21-Aug-2014 14:51

UPDATE 1-British IT outsourcing company Quindell considers US listing - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/21/quindell-results-idUSL4N0QR28N20140821

Russia watchdog shuts four McDonald's in Moscow - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28867784

UK energy firms appear unruffled by Labour plans - Proactive Investors UK :: http://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/71516/uk-energy-firms-appear-unruffled-by-labour-plans--71516.html

Contactless payment donkey rides are a thing now - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/contactless-payment-donkey-rides-are-a-thing-now-9683123.html

Premier Oil production boosted by UK fields - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d33267ec-291e-11e4-9d5d-00144feabdc0.html

French economy going nowhere: now on track for nine straight months of zero ... - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11048215/French-economy-going-nowhere-now-on-track-for-nine-straight-months-of-zero-growth.html

Futures edge higher ahead of Jackson Hole meeting, data - TODAYonline :: http://www.todayonline.com/business/futures-edge-higher-ahead-jackson-hole-meeting-data

Bank of America braced for record $17bn mortgage payout - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/bank-of-america-braced-for-record-17bn-mortgage-payout-9683328.html

UK recovery in doubt after record fall in food sales - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11047813/UK-recovery-in-doubt-after-record-fall-in-food-sales.html

Salmond quizzed on claims his predictions of oil recovery are too high. - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/scotland-28883596