25-Feb-2014 12:45

HSBC Stuart Gulliver to get 70% pay rise - taking his salary to £4.2ma year - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/hsbc-stuart-gulliver-to-get-70-pay-rise--taking-his-salary-to-42m-a-year-9150504.html

GKN slides as UK's FTSE falls to threaten 7-day winning run - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/02/25/markets-britain-stocks-open-idUKL6N0LU0LJ20140225

Carphone Warehouse and Dixons 'could shut hundreds of stores' in merger - This is Money :: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2567034/Dixons-3-5bn-merger-talks-Carphone-Warehouse.html

Animal welfare given higher priority than human lives, says NFU president - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/agriculture/farming/10659881/Animal-welfare-given-higher-priority-than-human-lives-says-NFU-president.html

Pound Gains Second Day on Mortgage Data, McCafferty's Comments - Bloomberg :: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-25/pound-holds-advance-against-dollar-before-u-k-mortgage-report.html

UPDATE 1-Ladbrokes sees more pain before gain from online upgrade - Reuters :: http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/02/25/ladbrokes-results-idINL6N0LU10520140225

Sickness leave tumbles by more than 25% since 1993 - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/feb/25/ons-sickness-leave-tumbles-quarter

Persimmon speeds up payout to shareholders as profit surges - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/000528b0-9df9-11e3-95fe-00144feab7de.html

Tesco's Clarke to ditch 'baggage' - and profit target - Management Today :: http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/1282302/tescos-clarke-ditch-baggage-profit-target/

Bitcoin exchange MtGox goes offline - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26333661