Lloyds Banking Group back in profit

Source BBC News@ tienganhvui.com1 August 2013 Last updated at 02:08 ET Lloyds Banking Group has returned to profit, after announcing a profit of £2.1bn ($3.2bn) for the six months to the end of June.It compares with a loss of £456m for the same period last year.Đăng ký: Tieng Anh ...

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Vinamilk wants to take over U.S. milk firm

Nguồn tin: tieng anh vuihoang.anh@ibiz.vn (Hoang Anh (Manager)) @ vntimes.infoBesides the increase of capital investment in Miraka of New Zealand to above 19.3 percent, Vinamilk Board of Directors also approved the acquisition of the California-based Driftwood Dairy Company, which was founded in 1920. Get VietNam News Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) Đăng ký: Tieng Anh ...

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Explaining the death of craft villages

Nguồn tin: tieng anh vuihoang.anh@ibiz.vn (Hoang Anh (Manager)) @ vntimes.infoThe craft villages fall into distress because of their own faults. Some villages do business without a long-term development plan. Some others label their products as Chinese goods. Get VietNam News Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) Đăng ký: Tieng Anh ...

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Sweet taste of Phu Da snails

Nguồn tin: tieng anh vuihoang.anh@ibiz.vn (Hoang Anh (Manager)) @ vntimes.infoOc gao or rice snails in Phu Da Islet of Cho Lach District in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre are known for their unique sweet taste. Get VietNam News Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) Đăng ký: Tieng Anh ...

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Da Nang faces shortage of 1bil. cubic meters of safe water

Nguồn tin: tieng anh vuihoang.anh@ibiz.vn (Hoang Anh (Manager)) @ vntimes.infohe central city of Da Nang, the best city in Vietnam to live in as selected in a recent survey, has been warned that it would lack over one billion cubic meters of running water in the dry season. Get VietNam News Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) Đăng ký: Tieng Anh ...

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Uruguay MPs back marijuana bill

Source BBC News@ tienganhvui.com31 July 2013 Last updated at 08:08 ET Those supporting the bill want it passed quickly Uruguay's House of Representative is preparing to vote on a bill to legalise marijuana on Wednesday.If passed by the House and the Senate, Uruguay will become the first country to legally regulate the production, distribution and sale of marijuana.The law is backed by the government of President Jose Mujica, which says it will remove profits from drug dealers and divert users from harder drugs.Under the bill, only the government would be allowed to sell marijuana.The state would assume "the control and regulation of the importation, exportation, plantation, cultivation, the harvest, the production, the acquisition, the storage,...

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Move to extend fuel discount scheme

Source BBC News@ tienganhvui.com31 July 2013 Last updated at 19:32 ET Information is being gathered on fuel prices in remote and rural parts of the UK A fuel discount that applies to the Scottish islands and the Isles of Scilly could be extended to remote and rural parts of the UK mainland.The scheme, which was introduced last year, gives motorists a maximum 5p per litre reduction in duty.The UK government is now looking at petrol and diesel prices in 35 areas in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.The European Commission would have to approve any change to the scheme.Introduced in March 2012, the discount applies to the Hebrides, Northern Isles, islands in the Clyde and the Isles of Scilly.Fuel prices have been sought from almost...

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Councils 'make huge parking profits'

Source BBC News@ tienganhvui.com31 July 2013 Last updated at 20:58 ET Councils use parking charges and fines to pay for the cost of parking services Parking charges are providing huge cash surpluses for some English councils, according to the RAC Foundation.The 359 councils across England had a total current account surplus of £565m from on and off-street parking schemes in 2011-12, according to the figures.Eight of the biggest 10 surpluses came from London councils with Westminster leading the way with a £41.6m profit.Westminster City Council disputed many of the figures but said it would work with motorists to reduce fines.The other two councils making the top 10 were Brighton and Hove in sixth with £14.4m and Cornwall eighth with £7.9m.The...

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UK counts cost of damaged passports

Source BBC News@ tienganhvui.com31 July 2013 Last updated at 19:38 ET It can cost up to about £200 to replace a UK passport, the Foreign Office warns The number of UK nationals whose passports expired or were damaged while abroad and needed replaced rose sharply last year, says the Foreign Office.It said there were 2,254 such "avoidable" cases of people needing emergency travel documents in 2011-12, but 9,614 in 2012-13 - a 300% rise.It cited examples of passports put in a washing machine or used as beer mats.Almost 30,000 cases, also including lost or stolen passports, cost millions of pounds, the Foreign Office said.The number of UK passports reported lost or stolen abroad fell steeply last year, from 26,295 to 19,169.In all, 28,783 emergency...

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The Sun website begins charging

Source BBC News@ tienganhvui.com31 July 2013 Last updated at 19:00 ET The Sun used its front page on Wednesday to set out various of its editorial positions People now have to pay to read The Sun newspaper online.The online version is called Sun+ and costs subscribers £2 per week. The print tabloid is published everyday and costs £3.20 a week.Other UK newspapers such as The Times, Telegraph and Financial Times already charge for online access.Rupert Murdoch's News UK, which owns The Sun, announced the paywall in March, saying free online access had become "untenable".Online readers get free access to 20 articles each month before they have to pay.The Sun has a circulation of 2.3 million in print, while about 1.7 million people visit its website...

