30-Jan-2013 18:31

Ex-tax chief to advise on HSBC crackdown - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/9836857/Ex-tax-chief-to-advise-on-HSBC-crackdown.html

Mortgage lending conditions improve - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/db2aabce-6adb-11e2-9670-00144feab49a.html

Shunting HS2 rail project into sidings not an option - The Courier :: http://www.thecourier.co.uk/business/comment-2.680/shunting-hs2-rail-project-into-sidings-not-an-option-1.66607

Imperial Tobacco Falls Most Since 2009 on First-Half Profit Blow - Bloomberg :: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-30/imperial-tobacco-sees-first-half-profit-declining-on-europe-1-.html

Cumbria rejects underground nuclear storage dump - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jan/30/cumbria-rejects-underground-nuclear-storage

US GDP unexpectedly shrinks, decline seen temporary - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/01/30/uk-usa-economy-idUKBRE90T0PM20130130

OFT denies motorists being ripped off at pumps - Scotsman :: http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/oft-denies-motorists-being-ripped-off-at-pumps-1-2767168

Barclays' former pay chief argued for Bob Diamond to get no bonus - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jan/30/alison-carnwath-barclays-pay-bob-diamond-bonus

Tesco Drops Meat Supplier - Wall Street Journal :: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323701904578273881508866780.html?mod%3Dgooglenews_wsj

London close: Footsie slips after surprise US contraction - ShareCast :: http://www.sharecast.com/cgi-bin/sharecast/story.cgi?story_id%3D20657988