17-Apr-2015 21:47

Britain's FTSE trades near record highs, miners help - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/17/markets-stocks-ftse-idUSL5N0XE15E20150417

Carrier bag use drops 80 per cent since 5p charge was introduced and millions ... - Scottish Daily Record :: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/carrier-bag-use-drops-80-5536225

Retail footfall best for a year - BQ Live :: http://www.bqlive.co.uk/2015/04/17/retail-footfall-best-for-a-year/

UPDATE 1-Airbus upbeat on jet market, still studying A380 upgrade - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/17/airbus-bregier-idUSL5N0XE2N020150417

Activist investors score victory at BP annual meeting - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e061344c-e4f9-11e4-8b61-00144feab7de.html

Poundland deal for 99p Stores faces full investigation - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/11545982/Poundland-deal-for-99p-Stores-faces-full-investigation.html

FTSE falls below 7000 on Greek woes and Chinese rule change - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/marketforceslive/2015/apr/17/ftse-falls-below-7000-on-greek-woes-and-chinese-rule-change

UK jobless rate falls to 5.6%, lowest since 2008, but pay still sluggish - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/apr/17/uk-jobless-rate-hits-lowest-since-2008-unemployment-falls

Bloomberg's global outage paralyses investors - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2fc47e84-e4e3-11e4-bb4b-00144feab7de.html

Argentina defends legal action over Falklands oil - Yahoo News UK :: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/argentina-defends-legal-action-over-falklands-oil-175637409.html