United Kingdom announces sell-off of shares - The British government has announced a sell-off programme for a number of shares it holds in companies, in an effort to reduce the country's debt. It is planning on the partial or total sell-off of half of its share-holdings in 21 companies over the next five to eight years, according to an announcement made by the Shareholder Executive, the agency in charge of state privatisation. The first to go will be in the world's second-biggest uranium...