23-Aug-2012 11:43

Ex-MPC member slams plans to increase BoE powers - Money Marketing :: http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/politics/ex-mpc-member-slams-plans-to-increase-boe-powers/1056703.article

Hain Celestial spreads taste for UK with purchase of Hartley's and Sun-Pat - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/aug/23/hain-celestial-purchase-hartleys-sun-pat?newsfeed%3Dtrue

Relax rules on cheap housing for the poor, says Shapps - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9493244/Relax-rules-on-cheap-housing-for-the-poor-says-Shapps.html

London open: Stimulus hopes drives gains after Fed minutes - ShareCast :: http://www.sharecast.com/cgi-bin/sharecast/story.cgi?story_id%3D20314844

SSE's energetic counter-attack - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-19354437

Debt crisis: eurozone headed for recession as economic rot spreads - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/9494066/Debt-crisis-eurozone-headed-for-recession-as-economic-rot-spreads.html

TABLE-UK mortgage approvals down 17 pct yy in July - BBA - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/23/idUSL9E8ID00020120823

Co-operative Group posts 55% drop in pre-tax profits - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/aug/23/co-operative-group-55-percent-drop-profits

Eurozone debt crisis: Awaiting the verdict on Greece - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19354900

South Africa remembers dead at Lonmin's Marikana mine - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19352372