28-Feb-2013 12:50

FTSE LIVE: Fed and ECB soothe markets after Italy election shock; RBS down ... - This is Money :: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2285768/FTSE-LIVE-Fed-ECB-soothe-markets-Italy-shock.html

Spain's bailed-out Bankia posts £16bn losses - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/spains-bailedout-bankia-posts-16bn-losses-8514506.html

Should Council tax be 'kept down'? - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21612541

Rio Tinto appoints new finance director - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e460348-8192-11e2-ae78-00144feabdc0.html

£215m for investment bankers in £600m RBS bonus pot despite £5.2bn losses - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/215m-for-investment-bankers-in-600m-rbs-bonus-pot-despite-52bn-losses-8514102.html

British American Tobacco benefits as emerging market smokers try top brands - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/28/uk-britishamericantobacco-idUKBRE91R09X20130228

Fund firm Man Group hit by employee arrest, outflows - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/28/us-man-results-idUSBRE91R0DZ20130228

Retailers shut 20 stores a day in 2012 - Management Today :: http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/1172980/retailers-shut-20-stores-day-2012/

IAG Reaffirms Iberia Restructuring Plan - Wall Street Journal :: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324662404578331653702367658.html

Boris: EU bonus curbs are 'deluded' and 'self-defeating' - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/9899515/Boris-EU-bonus-curbs-are-deluded-and-self-defeating.html