21-Aug-2015 14:43

Forget profits: all Co-op Bank can promise is blood, sweat and tears - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/forget-profits-all-coop-bank-can-promise-is-blood-sweat-and-tears-10464799.html

Npower boss Paul Massara 'facing sack' after profits slump and customer exodus - Business Reporter :: http://business-reporter.co.uk/2015/08/21/npower-boss-paul-massara-facing-sack-after-profits-slump-and-customer-exodus/

FTSE hits eight month low after China data - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/08/21/uk-markets-stocks-ftse-idUKKCN0QQ0SN20150821

European shares drop after China factory contraction sparks growth worry - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/21/markets-stocks-europe-idUSL5N10W1AM20150821

Côte Restaurant takes all its service staff's tips - even when it is paid in cash - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11816186/Cote-Restaurant-takes-all-its-service-staffs-tips.html

Spire Healthcare drops 13% as it warns on NHS - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/marketforceslive/2015/aug/21/spire-healthcare-drops-13-as-it-warns-on-nhs

Public finance data boost Osborne's plan to reduce deficit - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d8491450-47e1-11e5-b3b2-1672f710807b.html

GSK sells cancer and multiple sclerosis drug to Novartis in $1bn deal - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/pharmaceuticalsandchemicals/11816239/GSK-sells-cancer-and-multiple-sclerosis-drug-to-Novartis-in-1bn-deal.html

Disappointing business surveys intensify growth fears - Reuters :: http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/08/21/china-economy-pmi-global-economy-idINKCN0QQ0OV20150821

Petrol price 'could fall to £1 per litre' as Asda cuts cost of unleaded - Belfast Telegraph :: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/petrol-price-could-fall-to-1-per-litre-as-asda-cuts-cost-of-unleaded-31468111.html