måndag 1 december 2014

01-Dec-2014 16:00

UK consumer credit growth hits 8-year high, mortgages sink - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/01/britain-lending-idUSL6N0TL1VN20141201

FTSE drops to one-week low as commodity shares, Vodafone slump - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/01/uk-markets-stocks-ftse-idUKKCN0JF1PA20141201

Tyrie rebukes HSBC for blaming resignations on regulation - Citywire.co.uk :: http://citywire.co.uk/new-model-adviser/news/tyrie-rebukes-hsbc-for-blaming-resignations-on-regulation/a786865

Payday loan middlemen face crackdown - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30274718

Co-Op Bank CEO Says 'No Surprise' If Lender Fails Stress Tests - Businessweek :: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-12-01/co-op-bank-ceo-says-no-surprise-if-lender-fails-stress-tests

Infrastructure firm Balfour Beatty excited by £1billion bid for lucrative its Public ... - This is Money :: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2856004/Infrastructure-firm-Balfour-Beatty-excited-1billion-bid-lucrative-Public-Private-Partnership-division.html

Asia Pacific Market: Stocks fall on slowing factory activity in China and Europe - Business Standard :: http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-cm/asia-pacific-market-stocks-fall-on-slowing-factory-activity-in-china-and-europe-114120101129_1.html

John Hood: man at the centre of BG Group's pay row - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3ac80e02-7951-11e4-9567-00144feabdc0.html

​CYBER MONDAY: The best deals on Currys PC World, Amazon, Game, Boots ... - Southwales Evening Post :: http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/8203-CYBER-MONDAY-best-deals-Currys-PC-World/story-24966106-detail/story.html

Russian rouble shaken in biggest one-day fall against dollar since 1998 - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11265205/Russian-rouble-shaken-in-biggest-one-day-fall-against-dollar-since-1998.html

01-Dec-2014 14:59

Payday loan middlemen face crackdown - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30274718

UK manufacturing activity picks up in November - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30273322

BG slashes new CEO's pay package after shareholder revolt - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/01/bg-group-ceo-salary-idUKL6N0TL0TU20141201

Tyrie rebukes HSBC for blaming resignations on regulation - Citywire.co.uk :: http://citywire.co.uk/new-model-adviser/news/tyrie-rebukes-hsbc-for-blaming-resignations-on-regulation/a786865

Co-op Bank set to fail UK stress test - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d6449318-7948-11e4-9567-00144feabdc0.html

Mortgage approvals fall to their lowest point in more than a year as housing ... - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/mortgage-approvals-fall-to-their-lowest-point-in-more-than-a-year-as-housing-market-cools-down-9895585.html

Cyber Monday: Shoppers set to spend £1.5bn in buying frenzy - Evening Standard :: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/shoppers-set-to-spend-15-bn-in-cyber-monday-buying-frenzy-9895403.html

Battered Balfour Beatty in £1bn 'love triangle' - Management Today :: http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/1324403/battered-balfour-beatty-1bn-love-triangle/

Ruble Hits New Low as Oil Prices Drop - Wall Street Journal :: http://online.wsj.com/articles/ruble-hits-new-low-as-oil-prices-drop-1417441184?tesla%3Dy%26mg%3Dreno64-wsj

S&P 500 Futures Fall With Europe Stocks as Oil Rebounds - Businessweek :: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-11-30/aussie-slips-with-kiwi-amid-oil-rout-gold-extends-drop

01-Dec-2014 13:58

Cheap borrowing fuels consumer credit boom - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/11264845/Cheap-borrowing-fuels-consumer-credit-boom.html

John Laing fund makes 1 billion pound offer for Balfour assets - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/01/uk-john-ln-inf-fund-m-a-balfour-beatty-idUKKCN0JF1GS20141201

BG scraps new boss Helge Lund controversial remuneration package amid ... - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/bg-scraps-new-boss-helge-lund-controversial-remuneration-package-amid-investor-fury-9895257.html

Payday loan middlemen face crackdown - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30274718

Dragon Oil drops £492 million takeover bid for rival Petroceltic - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/dragon-oil-drops-492-million-takeover-bid-for-rival-petroceltic-9895377.html

UK manufacturing activity picks up in November - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30273322

'Cyber Monday': Online retailers hope for shopping surge - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30273742

Rouble plummets to new record low amid tumbling oil prices - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/rouble-plummets-to-new-record-low-amid-tumbling-oil-prices-9895467.html

Tyrie rebukes HSBC for blaming resignations on regulation - Citywire.co.uk :: http://citywire.co.uk/new-model-adviser/news/tyrie-rebukes-hsbc-for-blaming-resignations-on-regulation/a786865

FTSE drops to one-week low as commodity shares, Vodafone slump - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/01/uk-markets-stocks-ftse-idUKKCN0JF1PA20141201

01-Dec-2014 12:57

Hooray for cheap oil - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30273896

Tyrie rebukes HSBC for blaming resignations on regulation - Citywire.co.uk :: http://citywire.co.uk/new-model-adviser/news/tyrie-rebukes-hsbc-for-blaming-resignations-on-regulation/a786865?ref%3Dnew-model-adviser-latest-news-list

UK manufacturing grows slightly faster in November despite lacklustre exports ... - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/01/uk-pmi-industrialoutput-uk-idUKKCN0JF1QM20141201

Payday loan brokers subject to emergency action as regulator steps in - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/dec/01/payday-loan-brokers-emergency-action-financial-regulator

British Airways launches combined rail and air ticket - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/11264970/British-Airways-launches-combined-rail-and-air-ticket.html

