23-Aug-2012 12:44

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

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

Kate Barker, ex MPC member, says more QE may be ineffective - MyFinances.co.uk :: http://www.myfinances.co.uk/savings/2012/08/23/kate-barker-ex-mpc-member-says-more-qe-may-be-ineffective

New markets raise Diageo spirits - The Press Association :: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jy142kSCFl220zToVnyL5MFcpyEA?docId%3DN0139451345714657425A

UK's Co-op profits slump amid zone euro uncertainty - Reuters :: http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/08/23/co-op-results-idINL6E8JN7P420120823

Premier Foods sells more brands; Hain eyes UK growth - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/08/23/uk-premierfoods-unitsale-idUKBRE87M0A620120823

Eurozone recession looms, surveys show - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3bca9b0a-ecf2-11e1-9980-00144feab49a.html

Mortgage approvals slump by 17 percent - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/08/23/uk-mortgage-approvals-idUKLNE87M00M20120823

Debt crisis: live - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/debt-crisis-live/9493671/Debt-crisis-live.html