Carphone Warehouse and Orange Get HTC Desire

March 31, 2010

HTC is launching their Desire handset, which will be available on Virgin Media, Vodafone and T-Mobile networks. However, the group is also broadening its distribution by making the smartphone available through Orange and at Carphone Warehouse. The HTC Desire has been designed to battle in the market against the Nexus ...

Kylie Minogue and Others Front Breast Cancer Campaign

March 30, 2010

Australian-born singer Kylie Minogue has become part of the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer campaign which is organized by the Breakthrough Breast Cancer charity, in the UK. She joins actress Sienna Miller and model Claudia Schiffer for photos taken by celebrity photographer Mario Testino, wearing only a 'target' logo silk ...

Vodafone Merger with Verizon

March 29, 2010

Vodafone will be pressing Verizon Communications harder this year to restart dividend payments, and there are rumors of a possible merger. The UK multinational mobile company started Verizon Wireless as a joint venture with the American telecommunications business in 2000, with Verizon owning 55% and Vodafone owning 45%. One-third of ...

Retail Sales Rebound in Britain

March 26, 2010

In the UK, retail sales have improved significantly from January to February, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics. Sales volumes, including fuel, have increased by 2.1% - 1.9% excluding fuel. This comes after sales decreased by 3% just a month before. These figures ...

Budget 2010 Revealed by Darling

March 25, 2010

Chancellor Alistair Darling revealed the 2010 budget on Wednesday, and in it they are focusing on tax, growth and public spending. This plan will be used by the government to halve the country's deficit during the next 4 years, he said. Some of the key points that are ...

Sky 3D Channel Launch Date Set

March 24, 2010

British satellite television broadcaster Sky recently confirmed the launch of their new 3D channel - April 3. The first to get the service will be pubs, with more than 1,000 of them already signing up for the service. However, the service will be made available for residents later ...

Barclays Reports £100 million Charge to Reorganize Divisions

March 23, 2010

The second largest bank in the UK, Barclays, said on Monday that are reorganizing their activities into 3 divisions, as well as plan to exit an Indonesian unit. They expect the cost of all this to be £100 million. In the statement, the company says that Barclays Corporate, which is ...

Lloyds TSB Forecasts 2010 Profit

March 22, 2010

The bailed out bank Lloyds TSB reported a £3.6 billion loss in late February, but are telling the market that they expect to report a profit for 2010. The bank says that the main reason for their loss was bad loans, but these have been lower this year so ...

DiscountVouchers.co.uk Creates £50,000 Sport Relief Facebook Campaign

March 19, 2010

Leading voucher codes and deals website DiscountVouchers.co.uk has kicked off a Facebook campaign to raise money for the biennial charity event Sport Relief, which is part of the British charity organization Comic Relief. The money-saving website will donate 10p for every person that becomes part of the campaign on ...

Sky Not Buying 15k 3D TVs from LG

March 18, 2010

In a press release issued on Tuesday by LG, a leader in consumer electronics, they made a reference making everyone think that they were selling 15,000 3D televisions to British broadcaster Sky. However, they are backtracking the statement now by issuing a statement. On Wednesday, a spokesman for LG said ...

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