24-Dec-2014 13:00

Thorntons shares down after warning - Hillingdon Times :: http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/national/11684342.Thorntons_issues_profits_warning/

Smith & Nephew shares jump 10pc on Stryker bid reports - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/pharmaceuticalsandchemicals/11312076/Smith-and-Nephew-shares-jump-10pc-on-Stryker-bid-reports.html

Lakeside owner in £354m Spanish buy - Evening Standard :: http://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/lakeside-owner-in-354m-spanish-buy-9943782.html

S&P's Russia Junk Warning Shows Ruble Rebound Comes Late - Businessweek :: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-12-24/s-and-p-s-russia-junk-warning-shows-ruble-rebound-comes-late

FTSE LIVE: Footsie holds modest gains ahead of Christmas break - This is Money :: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2885995/FTSE-LIVE-Wall-Street-euphoria-ripples-Atlantic.html

MPs and business leaders talk up retail industry - Essential Retail :: http://www.essentialretail.com/news/article/549a89f0dfd87-mps-and-business-leaders-talk-up-retail-industry

Yodel boss Dick Stead apologises as thousands of parcels risk missing Christmas - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2885939/Delivery-firm-Yodel-s-boss-forced-grovelling-apology-delays-mean-thousands-customers-not-receive-parcels-time-Christmas.html

RBS withholds bonuses due to forex probe - Money Marketing :: http://www.moneymarketing.co.uk/news-and-analysis/regulation/rbs-withholds-bonuses-due-to-forex-probe/2017384.article

UK productivity rises, giving some relief to Bank of England - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/24/uk-britain-economy-productivity-idUKKBN0K20NP20141224

Oil drops below $61 on supply glut, strong dollar - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/24/us-markets-oil-idUSKBN0K204Z20141224