02-Oct-2012 20:36

FirstGroup confident about securing West Coast franchise - UPDATE - ShareCast :: http://www.sharecast.com/cgi-bin/sharecast/story.cgi?story_id 401952

Sold JJB Sports stores inundated with shoppers - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19797170

Largest FSA Investigation Leads to Four Insider Trading Charges - iNVEZZ :: http://invezz.com/news/trading/506-largest-fsa-investigation-leads-to-four-insider-trading-charges

Banks help push FTSE lower but Babcock bounces as it benefits from austerity ... - The Guardian (blog) :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/marketforceslive/2012/oct/02/babcock-royal-bank-scotland-lloyds?newsfeed=true

UBS rogue trader's colleagues weep in UK dock - Reuters :: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/02/us-ubs-trial-idUSBRE8910V520121002

BAE merger 'not about job cuts' says EADS chief - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/oct/01/eads-bae-merger-reexamined-lagardere

Record summer rainfall sinks William Sinclair profits - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9581973/Record-summer-rainfall-sinks-William-Sinclair-profits.html

Wolseley compensates for dividend hiatus - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8c6191b6-0bcb-11e2-8e06-00144feabdc0.html

Glencore Said to Seek European Union Approval to Buy Xstrata - Bloomberg :: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-02/glencore-said-to-seek-european-union-approval-to-buy-xstrata.html

Market research move boosts St Ives - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9989a748-0cac-11e2-b175-00144feabdc0.html