01-Feb-2016 02:02

HSBC to freeze salaries, hiring in 2016 in battle to cut costs: sources - Times of India :: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/HSBC-to-freeze-salaries-hiring-in-2016-in-battle-to-cut-costs-sources/articleshow/50799971.cms

Barclays, Credit Suisse to strike record deals with SEC, NY over dark pools - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sec-new-york-darkpools-idUSKCN0V90UE

Telecoms regulator Ofcom comes out against Three takeover of O2 - Computing :: http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2444302/telecoms-regulator-ofcom-comes-out-against-three-takeover-of-o2

Airports Commission case for Heathrow expansion 'opaque' - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/01/airports-commission-case-for-heathrow-expansion-opaque

Tax injustice is systemic - Morning Star Online :: http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-8b76-Tax-injustice-is-systemic

More woe for George Osborne as MPs attack 'useless' productivity plan - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/more-woe-for-chancellor-as-mps-attack-useless-productivity-plan-a6845441.html

Has the Bank of England governor been caught bluffing on interest rates? - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/31/bank-of-england-governor-bluffing-interest-rates

Don't get mad at Google — get even - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/589c9972-c81d-11e5-be0b-b7ece4e953a0.html

Oil sector calls for North Sea tax burden to be halved - Herald Scotland :: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14243292.Oil_sector_calls_for_North_Sea_tax_burden_to_be_halved/