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Living room TV 'making a comeback'

Source BBC News@ tienganhvui.com31 July 2013 Last updated at 19:00 ET By Dave Lee Technology reporter, BBC News Continue reading the main storyThe way we were - in the 1950s homes were likely to have one screen at most The way we are - Ofcom says mobile devices are bringing us back to the living room Continue reading the main story previous slide next slide UK families are more likely to watch TV together now than they have been in over a decade, according to a study.Communications regulator Ofcom said 91% of adults watched their main TV set once a week - up from 88% in 2002.It said the popularity of smartphones and tablets was taking teens out of bedrooms back into family rooms.However, their attention may be distracted. Most family members...

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Counting begins in Zimbabwe polls

Source BBC News@ tienganhvui.com31 July 2013 Last updated at 17:46 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Mark Lowen reports on the day's voting, which featured long queues of determined votersContinue reading the main storyZimbabwe - New Era?Vote around the country Harare diary: How life has changed Will the loser accept the result? Election guide Vote counting has begun in Zimbabwe's presidential and parliamentary elections.Turnout was high in a fierce contest between President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF and PM Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC.Some polling stations remained open into the evening to allow those already queuing at closing time to cast votes.Mr Mugabe, 89, has said he will step down after 33 years in power if he...

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British Gas plans free weekend power

Source BBC News@ tienganhvui.com31 July 2013 Last updated at 16:48 ET Earlier, British Gas warned that fuel bills could go up again this winter British Gas has said it is planning to offer free power at weekends to some of its customers.The idea is to encourage consumers to use more of their electricity at the weekend when there is less demand from businesses, according to the BBC's industry correspondent John Moylan .The scheme would be available to its one million UK customers who have smart meters.British Gas is understood to have already started piloting the scheme.The parent company, Centrica, already offers the scheme - called Free Power Saturday - in its Direct Energy operations in Texas and the north-east of the United States.Đăng ký:...

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Female journalists face bomb threats

Source BBC News@ tienganhvui.com31 July 2013 Last updated at 16:43 ET Police are investigating bomb threats made on social networking site Twitter against several female journalists.Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman, Independent columnist Grace Dent and Time magazine's Catherine Mayer all said they had been threatened.It follows rape threats made on Twitter against MP Stella Creasy and feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez.Meanwhile, a petition calling on Twitter to do more to prevent online abuse has topped 100,000 signatures.Đăng ký: Tieng Anh ...

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Care homes abuse suspect charged

Source BBC News@ tienganhvui.com31 July 2013 Last updated at 14:20 ET A 71-year-old man has been charged with 32 serious sexual offences by detectives investigating allegations of historical child abuse in north Wales.John Allen, of Ipswich, Suffolk, was re-arrested on Wednesday when he answered bail in north Wales.The charges include 22 indecent assaults and one offence of gross indecency, alleged to have taken place between 1968 and 1989.He is in custody and is due to appear before Mold Magistrates on Thursday.Đăng ký: Tieng Anh ...

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US declassifies phone-snooping order

Source BBC News@ tienganhvui.com31 July 2013 Last updated at 11:55 ET Deputy director of the NSA John Inglis (left) is among the officials to be questioned by the Senate Continue reading the main storyUS revelations Snowden's options Spying on allies Q&A: Prism The Obama administration has released documents on its phone-snooping, as a Senate panel questions intelligence officials about the programme.The declassification was made in the "interest of increased transparency", intelligence officials said.But the three documents include significant redactions.Meanwhile the father of Edward Snowden, who leaked information about the surveillance, says the FBI has asked him to go to Moscow to see his son.But Lon Snowden told Russian state TV he...

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Police ordered to end Cairo sit-ins

Source BBC News@ tienganhvui.com31 July 2013 Last updated at 10:57 ET Egypt's military-backed government has ordered police to end sit-ins by supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in the capital Cairo."The cabinet has decided to take all measures necessary to confront these risks and put an end to them," an official said in a televised statement.The statement termed the continued rallies "a national security threat".Muslim Brotherhood supporters have staged sit-ins for several weeks since President Morsi was removed on 3 July.They have defied previous threats of removal from their sit-in protests, despite deadly clashes with security forces."The continuation of the dangerous situation in Rabaa al-Adawiya and Nahda squares,...

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Mum and partner guilty of boy murder

Source BBC News@ tienganhvui.comRancher torn by border choice between liberty and security Where half of the population is made up of sex offenders What does it take to bring up a child in Antarctica? The offices where you can never have a private conversation Đăng ký: Tieng Anh ...

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Private detectives to be licensed

Source BBC News@ tienganhvui.com31 July 2013 Last updated at 08:10 ET Operating as an unlicensed private detective is to be made illegal, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced.The Home Office said it would regulate the industry because of "rogue investigators" infringing privacy.Ministers say they want to introduce the restrictions, including criminal record checks, by next year.MPs earlier revealed that police know of law firms, insurance companies and celebrities who have used investigators to obtain information illegally.Đăng ký: Tieng Anh ...

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Doreen Lawrence to be made a peer

Source BBC News@ tienganhvui.comWhere half of the population is made up of sex offenders Rancher torn by border choice between liberty and security What does it take to bring up a child in Antarctica? The offices where you can never have a private conversation Đăng ký: Tieng Anh ...

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