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Bilang ng mga Pinoy nurse sa UK, inaasahang tataas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 01:13 AM

Nangangailangan ngayon ng mga nurse sa United Kingdom ngunit may pagbabago sa language proficiency requirements. Read more »

Pound gains as British PM May survives vote, global stocks advance

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 13 08:10 AM

British Prime Minister Theresa May won the support of 200 Conservative lawmakers, but 117 voted to oust her. And she only survived after conceding she would step down before the 2022 election. Read more »

Asia stocks cautious, pound pummeled by politics

Wayne Cole, Reuters
Posted at Dec 12 08:20 AM

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan firmed 0.09 percent in sporadic early trading. Read more »

Brexit in turmoil as May pulls vote to seek changes to EU divorce

Guy Faulconbridge and Elizabeth Piper, Reuters
Posted at Dec 11 08:55 AM

British Prime Minister Theresa May's abrupt move less than 30 hours before parliament was to vote opens up a range of possibilities from a Brexit without a deal, a last-minute agreement or another EU referendum. Read more »

Sterling sinks on Brexit vote delay

Swati Pandey, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 11 08:42 AM

British Prime Minister Theresa May abruptly postponed a parliamentary vote on her Brexit agreement, a move that hit risk assets globally and sent the pound spiraling to $1.2505. Read more »

Brexit deal: The end of a loveless 46-year marriage

Ouerdya Ait Abdelmalek
Posted at Nov 26 07:46 AM

he divorce deal approved by Britain and the European Union on Sunday sets the stage for the end of a nearly 46-year marriage of convenience, built on prudence rather than shared dreams. Read more »

'Big 4' accountancy giants face UK probe

Jean-Baptiste Oubrier, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 23 12:12 PM

The sector's so-called "Big Four" -- Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC -- have a long-established oligopoly to advise and monitor big business, experts say.  Read more »

British police arrest man after makeshift bombs found in London flat

Reuters
Posted at Nov 23 07:54 AM

British police arrested a man on Thursday after 2 makeshift bombs were found in an unoccupied flat in northwest London but said he did not have links to any terrorist organisations. Read more »

British police release video of Skripal poisoning suspects

Reuters
Posted at Nov 23 07:47 AM

British police on Thursday released more video footage of the 2 suspects they believe poisoned former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury in March. Read more »

UK's May wins business support for draft Brexit deal

James Pheby, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 20 08:23 AM

British Prime Minister Theresa May told the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the UK's main business lobby group, that she was "determined to deliver" her Brexit deal as she prepares for Sunday's European Council summit to sign Britain's divorce papers with the EU. Read more »

British PM to defend draft Brexit deal to business leaders

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 19 08:37 AM

Prime Minister Theresa May will tell the Confederation of British Industry, the UK's main business lobby group, that she is confident of striking a deal at the European Council in the run-up to Sunday's summit to sign Brexit papers. Read more »

Brexit divorce deal thrusts UK PM May into biggest crisis of premiership

Guy Faulconbridge and Costas Pitas, Reuters
Posted at Nov 16 04:26 PM

More than 2 years since the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU in a shock referendum, it is still unclear how, on what terms or even if it will leave the EU as planned on March 29, 2019. Read more »

Wall Street rallies but Brexit roils pound, European markets

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 16 08:10 AM

The benchmark Dow snapped a 4-day losing streak while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq both added more than 1 percent. Read more »

Aston Martin's profits rise as sales double

Reuters
Posted at Nov 15 03:56 PM

Aston Martin posted a 900 percent increase in third-quarter profit before tax to 3.1 million pounds ($4 million) as the newly listed carmaker continues a growth plan which saw its volumes double in the period. Read more »

Britain agrees Brexit divorce deal with EU

Guy Faulconbridge and Elizabeth Piper, Reuters
Posted at Nov 14 07:46 AM

While Brussels choreographs the first withdrawal of a sovereign state from the EU, May, a far from secure leader hemmed in by opponents in government and her own Conservative party, must now try to get the deal approved by her cabinet and, in the toughest test of all, by parliament. Read more »

Brexit in dates: From Leave vote to draft deal

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 07:22 AM

Here are the milestones on Britain's rocky road out of the European Union.   Read more »

Oil's plunge knocks wind out of Wall Street

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 07:14 AM

Global equities markets offered a mixed picture but were mostly higher despite headwinds from Brexit talks and Italy's budget talks. Read more »

British PM eyes Brexit endgame, but not at any cost

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 13 08:21 AM

British Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday that negotiators were working through the night to get a Brexit deal with the EU but vowed it would not be "an agreement at any cost." Read more »

Dating nurse at caregiver, sikat na mga baker ngayon sa UK

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 09 10:05 AM

Umiikot na rin sila sa buong mundo para magturo sa pagde-decorate ng cake. Read more »

Pacquiao, tinangging may extrajudicial killings sa Pilipinas

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 06 10:54 PM

Sinabi ni Sen. Manny Pacquiao sa isang student forum sa Oxford University sa United Kingdom na walang extrajudicial killings sa giyera kontra droga sa Pilipinas. Read more »