06-Dec-2012 15:50

StanChart sees $330 million settlement on Iran, denting profits - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/12/06/uk-stanchart-tradingstatement-idUKBRE8B506W20121206

Remploy: Last two Welsh plants, Porth and Neath, may shut - BBC News :: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20623985

BoE keeps policy steady despite darker UK outlook - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/12/06/uk-britain-boe-idUKBRE8B50L520121206

Rolls-Royce reveals SFO corruption probe - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/16dfb5ec-3f7b-11e2-b2ce-00144feabdc0.html

Cineworld buys Picturehouse chain - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ca71d9e2-3f98-11e2-b2ce-00144feabdc0.html

George Osborne insists rich will lose greater share of income - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/06/george-osborne-rich-share-income

Starbucks bows to outrage and offers £20m extra tax - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9726979/Starbucks-bows-to-outrage-and-offers-20m-extra-tax.html

ECB depicts bleak 2013 after leaving rates on hold - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/12/06/uk-ecb-rates-idUKBRE8B50NK20121206

Virgin Trains has signed a 23-month extension to continue running services on ... - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/virgin-trains-signs-23month-west-coast-main-line-extension-as-three-civil-servants-suspended-over-the-franchise-fiasco-are-allowed-to-return-to-work-8388932.html

Sir Philip Green sells 25% stake in Topshop and Topman for £2bn - The Finance Pages :: http://www.thefinancepages.co.uk/companies/philip-green-sells-topshop-stake/03264/