28-Apr-2014 23:45

UPDATE 1-Reckitt Benckiser confirms talks to buy Merck unit - Reuters :: http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/04/28/reckitt-benc-grp-merckco-idINL6N0NK5FU20140428

RBS put at 'competitive disadvantage' by bonus blocking plans - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/apr/28/royal-bank-scotland-competitive-disadvantage

Exclusive - Allergan eyes new takeover bid for Shire: sources - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/04/28/uk-shire-allergan-idUKKBN0DE1UZ20140428

Bernie Ecclestone denies settling HMRC investigation with £10m - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/apr/28/bernie-ecclestone-tax-bill-panorama-bbc

BG loses chief but keeps his strategy - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bec3e70e-ced8-11e3-8e62-00144feabdc0.html

US hits Russia's oil kingpin Igor Sechin with first energy sanctions - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/10794425/US-hits-Russias-oil-kingpin-Igor-Sechin-with-first-energy-sanctions.html

Bank of England prepares stress tests to ensure banks can survive housing crash - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/apr/28/bank-england-stress-tests-lenders-housing-crash-interest-rates

Pfizer plots £60bn bid for AstraZeneca in biggest ever foreign takeover of a ... - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2615338/US-drugs-giant-Pfizer-plots-60billion-bid-AstraZeneca-biggest-foreign-takeover-British-firm.html?ITO%3D1490%26ns_mchannel%3Drss%26ns_campaign%3D1490

US Barclays traders charged in British Libor inquiry - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/banking/article4075547.ece?CMP%3DOTH-gnws-standard-2014_04_28

Shares dip for Lanarkshire sausage firm Devro after profits warning - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-27199304