http://www.bluechip-az.com Business news weblog Thu, 15 May 2008 15:54:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A teenager could be behind a surge in global carrot sales after setting up a popular Facebook page as a joke, urging people to "panic buy" the vegetable. Supermarkets are bracing themselves after more than 230,000 people joined Freya Valentine's group. It urges people to "go out and buy a load ... http://www.bluechip-az.com/2008/05/oxfordshire-teenager-plans-carrot-panic-buy/ House prices across the nation are now falling year-on-year for the first time in more than a decade, Nationwide Building Society said today. The average price of a home in April dropped 1pc from a year earlier, and by 1.1pc compared with March. The prospect of the value of homes dropping ... http://www.bluechip-az.com/2008/04/house-price-slide-is-worst-since-1996/ E.ON, the German owner of British energy supplier Powergen, has signalled its intention to bid for a slice of the UK's nuclear industry with a surprise announcement that it has chosen two companies that would help it design and build reactors. Although the UK Government's exact plans for a new generation ... http://www.bluechip-az.com/2008/04/powergens-german-owner-could-build-uk-nuclear-reactors/ Google has reported market-beating results for the first three months of the year, easing worries of a slowdown in online advertising. The owner of the most popular online search engine, said first-quarter profits rose to $1.31bn, up 30% from the same period a year ago. Google boss Eric Schmidt said "innovation in ... http://www.bluechip-az.com/2008/04/google-shrugs-off-ad-sales-fear/ The housing boom of the last decade has priced many first-time buyers out of the property market, according to the charity Shelter. The charity's Roof Affordability Index found that the price of an average first-time property rose from £52,674 in 1997 to £159,494 last year. The figures showed that buyers' average income ... http://www.bluechip-az.com/2008/04/struggle-for-first-time-buyers/ Oil prices are hovering close to $115 a barrel, having crossed the record mark on Thursday after a US inventory report raised concerns about supplies. US light, sweet crude oil pulled back slightly to $114.97 in Asian trading from the previous day's $115.21 high. Brent crude hit an all-time peak of $112.83 ... http://www.bluechip-az.com/2008/04/oil-hovers-near-115-record-high/