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Sunday 13 January 2013

UK Financial News on 2013-01-13

Jaguar Land Rover 'adds 800 jobs'
Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover is set to announce the creation of new jobs at its plant in Solihull in the West Midlands of England......

New state pension 'set for 2017'
Details of a flat-rate state pension probably starting in April 2017 and thought to be around the equivalent of 144 today will be announced on Monday......

Hyundai and Kia combine design
Kia's design boss Peter Schreyer has been named as the new head designer for the wider Hyundai Motor Group......

Warning of driving licence fines
Many drivers are facing a fine of 1,000 for failing to update their photo-card driving licences, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency warns......

City Deal 'may bring 22,000 jobs'
More than 22,000 jobs could be created or safeguarded in the Tees Valley if it wins City Deal status, business leaders claim......

Call to push Scots whisky trail
Speyside's malt whisky heritage should be marketed more vigorously to attract wealthy tourists, say a former chairman of VisitScotland......

Porn firms sue over LA condom law
Major porn companies take legal action to try to overturn a measure requiring porn actors in Los Angeles County to wear condoms during filming......

Brazil indigenous delay eviction
Police in Rio de Janeiro pull out from an area next to the Maracana stadium from where an indigenous community is expected to be evicted......

Cheery carmakers flock to Detroit
US carmakers cheer, but city suffers.....

Turning detective to track down lost life insurance
Turning detective to track down lost life insurance.....

Breakingviews: Battling Detroit's Decay
Detroit is hosting the glitzy North American International Auto Show while trying to fend off a massive municipal bankruptcy. One Motor City street corner epitomizes the good, the bad and the ugly......

3D scan reveals fetal anatomy - inside and out
Jan. 13 - A combination of scanning technologies developed in Brazil, is giving doctors and expectant parents the opportunity to examine their unborn babies in unprecedented detail, inside and out. The system can not only provide a three-dimensional .....

French capital flight spikes as Hollande hits business
France suffered a surge of capital flight over the autumn as president Francois Hollande pushed through a raft of tax rises and stepped up his campaign against the rich.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/5683.....

Greece faces decision over tax evasion scandal
Greek lawmakers will vote on whether two former prime ministers and a pair of ex-finance ministers should face criminal prosecution for turning a blind eye to potential tax cheats in the biggest tax evasion scandal to hit the country in decades.<i.....

F1 bribery trial 'will be amusing' - Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone says he is prepared to testify in a trial at London's High Court concerning a $44m (27.3m) bribe he allegedly paid to German banker Gerhard Gribkowsky to steer the sale of Formula One.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegra.....

Glaxo 'disregards' suppliers with 90-day payment terms
GlaxoSmithKline, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical company, has been accused of "corporate greed" by a small business group for extending the amount of time it takes to pay its suppliers to up to three months.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://t.....

Ask John: There are no golden rules to help turn around a struggling business
Straight-talking, common sense from the front line of management .<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/277b8b60/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/1522.....

Brighter outlook for platinum as demand rises and gold loses its lustre
Could platinum be a better bet than gold in 2013? Despite bullish analysts' predictions on gold for this year, the precious metal had a lacklustre start. In contrast, the outlook for platinum may be brighter.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://t.....

Personal View: Housebuilders lead the way out of our economic slump
One of my favourites to be among the winners in 2013 is housebuilders.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/277b86d1/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/.....

Back to the future for banking
Salamanca's Martin Bellamy digs deep for answers, writes Jonathan Russell.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/277b86d2/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.co.....

Back to the future for investment banking
Salamanca's Martin Bellamy digs deep for answers, writes Jonathan Russell.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/277b1139/mf.gif' border='0'/>.....

Monday interview: Novo Nordisk chief Lars Sorensen
Insulin giant's chief is in for a marathon.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/277b86d3/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/152264883408/u/3/f/568300/c.....

Monday interview: Novo Nordisk's Lars Sorensen
Insulin giant's chief is acutely aware the decisions he makes affect the lives of millions of diabetes sufferers.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/277b113a/mf.gif' border='0'/>.....

Good News Britain: Best ever sales for Jaguar Land Rover in 2012
Jaguar Land Rover achieved its best ever sales performance in 2012, selling 30 per cent more vehicles than the previous year.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/277b0822/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/.....

Issue of EU membership is too important to be left to the Americans
Last week, a senior US official made an attempt to influence the growing debate in Britain about our EU membership.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/277b0381/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br.....

Issue of our EU membership is too important to be left to the Americans
Last week, a senior US official made an attempt to influence the growing debate in Britain about our EU membership.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/277af836/mf.gif' border='0'/>.....

The dangers of outside interventions in divorce discussions
Last week, a senior US official made an attempt to influence the growing debate in Britain about our EU membership.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/277aecd6/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br.....

Mario Draghi has saved the rich, now he must save the poor
The European Central Bank has washed its hands of any further responsibility for the 27m people across the eurozone listed as unemployed or classified as discouraged workers.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f.....

Brits turn health and French - OBR
Britons are turning both healthy and French if forecasts from the Treasury's official economic arbiter are to be believed.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/277a5820/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/>.....

Week ahead in business and economics: Jan 14 - 18
Britain's three major listed supermarkets will reveal all about Christmas trading this week, with analysts expecting mixed results.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/27799841/mf.gif' border='0'/>&.....

Fourth Dreamliner glitch in a week
Japan Airlines has reported another fuel leak in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the fourth glitch to hit the next-generation aircraft in a week.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/277996c7/mf.gif' border='0.....

Jaguar creates 800 jobs driven by China sales
China overtook the UK to become Jaguar Land Rover's largest market for the first time in 2012, driving record sales at the luxury British car maker.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/277b9ce8/mf.gif'.....

Jaguar creates 800 jobs in UK as demand from China drives sales
China overtook the UK to become Jaguar Land Rover's largest market for the first time in 2012, driving record sales at the luxury British car maker.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/27788005/mf.gif'.....

Lloyds chief in line for 4m bonus
Lloyds Banking Group's chief executive, Antonio Horta-Osorio, is set to receive a multi-million-pound bonus this year despite a forecast loss at the taxpayer-backed bank.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568.....

Tony Blair widens his web via the stock markets
Former PM sets up his own stock market trading desk at Mayfair HQ.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/27775287/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/1522.....

Active investment: the wrong track?
Few actively managed funds consistently beat passive 'trackers'.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/27776ab1/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/152264.....

G4S agrees deal over fiasco at Olympics
Loss on the contract larger than the 50m originally estimated.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://telegraph.feedsportal.com/c/32726/f/568300/s/27776ab0/mf.gif' border='0'/><br/><br/><a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/15226486.....