Archive for March 19th, 2013

Bank of England

UK inflation rate moves up to 2.8%

The UK’s Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose at the fastest pace in nine months in February, official figures showed today. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that CPI inflation grew by 2.8% in the year to February 2013, up …

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Lonely Planet Travel

BBC to sell Lonely Planet to NC2 Media in $78m deal

British Broadcasting Corp's (BBC) commercial arm BBC Worldwide Ltd said today it had entered into an agreement to sell its non-core Australian travel guide business Lonely Planet Publications

Insurance

Royal London acquires insurance and asset management arm of Co-operative Banking

UK mutual life and pensions company The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited said today it had agreed to buy Co-operative Insurance Society Limited (CIS) and The Co-operative

HSBC

UK banking major HSBC sells Candian consumer finance opeations

UK banking group HSBC Holdings plc's (LON:HSBA) indirect Canadian unit HSBC Retail Services Limited said it would sell its consumer private label credit card portfolio to TD Financing

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