he was a popular and much loved leader, but for the west and the South Koreans he provided a constant threat of nuclear attacks after having shown an increased interest in the weaponry.
The foreign minister of Germany has suggested that the country would like to try and ‘build bridges’ with the UK after tensions rose following a summit in Brussels. At the summit, which saw eurozone leaders try to push through economic integration throughout the EU, David Cameron used his veto power to keep the UK out [...]
The Government has revealed that Christmas office decorations, playground snowball fights and coins in puddings have been wrongly banned after being labelled as health and safety risks. Moreover, pantomime performers have been told they cannot throw sweets to the audience as this is another hazard.
Kin Jong-un, the son and heir apparent of the late leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-il, as well as senior officials of the country have been paying their respects to the dead leader as his body lies in state ahead of the state funeral due to take place next week.
The banking sector has been under increasing pressure lately, many working in the sector have been blamed for the current economic condition across the UK. Changes to banking practices is a change that many have been calling for, not only because of the big bonus culture that many employees enjoy but because of the faults that have led to the current crash.
