US embassy cables: Washington told of RBS's 'disastrous acquisitions'

C O N F I D E N T I A L LONDON 001069

SIPDIS

TREASURY FOR MEYER AND WINN

EO 12958 DECL: 5/6/2014

TAGS ECON, EINV, UK

SUBJECT: RBS EXECUTIVES SAY "MEA CULPA" - AND SHARE PLANS

TO RESTORE BANK'S STANDING

Classified...

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Happiness doesn't increase with growing wealth of nations, finds study

A survey of developed and developing countries suggests citizens' sense of wellbeing does not rise with increasing wealth

Getting richer does not make a country happier in the long run, according to the largest-ever review of the links between a...

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Bad weather suspends Scotland deliveries

M&S, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Amazon, Boots and Parcelforce refuse to guarantee delivery of online orders by Christmas

Major retailers have been forced to suspend online customers' deliveries – and in some cases even new orders – in Scotland as a result...

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S. Africa opens first space office

South Africa has opened its first space office in the capital Johannesburg in an attempt to become the continent's leading earth observation centre in the next 10 years. The Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor said: "Our efforts to...

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Regulators eye Stanford brokers in probe: report

HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators have notified some brokers who worked for indicted financier Allen Stanford that they may face civil fraud charges, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

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