Despite strike, oil firms report record profits..

The strike at the Grangemouth oil refinery may cost the industry an estimated £50m a day. The Guardian. The Telegraph.

Oil firms such as Shell and BP report profits soaring to around £68bn. The Guardian.

It was revealed that home repossessions will increase by more than a quarter this year. This is Money.

David Abrahams, the business man accused of illegally channelling £630,000 to Labour, has been cleared. The Guardian.

The Royal College of Nursing has claimed that nurses spend a million hours a week doing unnecessary paperwork. The Times.

There have been talks about giving injured British soldiers bigger payouts. The Times.

A train crash in China has killed at least 66 people. BBC. New York Times.The Telegraph.

India has successfully launched a rocket into orbit carrying a cluster of 10 satellites. BBC. AFP.

The US business class airline Eos has gone bankrupt. BBC.

The Olympic Torch has reached Pyongyang in North Korea. BBC.

Written by Oli Anderson on 28 Apr 2008 7:43 AM. Permalink

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