05-Dec-2012 20:31

US buyout firm comes shopping for a stake in Sir Philip Green's Topshop empire - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/us-buyout-firm-comes-shopping-for-a-stake-in-sir-philip-greens-topshop-empire-8382386.html

Smethwick's Midland Metropolitan Hospital 'one step closer' - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-20611442

Second wave of UK's ultrafast broadband cities unveiled - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/dec/05/uk-ultrafast-broadband-cities

Pensions proposal raises eyebrows - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/640473fa-3efc-11e2-a095-00144feabdc0.html

Banks could be compelled to join Libor-setting process - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/dec/05/libor-setting-role-more-banks

Record €1.47bn fine for TV cartels - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1a327184-3ed7-11e2-87bc-00144feabdc0.html

Autumn Statement: Tax relief to get firms spending - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/budget/9725358/Autumn-Statement-Tax-relief-to-get-firms-spending.html

18 in hospital after leak of gas used to kill rodents - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/18-in-hospital-after-leak-of-gas-used-to-kill-rodents-8386848.html

American dream that died for Tesco - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9c51c654-3efc-11e2-9214-00144feabdc0.html

Corporation rate cut to nearly half of US level as Osborne ignores tax row - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/05/corporation-tax-cut-autumn-statement