06-Aug-2014 10:53

FCA bans sale of financial product to retail investors for first time - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/aug/05/fca-bans-sale-financial-product-retail-investors-first-time

Boots targeted for total takeover by US drugstore chain Walgreens - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/aug/06/boots-walgreens-takeover-bid-us-2012-deal

UPDATE 1-Britain energy market abuse penalties to include jail terms - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/06/britain-energy-penalties-idUSL6N0QC1QW20140806

Britain Studies Bitcoin's Potential to Help Finance Small Businesses - International Business Times UK :: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/britain-studies-bitcoins-potential-help-finance-small-businesses-1459921

Scottish independence 'Yes' camp 'deluding itself' on currency union - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/11012774/Scottish-independence-Yes-camp-deluding-itself-on-currency-union.html

Senior civil servant Stephen Kelly to head Sage - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c7094d08-1d31-11e4-8b03-00144feabdc0.html

Rupert Murdoch makes abrupt withdrawal from Time Warner chase - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/48003bee-1d21-11e4-b4c7-00144feabdc0.html

L&G mulls equity release launch as annuity sales halve - FT Adviser :: http://www.ftadviser.com/2014/08/06/pensions/annuities/l-g-mulls-equity-release-launch-as-annuity-sales-halve-MiKkh1GXfkMesZ2rYK2btL/article.html

Prices fall as discounts continue - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-2717604/Prices-fall-discounts-continue.html

UK homeowners start to panic sell in the face of house price uncertainty - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/constructionandproperty/11015301/UK-homeowners-start-to-panic-sell-in-the-face-of-house-price-uncertainty.html