RBS Shareholders Take 95.1% of Stock in Rights Offer

In the biggest European share sale and the first one in the UK sinc ethe economic turmoil began, RBS has seen shareholders buy 95 percent of stock, giving it an additional 11.6 billion pounds."Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc saidshareholders bought 95.1 percent, or 11.6...

Jobs go at Barclaycard and lorry cabs firm

"UP TO 200 people from Barclaycard's Northampton headquarters have been told they could lose their jobs. Managers called staff at the Brackmills headquarters into a meeting yesterday where they were told jobs would have to be cut from the card acquiring and corporate business...

Weapons-grade CIA sting operation

"WASHINGTON - Republic of Georgia authorities, aided by the CIA, set up a sting operation last summer that led to the arrest of a Russian man who tried to sell a small amount of nuclear bomb-grade uranium in a plastic bag in his jacket pocket, U.S. and Georgian officials...

'Why atom bomb? End prostitution,' says Iranian Nobel laureate

"Iran may be toying with the idea of acquiring a nuclear weapon, but Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi argues that the money needed for making an atom bomb can be better used for a more pressing need - ending prostitution and sexual trafficking of women. "The cost of making an atom...

ProLogis Acquires Prime Real Estate Assets in UK

"ProLogis, the largest developer and owner of distribution facilities, acquires the UK large real estate asset portfolio that includes land spotted to sustain more than 330,000 square meters of industrial development in the East and West Midlands which are the UK’s...