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Russian billionaire Usmanov tops Britain's rich list

Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has topped an annual "rich list" compiled by Britain's Sunday Times newspaper, with a fortune of £13.3 billion ($20.3 billion). The 59-year-old tycoon, who started out manufacturing plastic bags, now owns Russia's biggest iron ore producer Metalloinvest and has a nearly 30-percent stake in Arsenal Football Club. He also has a holding in mail.ru, Russia's biggest Internet company, and a large stake in London and Moscow listed mobile phone operator MegaFon.

Lloyds hires advisers on possible asset manager sale - sources

By Matt Scuffham LONDON (Reuters) - British bank Lloyds has hired advisers for the possible sale of its Scottish Widows asset management arm, as it prepares for a likely regulatory demand to raise more capital, sources said. UK banks are having to consider further disposals after the Bank of England said they must raise a total of 25 billion pounds of extra capital by the end of the year, to be in a position to absorb future loan losses.

Scots vote, replacement debate challenge British nuclear deterrent

By Peter Apps, Political Risk correspondent FASLANE (Reuters) - Outside Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde, campaigners who have fought for decades for Britain to abandon nuclear weapons believe that they are closer than ever to victory. In the 1980s, then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher brushed aside the protesters, saying that in the Cold War, atomic arms made the world a safer place.

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Britain bids farewell to Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher was laid to rest on Wednesday with military pageantry and pockets of protests, in a funeral that reflected the polarising impact of Britain's longest-serving post-war prime minister. Queen Elizabeth II led mourners from the British establishment and 170 countries in bidding farewell to the Iron Lady, who transformed Britain and is credited with helping end the Cold War. Tens of thousands of people gathered to watch the procession through London to St Paul's Cathedral and many broke into spontaneous applause and threw flowers as the coffin passed by.

Britain bids farewell to Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher was laid to rest on Wednesday with military pageantry and pockets of protests, in a funeral that reflected the polarising impact of Britain's longest-serving post-war prime minister. Queen Elizabeth II led mourners from the British establishment and 170 countries in bidding farewell to the Iron Lady, who transformed Britain and is credited with helping end the Cold War. Tens of thousands of people gathered to watch the procession through London to St Paul's Cathedral and many broke into spontaneous applause and threw flowers as the coffin passed by.

Thatcher effigy torched as ex-miners celebrate death

In a former colliery village in northern England, ex-miners still bitter about the 1980s coal pit closures under Margaret Thatcher's government celebrated her funeral on Wednesday by torching her effigy. The demonstrators paraded the effigy of Britain's deeply divisive first woman premier through the streets of Goldthorpe in a mock coffin before setting it ablaze on a makeshift pyre of wooden pallets and a sofa.

Britain bids farewell to Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher was laid to rest on Wednesday with military pageantry and pockets of protests, in a funeral reflecting the polarising impact of Britain's longest serving post-war prime minister. Queen Elizabeth II led mourners from the British establishment and 170 different countries in bidding farewell to the Iron Lady, who transformed Britain and is credited with helping end the Cold War.

Tesco faces battle to sell unwanted real estate

By Tom Bill LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's sluggish economy and the growth of online shopping has killed the space race among British supermarkets, leaving Tesco sitting on over 100 unwanted sites it could take a long time to sell, property experts said.

Thatcher 'sparked storm of opinions', bishop tells mourners

The Bishop of London told mourners at former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher's funeral on Wednesday that she had sparked a "storm of conflicting opinions". Thatcher's coffin was carried into St Paul's Cathedral after being applauded by thousands of people lining the route, although several hundred protesters turned their backs in protest. Queen Elizabeth II led 2,300 mourners in the cathedral including Prime Minister David Cameron, three of his predecessors and guests from 170 countries.
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