31-May-2012 23:52

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

Drivers punished for going green - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/green-motoring/9301269/Drivers-punished-for-going-green.html

Hopes raised that council staff are close to pension deal - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/hopes-raised-that-council-staff-are-close-to-pension-deal-7807833.html

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

Car insurers pushing premiums up by £225m each year, fears OFT - Metro :: http://www.metro.co.uk/news/900856-car-insurers-pushing-premiums-up-by-225m-each-year-fears-oft

Liberal Democrat fury over George Osborne's 'naked attempt to bury bad news ... - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9303607/Liberal-Democrat-fury-over-George-Osbornes-naked-attempt-to-bury-bad-news-on-charity-tax-U-turn.html

Euro is facing disintegration, Commission warns - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9304207/Euro-is-facing-disintegration-Commission-warns.html

Tears on the Tyne as BAE Systems axes jobs - This is Money :: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-2152938/Tears-Tyne-BAE-Systems-axes-jobs.html?ito%3Dfeeds-newsxml

Davis to Get $44.3 Million Bonus as Glencore-Xstrata CEO - BusinessWeek :: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-05-31/davis-to-get-44-dot-3-million-bonus-as-glencore-xstrata-ceo