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• Tuesday newspaper round-up: BP, Scottish energy, Coryton
  Tue 24 January 2012 06:45
  British and European Union officials are working to persuade the US Congress to exempt a BP project from new American sanctions aimed at stopping Iran's nuclear programme. The $20bn project in the Caspian Sea, called Shah Deniz II, is intended to reduce E

• Monday newspaper round-up: Iran, Tesco, boardroom pay
  Mon 23 January 2012 07:01
  Britain, America and France delivered a pointed signal to Iran, sending six warships led by a 100,000 ton aircraft carrier through the highly sensitive waters of the Strait of Hormuz. This deployment defied explicit Iranian threats to close the waterway.

• Sunday newspaper round-up: Big downdraft, Tobacco, Services
  Sun 22 January 2012 17:17
  Newt Gingrich pulled off a sensational victory in the Republican presidential race on Saturday by taking the South Carolina primary, wrecking the carefully-laid plans of Mitt Romney and setting the stage for a protracted contest. Gingrich, trailing badly

• Friday newspaper round-up: Google, Vodafone, HSBC
  Fri 20 January 2012 06:51
  Shares in Google dropped more than 10% in after-hours trading on Thursday, after the web search giant reported record sales but fell short of analysts' expectations. The company grew its full year revenues by 29% and saw quarterly revenues climb 27% year-

• Thursday newspaper round-up: Peacocks, Essar, Falklands
  Thu 19 January 2012 06:41
  Traders were unconvinced by a radical proposal by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to deploy $1tn (£648bn) to stem the European debt crisis and its impact on the global economy. Ms Lagarde said its members recognised the "importance of ensuring adeq

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: BoE, Greece, Intermediate Capital
  Wed 18 January 2012 06:36
  The Bank of England was plunged into a row with MPs last night after it rebuffed calls for a sweeping overhaul of the way that it is governed. The Bank published a plan for an oversight committee to review the way it makes decisions, as it prepares to tak

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: UK construction, Peacock, RBS
  Tue 17 January 2012 06:42
  Confidence within the UK's construction industry has "collapsed" with just 5% of small businesses operating in the sector expecting their workloads to increase this year, according to a new report. The Federation of Master Builders' "state of trade survey

• Monday newspaper round-up: China, Peacocks, S&P
  Mon 16 January 2012 06:55
  China can maintain an annual growth rate of 8% for the next two decades, the World Bank has said, raising hopes that the powerhouse economy will help lead other countries back to growth. Justin Lin, the World Bank's chief economist used a wide-ranging spe

• Sunday newspaper round-up: Aon, Volcker, BoE, Rockhopper
  Sun 15 January 2012 17:03
  Aon is to become the first US S&P 500 company to become domiciled in the UK after the insurance broker unveiled plans to shift its headquarters from Chicago to London. The move by Aon, which employs 59,000 people globally and has a market capitalization o

• Friday newspaper round-up: UK recession, Gas, Tesco, LNG, Delta
  Fri 13 January 2012 06:50
  On a black day for the UK High Street today, which saw Tesco issue a profit warning that sent its shares plummeting, fears grew that battened-down household spending could already be tipping the UK economy into recession. (...) Shares in Tesco plunged 15

• Thursday newspaper round-up: ECJ, Italian debt, IAG, China
  Thu 12 January 2012 06:47
  A leaked draft of the Eurozone's new treaty shows that members will have to commit to keeping their deficits below 0.5% of GDP or face the European Court of Justice (ECJ). But they will also be allowed to "temporarily deviate" from the rules "in case of a

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: RBS, Labour, Gilts, BoE
  Wed 11 January 2012 06:51
  The Royal Bank of Scotland executive charged with ensuring the Edinburgh bank has enough money to back its loans has warned the banking sector faces a funding gap but is "confident" RBS can meet its needs. Group treasurer John Cummins said short-term fund

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: Greece, FTT, Detroit
  Tue 10 January 2012 07:21
  Angela Merkel has warned that German support for the financial transaction tax (FTT) is not guaranteed, in a move that could open up a rift with France just days before the next European summit. The German Chancellor said she supported French President Ni

• Monday newspaper round-up: Waste, Iran, Scotland
  Mon 09 January 2012 06:16
  More than £31bn of taxpayers' money has been wasted across government departments in the past two years, according to an audit by The Times. The scale of the inefficiency is more than twice the extra £15bn of cuts for 2015 onwards announced by George Os

• Sunday newspaper round-up: FX, Gas, M&S, RBS, IAG, Tesco
  Sun 08 January 2012 15:00
  "The Euro is still above the fair value of $1.25 implied by purchasing power parity - and it has been so ever since its recovery from its disastrous early years. A move well below $1.25, if not quite to $1.10, looks more likely if the US recovery story su

• Friday newspaper round-up: Credit, Gas, Oil
  Fri 06 January 2012 07:11
  Businesses and households may have a much harder time obtaining credit in 2012, the Bank of England has warned. The Bank's final quarter credit conditions survey notes concern among lenders that the deepening crisis among banks in the Eurozone could lead

• Thursday newspaper round-up: RBS, Spain, Renewables, Next
  Thu 05 January 2012 07:06
  As many as 10,000 jobs could be culled at the Royal Bank of Scotland as it dramatically downsizes its global banking and markets division. These cuts and an expected £1bn to £2bn of restructuring costs are considered the worst-case scenario by the bank,

• Wednesday newspaper round-up: Greece, Iran, HBOS, SNB
  Wed 04 January 2012 06:49
  Around one million Britons have taken out a payday loan to pay their mortgage or rent over the last 12 months, a survey reveals. It highlights the financial squeeze facing workers who are being pushed over the edge by soaring household bills, rising taxes

• Tuesday newspaper round-up: FTSE 100, BRICs, Next, Recession
  Tue 03 January 2012 06:16
  The FTSE 100 will shrug off the continuing economic malaise to rebound by almost 8% in 2012, according to the average forecasts of ten leading market commentators surveyed by The Times. Such gains, expected to be driven by investors' appetite for underval

• Monday newspaper round-up: Barclays, BRC, Sensex
  Mon 02 January 2012 06:14
  The European Banking Authority has estimated that Barclays will have €4bn (£3.3bn) of "deferred tax assets" this year, compared with €5bn at Royal Bank of Scotland, and €7.3bn at Lloyds Banking Group. Deferred tax assets are highly prized by compan

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