24-Apr-2014 21:08

Patisserie Valerie puts £33m float in oven - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/leisure/article4070469.ece

Travis Perkins sales up 13% - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c890e1ac-cbb2-11e3-8ccf-00144feabdc0.html

Virgin Atlantic chief dismisses EU fears - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ddaa7c16-cbb6-11e3-a934-00144feabdc0.html

Optimism among manufacturers - Engineering Capacity :: http://www.engineeringcapacity.com/news101/business-news/optimism-among-manufacturers

UPDATE 4-Alstom shares jump on report of $13 bln GE bid - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/24/alstom-offer-general-electric-idUSL3N0NF5JT20140424

Labour looks to sever links with the troubled Co-op bank - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27147911

Shareholders Rebuke Barclays Over Pay - Wall Street Journal :: http://stream.wsj.com/story/markets/SS-2-5/SS-2-515020/

Fracking 'could be a vote-winner', energy minister Michael Fallon says - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/fracking/10786446/Fracking-could-be-a-vote-winner-energy-minister-Michael-Fallon-says.html

Gherkin's salad days over amid financial pickle for London tower - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/apr/24/gherkin-financial-pickle-london-tower-sale

AstraZeneca boss defends strategy as analysts say sales could fetch $15bn - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/apr/24/astrazeneca-defends-strategy-pfizer