28-Feb-2013 23:00

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

The real cost of falling migration numbers - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/feb/28/real-cost-falling-migration-numbers

British American Tobacco to buy back £1.5bn of shares - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/leisure/9901143/British-American-Tobacco-to-buy-back-1.5bn-of-shares.html

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

39-tonne runaway train came 'bloody close' to a packed Tube train and careered ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2286082/39-tonne-runaway-train-came-bloody-close-packed-Tube-train-careered-seven-stations.html?ito%3Dfeeds-newsxml

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

RBS boss admits 'chastening' year as losses breach £5bn - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/feb/28/rbs-losses-chastening-year-stephen-hester

Classic Boris Johnson as he condemns EU limit on bank bonuses - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9901336/Classic-Boris-Johnson-as-he-condemns-EU-limit-on-bank-bonuses.html

Lloyds poised to make further £1bn provision over PPI mis-selling - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/feb/28/lloyds-poised-further-provision-ppi-misselling

New chief ebullient after descent of Man Group - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/banking/article3702458.ece?CMP%3DOTH-gnws-standard-2013_02_28