04-Aug-2014 15:10

RAC Gears Up For Float With Rake Appointment - Key 103 Manchester :: http://www.key103.co.uk/news/business/20140804-rac-gears-up-for-float-with-rake-appointment/

Why Weir biffed Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ab7d83e-1bc4-11e4-9db1-00144feabdc0.html

UK housebuilding grows at fastest rate in a decade - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11009980/UK-housebuilding-grows-at-fastest-rate-in-a-decade.html

HSBC's Profit Falls on Slowdown in Asia and Markets - New York Times :: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/08/04/hsbcs-profit-declines-on-slowdown-in-asia-and-markets/

Co-operative Group sells £249m farms business - Property Week News :: http://www.propertyweek.com/news/co-operative-group-sells-%25C2%25A3249m-farms-business/5069642.article

UK solar firms call for review over early end to subsidies - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/aug/04/uk-solar-firms-call-for-review-over-early-end-to-subsidies

HSBC boosts bruised FTSE after results - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/08/04/uk-markets-britain-stocks-idUKKBN0G40KW20140804

Petrol bomb attack on home of fracking company worker condemned - Belfast Newsletter :: http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/regional/petrol-bomb-attack-on-home-of-fracking-company-worker-condemned-1-6218038

UPDATE 2-Former Bank of England chief economist Dale quits to join BP - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/04/britain-boe-dale-idUSL6N0QA2EM20140804

US Stock-Index Futures Up as Portugal Announces Bailout - Businessweek :: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-08-04/u-dot-s-dot-stock-index-futures-rise-as-investors-await-earnings