25-Feb-2013 19:46

Mortgage approvals drop 14pc in icy January - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/borrowing/mortgages/9892441/Mortgage-approvals-drop-14pc-in-icy-January.html

Value of money slides 30pc in 30 years as cost of goods rockets - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/currency/9892734/Pound-Value-of-money-slides-30pc-in-30-years-as-cost-of-goods-rockets.html

UK coal mine faces closure after blaze - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a7af2ef8-7f50-11e2-89ed-00144feabdc0.html

Markets spooked on Italian poll uncertainty - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c3bef20a-7ef5-11e2-a792-00144feabdc0.html

BP executives attacked as Gulf oil spill trial begins - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/9892890/BP-executives-attacked-as-Gulf-oil-spill-trial-begins.html

Pearson to spend £200m on restructuring - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f3893e44-7f29-11e2-97f6-00144feabdc0.html

Housebuilders Persimmon and Bovis enjoy rising profits - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/constructionandproperty/9893505/Housebuilders-Persimmon-and-Bovis-enjoy-rising-profits.html

IKEA takes meatballs off Europe menus after horsemeat found - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/25/uk-horsemeat-czech-idUKBRE91O0DN20130225

Tesco says to close depot, relocate workers - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/25/uk-tesco-idUKBRE91O0Y320130225

Bruising day for the pound after UK's AAA downgrade - as it happened - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/feb/25/eurozone-crisis-pound-uk-aaa-downgrade