01-May-2014 07:40

Bookies' profit slump blamed on football - Irish Independent :: http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/bookies-profit-slump-blamed-on-football-30233374.html

Serco seeks emergency cash as finance chief makes exit - CITY A.M. :: http://www.cityam.com/article/1398914911/serco-seeks-emergency-cash-finance-chief-makes-exit

Boris slams transactions tax as a threat to the City - CITY A.M. :: http://www.cityam.com/article/1398915528/boris-slams-transactions-tax-threat-city

UK roadworks run for almost 3000 miles, survey finds - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/may/01/uk-incomplete-roadworks-repairs

Co-op merger blamed for plight - Yorkshire Post :: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/business-news/co-op-merger-blamed-for-plight-1-6589508

Morrisons cuts the price of 1200 products - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/10799761/Morrisons-cuts-the-price-of-1200-products.html

Pfizer's designs on AstraZeneca stir tax envy among rivals - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/01/us-usa-tax-mergers-idUSBREA4003G20140501

Economist Thomas Piketty: Inequality 'becoming too extreme' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-27233304

Sir Andrew Witty makes case for British science amid concerns over AstraZeneca - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/pharmaceuticalsandchemicals/10798781/Sir-Andrew-Witty-makes-case-for-British-science-amid-concerns-over-AstraZeneca.html

Zero-hour contracts held by 1.4m UK workers - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/economics/article4076901.ece?CMP%3DOTH-gnws-standard-2014_04_30