31-May-2012 21:50

UK consumer confidence ahead of expectations - ShareCast :: http://www.sharecast.com/cgi-bin/sharecast/story.cgi?story_id%3D20134760

BAE Systems say the job cuts are necessary following a review of its business - Sky News :: http://news.sky.com/home/business/article/16239074

Pension strike threat ebbs as unions thrash out deal for 1.1m staff - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/may/31/pension-strike-threat-union-deal

TEXT-Fitch: UK car insurance probe broadens drive to limit referral fees - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/31/idUSWNA851320120531

Older workers feel discriminated against by flexible working rules - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9303985/Older-workers-feel-discriminated-against-by-flexible-working-rules.html

Activist investor Nelson Peltz sets his sights on InterContinental Hotels Group - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/leisure/9304005/Activist-investor-Nelson-Peltz-sets-his-sights-on-InterContinental-Hotels-Group.html

Panic in Spain as money flies out of country and head of European bank says ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152828/Panic-Spain-money-flies-country-head-European-bank-says-Eurozone-unsustainable.html?ito%3Dfeeds-newsxml

Eurozone is 'unsustainable' warns Mario Draghi - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9304027/Eurozone-is-unsustainable-warns-Mario-Draghi.html

Xstrata boss offered £29m to stay after Glencore merger - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18286213

Booker buys Metro's British operations - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7245e252-aa21-11e1-899d-00144feabdc0.html