21-Feb-2013 00:53

Historic carpet maker Axminster heads towards administration - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/historic-carpet-maker-axminster-heads-towards-administration-8504014.html

UK unemployment falls again as jobs market defies the slump - The Independent :: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/uk-unemployment-falls-again-as-jobs-market-defies-the-slump-8504017.html

Rathbone appoints Howell to aid expansion - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1b9ae566-7b71-11e2-8eed-00144feabdc0.html

Travis Perkins sees construction improving - Financial Times :: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/64434556-7b85-11e2-95b9-00144feabdc0.html

Several on FOMC Said Fed Should Be Prepared to Vary Pace of QE - Bloomberg :: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-20/several-on-fomc-said-fed-should-be-prepared-to-vary-pace-of-qe.html

HMV job losses hit 1600 as 37 more stores close - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9882759/HMV-job-losses-hit-1600-as-37-more-stores-close.html

UK's largest estate agent group plans IPO - The Guardian :: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/feb/20/countrywide-estate-agent-stock-market

MetLife puts British bulk annuity business up for sale - Reuters UK :: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/02/20/uk-metlife-metlifeassurance-idUKBRE91J16V20130220

Bank of England split on more QE as Governor Mervyn King over-ruled - Telegraph.co.uk :: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/9884353/Bank-of-England-split-on-more-QE-as-Governor-Mervyn-King-over-ruled.html

Blow to savers as RSA slashes share dividend by third after fall in its own ... - This is Money :: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2281805/Blow-investors-RSA-slashes-dividend-third.html