02-Jan-2013 14:26

FSA backs down to give billionaire route to the top at Metro Bank - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/banking/article3645489.ece

Iain Duncan Smith calls benefit rises unfair - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20886192

Retail administrations continued to increase last year - Property Week News :: http://www.propertyweek.com/news/news-by-sector/retail/retail-administrations-continued-to-increase-last-year/5048133.article

Retailer John Lewis posts record Christmas sales - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/02/uk-johnlewis-idUKBRE90107G20130102

City Spy: Sorrell in a taxing change of mind - Evening Standard :: http://www.standard.co.uk/business/cityspy/city-spy-sorrell-in-a-taxing-change-of-mind-8435344.html

Euro-Zone Manufacturing Shrinks in December - Wall Street Journal :: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323374504578216950737679348.html

Back from the brink: US fiscal cliff deal sends London's FTSE 100 Index soaring ... - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/back-from-the-brink-us-fiscal-cliff-deal-sends-londons-ftse-100-index-soaring-through-6000-barrier-8434832.html

Inflation-busting train fare rises 'could be scrapped' as it emerges prices have ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255736/Inflation-busting-train-fare-rises-scrapped-emerges-prices-nearly-DOUBLED-decade.html

'Fiscal cliff' deal reached: live - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/debt-crisis-live/9774748/Fiscal-cliff-deal-reached-live.html

House prices inch up in November - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2013/jan/02/house-prices-inch-up-november