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Yen dips near two-week lows after Japan's verbal warnings

Edit Yahoo Daily News 11 May 2016
By Anirban Nag ... The dollar rose 0.4 percent to a 12-day high of 108.895 yen (JPY=), after surging more than 1 percent on Monday. The U.S ... [IMM/FX] ... "Japanese authorities will obviously never state what currency levels are important to them, but if you can read between the lines, 105 yen seems to be one of the watersheds," said Bart Wakabayashi, head of FX sales at State Street Global Markets in Hong Kong ... A recent U.S....

‘Game of Thrones’ Actress Cast in Starz’s ‘White Princess’

Edit Variety 11 May 2016
“Game of Thrones” star Michelle Fairley will play Henry VII’s mother in the Starz limited series “The White Princess.” Plus, FX has set summer premiere dates for Season 3 of “The Strain” and “You’re the Worst.” CASTING. “Game of Thrones” actress Michelle Fairley will star in Starz’s limited series drama “The White Princess,” the follow-up to the.. ... ....

TV News Roundup: ‘Game of Thrones’ Actress Cast in Starz’s ‘White Princess’

Edit IMDb 11 May 2016
“Game of Thrones” star Michelle Fairley will play Henry VII’s mother in the Starz limited series “The White Princess.”  Plus, FX has set summer premiere dates for Season 3 of “The ......

Yen pinned down by intervention talk, commodity currencies better bid

Edit Yahoo Daily News 11 May 2016
By Ian Chua. SYDNEY (Reuters) - The yen stayed on the defensive early on Wednesday, following two sessions of steep declines after Japanese officials stepped up their warning about intervening to weaken the currency ... "Yesterday's comments from Japanese officials hinting at possible FX intervention to weaken the JPY, combined with the lift in European and U.S ... Faring even better, its kiwi peer briefly popped above 68 U.S ... ....

Mars plants to be powered by Highland wind farm

Edit Belfast Telegraph 11 May 2016
Food manufacturer Mars will rely on renewable energy from a wind farm near Inverness to power its 12 plants across the UK. The company, which produces brands including Mars, Extra, Uncle Ben's, Pedigree and Whiskas, has agreed a 10-year partnership with Eneco UK to receive electricity from a new 20-turbine wind farm in Moy ... "The UK has been home to Mars for 84 years ... Zoisa Walton, Eneco UK country director, said....

Plan to turn Mars Bars green with Highland wind farm energy

Edit Scotsman 11 May 2016
Now the equivalent of all the energy needed to produce the likes of Snickers, Mars Bars, Dolmio and Pedigree Chum in the UK will be supplied by a 20-turbine scheme at Moy, near Inverness. The move comes after Mars signed a ten-year deal with the wind farm operator that will see its entire UK manufacturing operation run on 100 per cent renewable power ... Zoisa Walton, country director for Eneco UK, said....

Contactless 'tap and go' card payments soar across Europe

Edit Belfast Telegraph 11 May 2016
Some three billion contactless card transactions have been made across Europe in the last 12 months - with UK consumers being among the biggest users of the technology - according to figures from Visa Europe ... It said s ome of the most popular contactless merchants in the UK include Tesco, the Co-operative, McDonald's and Marks & Spencer....

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES (Petropavlovsk plc)

Edit Public Technologies 11 May 2016
Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C ... Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited (Controlled by Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C); 161,782,240 shares; 4.935% ... by Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited); 161,782,240 shares; 4.935%....

THE NEW MINI SEVEN (BMW (UK) Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 11 May 2016
(Source. BMW (UK) Ltd). MINI today has launched its latest design model, MINI Seven ... MINI Seven will be have its first UK premiere at Goodwood Festival of Speed on the MINI stand from 23-26th June with orders being taken now ... Ends. The BMW Group ... www.bmwgroup.com. Facebook ... Twitter ... YouTube ... Tel ... Sarah.Morris@mini.co.uk ... Chris.Overall@mini.co.uk ... Piers.Scott@bmw.co.uk ... Graham.Biggs@bmw.co.uk ... www.press.bmwgroup.co.uk. www.mini.co.uk ... BMW (UK) Ltd....

Newcastle to lead national energy centre (Newcastle University)

Edit Public Technologies 11 May 2016
'This £20 million Centre will help us with the next challenge of storing new sources of energy to meet future demand and secure the UK's leading position in low carbon technologies.' ... 'It gives us an opportunity here in the UK to really drive forward the smart energy revolution and become international leaders in this space ... Professor Paul Beasley, Head of R&D; for Siemens UK, said.....

Four teenagers saved from tide by Redcar RNLI (RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution)

Edit Public Technologies 11 May 2016
They raised the alarm by telephoning the police who then contacted UK Coastguard ... They were able to telephone the police to raise the alarm, and the police then passed on the call to UK Coastguard who tasked our lifeboats ... For more news, information and images go to www.redcarlifeboat.org.uk ... 754828 or 07786 668912 or at alison_levett@rnli.org.uk....

Survey finds unease over Brexit among business finance chiefs

Edit Belfast Telegraph 11 May 2016
Brexit is ranked by chief financial officers of leading UK firms as the most significant risk facing their companies, according to a new survey ... The report found that the June 23 referendum on UK membership of the EU had ......

Maxine Peake, Martin Freeman's 'Funny Cow' snapped up by eOne

Edit Screen Daily 11 May 2016
eOne pre-buys UK rights to 70s-set feature on eve of Cannes Marché. Entertainment One (eOne) has pre-bought UK rights to comedy-drama Funny Cow from Moviehouse Entertainment ... British film and look forward to bringing this fantastic set of characters to UK audiences.”....
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