21-Aug-2012 17:01

Mining stocks help FTSE recover in light trade - Interactive Investor :: http://www.iii.co.uk/news-opinion/reuters/news/48742

Best Buy suspends profit forecast as earnings decline - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19333367

Facebook Director Stock Sales Top $1B as Lock-Up Ends - Businessweek :: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-08-20/facebook-director-thiel-sold-20-dot-1-million-shares-after-lock-up

Microsoft and the Giant Apple - Wall Street Journal (blog) :: http://blogs.wsj.com/overheard/2012/08/21/microsoft-and-the-giant-apple/

Deficit reduction blow as figures reveal Government borrowed £3 billion more ... - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/deficit-reduction-blow-as-figures-reveal-government-borrowed-3-billion-more-than-expected-last-month-8069220.html

Banking charges are 'unfair', say consumers - ShareCast :: http://www.sharecast.com/cgi-bin/sharecast/story.cgi?story_id%3D20310193

FTSE 100 movers: Xstrata rises despite Glencore CEO's comments - ShareCast :: http://www.sharecast.com/cgi-bin/sharecast/story.cgi?story_id%3D20310452

George Soros Is Manchester United's Latest Fan - Wall Street Journal (blog) :: http://blogs.wsj.com/source/2012/08/21/george-soros-is-manchester-uniteds-latest-fan/

Eurozone crisis live: ECB hopes drive yields down; Moody's warns weaker nations - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/aug/21/eurozone-crisis-moodys-greece-ireland

Barnes & Noble gets Fifty Shades kick, posts smaller loss - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/21/us-barnesnoble-results-idUSBRE87K0IZ20120821