01-Mar-2013 00:01

To the Fed's frustration, mortgage profits have been soaring - The Economist :: http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21572796-feds-frustration-mortgage-profits-have-been-soaring-spread-besting

Council tax increases despite government incentives - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21623282

National Express loses a million customers in 'most difficult year' - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/feb/28/national-express-loses-million-customers

Runaway Tube train: Operators fined £300000 - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-21619842

We've got less money to burn, but there is still no stopping BAT - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/consumer/article3702539.ece?CMP%3DOTH-gnws-standard-2013_02_28

Losses mount at troubled Man Group - This is Money :: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2286184/Losses-mount-troubled-Man-Group.html?ito%3Dfeeds-newsxml

Bankers' bonuses: Europe right, Britain wrong - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/28/bankers-bonuses-europe-britain-editorial

RBS to start sale of taxpayers' bank share in 2014 - Scotsman :: http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/rbs-to-start-sale-of-taxpayers-bank-share-in-2014-1-2814452

Net UK migration drops by a third - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3819aa4a-8195-11e2-ae78-00144feabdc0.html

Co-op £1bn gap puts Lloyds under pressure - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0614447a-8045-11e2-96ba-00144feabdc0.html