Friday newspaper round-up: HSBC, British Land, Tesco...
Fri 24 May 2013
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According to The Guardian, the 1.9bn-dollar settlement deal that HSBC agreed with US authorities over money-laundering offences, could be at risk, meaning that the bank could face criminal charges. The original settlement meant that HSBC wouldn't face prosecution but the judge overseeing the case is now thought to be considering rejecting the deal.
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Ocado, UK Mail, Hibu...
Thu 23 May 2013
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The Telegraph says that Waitrose head Mark Price is refusing to meet with Ocado chief Tim Steiner after the online grocery group agreed to help rival Morrison develop an online shopping website.
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: Japan, BP, RBS and Lloyds...
Wed 22 May 2013
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The Bank of Japan has held off on new monetary easing, according to the Financial Times, "judging that the huge stimulus unveiled in April will be enough to spur price gains in the world’s third-largest economy". The central bank said that Japan has "started picked up".
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Tuesday newspaper round-up: RBS, Glencore, Apple...
Tue 21 May 2013
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Business Secretary Vince Cable has demanded that part-nationalised lender RBS increase its lending to Britain's small- and medium-sized companies to take more responsibility for the economy recovery, The Times says.
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Monday newspaper round-up: RBS, UK inflation, M&S...
Mon 20 May 2013
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Chancellor George Osborne is expected to face opposition from Treasury civil servants over his plans to sell the government's stake in part-nationalised lender RBS to the public, reports The Times. Senior officials are said to be against the idea, saying that they are over-complex and have raised concerns about the effect on the deficit.
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Sunday newspaper round-up: LSE, Severn Trent, Royal Mail
Sun 19 May 2013
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The London Stock Exchange is considering buying a stake in Istanbul’s fast-growing stock market as part of a deal that could see Turkish trades settled in the City. Borsa Istanbul has been seeking an international partner to overhaul its technology and improve the market’s access to foreign investors for several months. The LSE’s proposal would see Borsa Istanbul start to clear its trades through LCH Clearnet, the financial plumbing system now majority-controlled by the LSE. The Turkish exchange would also use the LSE’s Millennium Exchange software, The Sunday Times reports.
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Friday newspaper round-up: EU exit, Asda, Dell...
Fri 17 May 2013
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The head of the Confederation of British Industry has warned about the risks of Britain quitting the EU, saying that the Conservative party's desire for a referendum on the issue has been a "distraction from securing growth and jobs, which have to be the UK's top priority", reports The Guardian.
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Japanese GDP, RBS, RSA...
Thu 16 May 2013
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Financial Times reports that the pace of Japanese economic growth in the first quarter was its fastest among the Group of Seven countries at 3.5 per cent. "Solid growth in consumer spending and exports suggest[s] the expansionary policies of Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister, are delivering quick and tangible results," the paper says.
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: BP and Shell, RBS, M&S...
Wed 15 May 2013
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BP, Shell and a number of other oil majors are under investigation by European regulators into whether they rigged the price of oil for over a decade, writes The Telegraph. Authorities raided offices of the companies yesterday after MPs and officials suggested that the oil price could be vulnerable to being manipulated in the same way as LIBOR was rigged by the banks.
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Tuesday newspaper round-up: Severn Trent, Lloyds, Vodafone...
Tue 14 May 2013
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According to The Times, Severn Trent could be the target of a bid worth up to 5.3bn pounds. The utility company is said to be in talks with Canadian infrastructure investors Borealis and the Kuwait Investment Authoirty
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Monday newspaper round-up: Lloyds, ENRC, Ocado...
Mon 13 May 2013
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Sir Win Bischoff, the Chairman of Lloyds since September 2009, is expected to announce his resignation ahead of Thursday's shareholder meeting as the bank readies for privatisation, reports The Guardian.
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Sunday newspaper round-up: Osborne, Ocado, M&S
Sun 12 May 2013
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Energy giant Centrica is eyeing US gas assets jointly with Qatar as it gears up expansion across the Atlantic. The British Gas owner, which is likely to face questions on its growth plans at its Annual General Meeting in London on Monday, wants to build on last month’s 650m pound joint deal for Canadian oil and gas assets. It hopes to take advantage of the glut in US gas caused by the shale boom to buy up assets at low prices, helping secure supplies for its growing US customer base, The Sunday Telegraph says.
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Friday newspaper round-up: Japanese Yen, ENRC, UK recovery
Fri 10 May 2013
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The Japanese yen has broken through a major psychological barrier against the dollar for the first time in four years, setting the stage for further weakness seen as a boon for the country’s exporters and economy. For the past month, the yen had stalled before the 100 threshold and traders said its weakening in afternoon trading in New York on Thursday to Y100.79 reflected stop-losses being triggered that sparked selling of the yen and purchases of the dollar. The yen continued its fall on Friday morning in Tokyo, sliding to 100.85 against the greenback, the FT reports.
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Cameron, Gas prices, Japan
Thu 09 May 2013
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The boss of J.Sainsbury has labelled the Government’s tax take from bricks-and-mortar businesses unfair and unsustainable, calling for a “rebalance” to address the march of online retailers. Justin King, who is a former member of David Cameron’s business advisory board, said that the Chancellor had inadvertently played into the hands of the likes of Amazon by reducing corporation tax at the same time as allowing business rates and national insurance to rise, The Times reports.
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: IMF, retail figures, IAG...
Wed 08 May 2013
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Chancellor George Osborne is said to be "braced" for the outcome of a review of the UK economy by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) starting today, the Independent said. Although the Treasury is ready to sing the praises of Plan A, "there is growing concern among ministers that the IMF will make its most explicit call for the spending cuts to be slowed at the end of its two-week visit", the paper said.
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Tuesday newspaper roundup: Greece, UK infrastructure, China
Tue 07 May 2013
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Greece is making progress in repairing its economy but it needs to do more to stop tax evaders, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday. Delivering its much-anticipated health check on the Greek economy, the IMF praised “far-reaching labour market reforms”, which have boosted competitiveness, and the shoring up of the banking system, despite ballooning bad debts on banks’ balance sheets, The Times writes.
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Sunday newspaper round-up: Xstrata, Sainsbury, RBS
Sun 05 May 2013
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The European Commission looks set to crackdown further on the region’s banking sector to stop increases in leverage, illiquidity mismatches and the potential for systemic risk, The Financial Times reported.
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Friday newspaper round-up: RBS, Barclays, Shell...
Fri 03 May 2013
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"Royal Bank of Scotland is poised to send the clearest signal yet that it is ready for the government to begin reprivatising its majority stake," writes the Financial Times. The paper says that the bank is expected to announce plans for a share sale that could start as soon as next year.
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Thursday newspaper round-up: Federal Reserve, UK economy, Facebook...
Thu 02 May 2013
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The Financial Times says that the US Federal Reserve kept its 85bn-dollar-a-month asset purchase programme unchanged last night but said that it was willing to increase it as it shifted to a more neutral stance on its next move.
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Wednesday newspaper round-up: ENRC, Apple, Chinese manufacturing...
Wed 01 May 2013
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According to the Financial Times, the UK Listings Authority has launched an investigation into ENRC possible breaches of its takeover rues that could result in a fine or public censure. "The irony of the move is that the UK Listings Authority has been criticised for permitting ENRC to list in the UK in the first place," the paper says.
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| 28 Jan Monday newspaper round-up: easyJet, Bumi, LIBOR... |
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| 27 Jan Sunday newspaper round-up: Barclays, Carney, BP |
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