06-Aug-2014 07:50

Banks' credit ratings downgraded as state bailout guarantees recede - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/banks-credit-ratings-downgraded-as-state-bailout-guarantees-recede-9650572.html

Walgreen Co. poised to announce headquarters to stay in Deerfield - Chicago Sun-Times :: http://politics.suntimes.com/article/chicago/walgreen-co-poised-announce-headquarters-stay-deerfield/tue-08052014-941pm

Osborne warns of choice between welfare and big transport projects - Herald Scotland :: http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/wider-political-news/osborne-warns-of-choice-between-welfare-and-big-transport-projects.24963081?utm_source%3Dwww.heraldscotland.com%26utm_medium%3DRSS%2520Feed%26utm_campaign%3DScottish%2520Political%2520News

China July official services PMI dips to six-month low - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/06/us-china-economy-pmi-hsbc-idUSKBN0G503B20140806

Standard Life confident it can ride out pensions turbulence - Herald Scotland :: http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/company-news/standard-life-confident-it-can-ride-out-pensions-turbulence.24965111

Energy price rigging to become jailable offence, says Ed Davey - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11014250/Energy-price-rigging-to-become-jailable-offence-says-Ed-Davey.html

Banks to be forced to increase competition in SME lending - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/11014563/Banks-to-be-forced-to-increase-competition-in-SME-lending.html

Prices will keep falling amid supermarket war - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/11014825/Prices-will-keep-falling-amid-supermarket-war.html

Murdoch's Time Warner withdrawal stuns observers - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/48003bee-1d21-11e4-b4c7-00144feabdc0.html

StanChart may face new penalty over failure to flag risky transactions - source - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/08/06/uk-stanchart-investigation-idUKKBN0G60A320140806