'Cyber Monday': Online retailers hope for shopping surge - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30273742

John Laing fund makes 1 billion pound offer for Balfour assets - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/01/uk-john-ln-inf-fund-m-a-balfour-beatty-idUKKCN0JF1GS20141201

BG scraps new boss Helge Lund controversial remuneration package amid ... - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/bg-scraps-new-boss-helge-lund-controversial-remuneration-package-amid-investor-fury-9895257.html

Co-op Bank says no surprise if it fails British stress test - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/01/coopbank-boe-tests-idUSL6N0TL24320141201

Emerging Stocks Drop Most in Six Weeks on Oil as Ruble Slides - Bloomberg :: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-01/emerging-stocks-drop-most-in-six-weeks-on-oil-as-ringgit-slides.html

01-Dec-2014 11:56

MarketsRouble falls by most since 1998 Russian crisis - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/fastft/243662/rouble-falls-most-since-1998-russian-crisis

BG revises new chief's pay award after shareholder revolt - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30272761

UK manufacturing grows slightly faster in Nov despite lacklustre exports - PMI - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/01/pmi-industrialoutput-uk-idUKKCN0JF1QM20141201

U.K. mortgage approvals fall in October - MarketWatch :: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/uk-mortgage-approvals-fall-in-october-2014-12-01-44854844?link%3DMW_latest_news

Cyber Monday spending expected to hit £650 million in UK alone - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/cyber-monday-spending-expected-to-hit-650-million-in-uk-alone-9894783.html

Dragon Oil drops £500m Petroceltic bid after oil price plunge - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/11264753/Dragon-Oil-drops-500m-Petroceltic-bid-after-oil-price-plunge.html

Tyrie rebukes HSBC for blaming resignations on regulation - Citywire.co.uk :: http://citywire.co.uk/new-model-adviser/news/tyrie-rebukes-hsbc-for-blaming-resignations-on-regulation/a786865?ref%3Dnew-model-adviser-latest-news-list

Are you going to benefit from £15billion congestion busting scheme announced ... - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/you-going-benefit-15billion-congestion-4725566

Ed Balls' mansion tax would clobber ordinary voters says George Osborne - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2855331/Balls-mansion-tax-clobber-ordinary-voters-says-Osborne-Chancellor-believes-proposed-levy-end-applied-lower-value-properties.html

John Laing Infrastructure Bids $1.6 Billion for Balfour Unit - Businessweek :: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-12-01/john-laing-infrastructure-bids-1-billion-pounds-for-balfour-unit

01-Dec-2014 10:55

GSK to Axe US Jobs as Part of $1.6 bln Cost Cuts - CRIENGLISH.com :: http://english.cri.cn/12394/2014/12/01/3744s854564.htm

HSBC denies director Alan Thomson's resignation was because of new rules to ... - Yahoo News UK :: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/hsbc-denies-director-alan-thomsons-resignation-because-rules-065154088--finance.html

Sliding oil leads rout in commodity prices - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/406fb88c-790b-11e4-b518-00144feabdc0.html

Americans set to spend $2.5bn on Cyber Monday - Daily Mail :: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2855546/Americans-set-spend-2-5billion-Cyber-Monday-breaking-record-biggest-online-shopping-day.html

Dragon Oil drops Petroceltic takeover on weak oil prices - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/01/uk-petroceltic-m-a-dragon-oil-idUKKCN0JF1NG20141201

Nick Clegg: George Osborne's plan to make poor pay for spending cuts is ... - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/nick-clegg/11264684/Nick-Clegg-George-Osbornes-plan-to-make-poor-pay-for-spending-cuts-is-complete-and-utter-nonsense.html

BG revises new chief's pay award after shareholder revolt - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30272761

John Laing makes move to break up Balfour Beatty - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/constructionandproperty/11264555/John-Laing-makes-move-to-break-up-Balfour-Beatty.html

Roads funding: £15bn to be spent on schemes for England - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30269231

UK manufacturing grows slightly faster in Nov despite lacklustre exports - PMI - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/01/pmi-industrialoutput-uk-idUKKCN0JF1QM20141201

01-Dec-2014 09:54

MPs urge R&D investment increase - shropshirestar.com :: http://www.shropshirestar.com/shropshire-business/city-news/2014/12/01/mps-urge-rd-investment-increase/

Little good news expected in George Osborne's Autumn Statement - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9e438912-76ee-11e4-8273-00144feabdc0.html

Oil hits five-year low as Chinese manufacturing growth slows - business live - The Guardian :: http://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2014/dec/01/oil-five-year-low-manufacturing-pmi-china-eurozone-live

HSBC denies director Alan Thomson's resignation was because of new rules to ... - Yahoo News UK :: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/hsbc-denies-director-alan-thomsons-resignation-because-rules-065154088--finance.html

FCA toughens rules for credit brokers - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/01/uk-britain-regulator-credit-idUKKCN0JF1KP20141201

BG backs down on pay package for Helge Lund - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f275079a-7928-11e4-9567-00144feabdc0.html

Cyber Monday: After Black Friday record, shoppers to do virtual battle for deals - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/after-black-friday-record-shoppers-to-do-virtual-battle-for-deals-on-cyber-monday-9892841.html

Balfour Beatty receives £1bn offer for investment arm - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/09d8ddee-7898-11e4-a33c-00144feabdc0.html

Roads funding: £15bn to be spent on schemes for England - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30269231

Oil at $40 Possible as Market Transforms Caracas to Iran - Businessweek :: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-11-30/oil-at-40-possible-as-market-transforms-caracas-to-iran