K.'s

Thursday's announcement was a reversal by Mr. Hunt, who had previously said he was inclined to refer the deal to the Competition Commission, the U.K.'s antitrust watchdog.

BSkyB Deal Moves On to Price Dana Cimilluca 2011

Growth in the U.K.'s dominant services sector slowed further than expected in February after January's rebound from a snowy December.

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The weakness of the new measure, which was touted as a centerpiece of the U.K.'s clampdown on bank pay, illustrates how the government here continues to play to public anger over banker pay while also quietly acquiescing to banks' insistence that they need to pay employees competitively.

U.K. Bonus Cap Has a Major Loophole Sara Schaefer Muñoz 2011

But Thursday brought poor economic news as the U.K.'s purchasing managers index for the services sector fell to a lower-than-expected 52.6 in February from 54.5 in January, according to research group Markit and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.

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Growth in the U.K.'s dominant services sector slowed further than expected in February after January's rebound from a snowy December.

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A spokesman for RBS said, "Our deferral arrangements are tougher than the U.K.'s revised Remuneration Code and strike a balance between the need to demonstrate restraint and the need to realize sustainable value for shareholders, including the taxpayer."

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Analysts estimate the U.K.'s major banks have about £650 billion in wholesale funding maturing before 2013.

Bad Irish Loans Hit Lloyds Margot Patrick 2011

This means even without the snow, the U.K.'s economy would still have shrunk by 0.1% in the fourth quarter.

U.K. Contraction Greater Than Thought Ainsley Thomson 2011

The weakness of the U.K.'s new measure on bankers' bonuses, which was touted as a centerpiece of a clampdown on bank pay, illustrates how the government continues to play to public anger while also quietly acquiescing to banks' insistence that they need to pay employees competitively.

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Thursday's news might not have been possible had it not been for an unexpected turn in December, when Business Secretary Vince Cable, a Liberal Democrat member of the U.K.'s governing coalition thought to look unfavorably on the deal, was caught on an undercover recording saying he had "declared war" on News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch .

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