01-May-2014 20:53

Canada manufacturing growth cools in April - Reuters :: http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/05/01/canada-economy-rbc-pmi-idINT5N0N600720140501

Nationwide reports highest annual house price rise since 2007 - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/may/01/house-price-inflation-bubble-nationwide

Schroders profits and assets under management rise in bull run - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b879749c-d12e-11e3-bdbb-00144feabdc0.html

THURSDAY MARKET CLOSE: Strong updates add fuel to FTSE rally - Scotsman :: http://www.scotsman.com/business/finance/thursday-market-close-strong-updates-add-fuel-to-ftse-rally-1-3396024

A financial-transactions tax will just drive business elsewhere - The Economist :: http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21601551-financial-transactions-tax-will-just-drive-business-elsewhere-taxman

Fat Face looks for £440m IPO - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/10802396/Fat-Face-looks-for-440m-IPO.html

Pfizer plans to raise AstraZeneca offer - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f1c22f12-d14e-11e3-81e0-00144feabdc0.html

Lloyds profitability paves way to 2015 dividend - Scotsman :: http://www.scotsman.com/business/finance/lloyds-profitability-paves-way-to-2015-dividend-1-3394990

FCA bans former UBS trader over Adoboli loss - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a06d264e-d144-11e3-bdbb-00144feabdc0.html

Barclays rocked by bomb scare - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/epic/barc/10800667/Barclays-rocked-by-bomb-scare.html