30-Dec-2014 07:16

FTSE CLOSE: Stock market posts eight days in a row of rises - This is Money :: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2889788/FTSE-LIVE-Footsie-pushes-higher-Christmas-break.html

Treasury queries '£15bn oil revenue hole' - The Times (subscription) :: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/scotland/article4309504.ece

TalkTalk favourite to buy Tesco video service - Irish Times :: http://www.irishtimes.com/business/markets/talktalk-favourite-to-buy-tesco-video-service-1.2050745

Battling banking crisis was "great fun" - Mervyn King - Irish Independent :: http://www.independent.ie/business/battling-banking-crisis-was-great-fun-mervyn-king-30868979.html

Brent drops towards five-year low near $57, supply glut weighs - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/30/uk-markets-oil-idUKKBN0K804K20141230

Passenger films inside 'faulty' Virgin plane and on runway - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30628003

CBI urges government to focus on cutting deficit in new year - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30628166

City Link staff fear they won't be paid for overtime - Glasgow Evening Times :: http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/city-link-staff-fear-they-wont-be-paid-for-overtime-192953n.115292492

MIDEAST STOCKS-Oil, global markets may weigh on Gulf - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/30/stocks-mideast-idUSL6N0UE05I20141230

Greece crisis: Europe on edge over snap election - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30629269