24-Apr-2014 10:58

Travis Perkins 1Q Trading in Line; Comparable Sales +12.7% - Wall Street Journal :: http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20140424-701358.html

Patisserie Valerie owner hopes to raise £33m on London's AIM - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/apr/23/patisserie-holdings-valerie-aim-flotation

Lloyds appoints former Pru UK chief exec as Scottish Widows chairman - Money Marketing :: http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/news-and-analysis/pensions/lloyds-appoints-former-pru-uk-chief-exec-as-scottish-widows-chairman/2009486.article

Unilever to hold course in emerging markets - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/522d39d0-cb7a-11e3-8ccf-00144feabdc0.html

UPDATE 2-AstraZeneca flags cancer advances, silent on Pfizer bid talk - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/04/24/astrazeneca-idUKL6N0NG1KQ20140424

Facebook profits triple as half of internet world now uses website - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/10783576/Facebook-profits-triple-as-half-of-internet-world-now-uses-website.html

Banks in independent Scotland at risk of Iceland-style collapse - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2611938/Banks-independent-Scotland-risk-Iceland-style-collapse-assets-1-000-entire-economy.html

Factory orders rising at fastest speed since 1995 - The Journal :: http://www.thejournal.co.uk/business/business-news/factory-orders-rising-fastest-speed-7025828

Benefit cuts creating new generation of entrepreneurs, Bank of England suggests - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10783556/Benefit-cuts-creating-new-generation-of-entrepreneurs-Bank-of-England-suggests.html

Tories would scrap windfarm subsidies - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/24/tories-scrap-wind-farm-subsidies