01-Feb-2016 15:15

Growth worries spur closer oil and equities relationship - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f60888b8-c5b3-11e5-808f-8231cd71622e.html

HSBC to freeze salaries, hiring in 2016 in battle to cut costs - sources - Irish Independent :: http://www.independent.ie/business/hsbc-to-freeze-salaries-hiring-in-2016-in-battle-to-cut-costs-sources-34412959.html

Firm's £3.5m deal with Rolls-Royce - Leicester Mercury :: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Firm-s-pound-3-5m-deal-Rolls-Royce/story-28632768-detail/story.html

UK manufacturing data better than expected - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/01/uk-manufacturing-data-better-than-expected-pmi-markit

Almost one million investors lose £5.3bn in massive China Ponzi scam - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/china-business/12133514/Almost-one-million-investors-lose-5.3bn-in-massive-China-Ponzi-scam.html

Ryanair to cut fares as it more than doubles profits - and garish interiors are on the way out - This is Money :: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-3426223/Ryanair-cut-fares-6-posts-110-rise-profits-best-garish-yellow-interiors-way-out.html

Findus Crispy Pancakes to disappear from UK supermarkets - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/findus-crispy-pancakes-to-disappear-from-uk-supermarkets-a6846451.html

BT reports a 24% jump in quarterly profits amid revamp - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35457574

Ofcom: O2 acquisition will damage competition and retail markets - ComputerWeekly.com :: http://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500272214/Ofcom-O2-acquisition-will-damage-competition-and-retail-markets

Oil falls on China data and fading prospects of OPEC action - Reuters :: http://in.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-idINKCN0VA16D