An ITV internal announcement on the cuts is expected within days, sources said.
An internal announcement of the job cuts came after Merrill said its second-quarter earnings rose 34percentt.
Early in September word grew stronger — people who had just met ministers said an internal announcement had been made for mid-October; people who hobnobbed with mandarins in the powerful anti-corruption apparatus said the same.
The internal announcement came as other big investment banks prepared to eliminate thousands of jobs in the midst of a deep slump in demand for the stocks the banks sell and a drought in corporate mergers.
Shell's new division brings together its existing hydrogen, biofuels and electrical activities but will also be used as a base for a new drive into wind power, according to an internal announcement to company staff.
Here is the internal announcement from his editor in the business section, Larry Ingrassia: Over the years, Andrew Ross Sorkin has steadily expanded his journalistic repertoire: M & A reporter, columnist, DealBook founder, book author and most recently, a frequent guest host on CNBC, which has an online partnership with The Times.
An internal announcement of the cuts, most of which are expected in the next few weeks, came after Merrill announced that its second-quarter earnings rose 34percentt, despite a slim increase in revenue from commissions and slower growth in the amount of money customers invested at the firm.
"Canvas is a strategic priority for the BBC and having Anthony in this post will help ensure that the Canvas product is a resounding success, pending [BBC] Trust approval," said Huggers in an internal announcement about a wider restructure of the FM&T division.
"It has been a delight to be part of the RTL Group family, but I feel the time is right to move on to new projects, particularly my role as chair of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, as well as other commercial ventures," she said, in an internal announcement seen by MediaGuardian.
