Weekly Trading Update

Weekend Paper Roundup 03/08/2015



Financial Times
- IAG warns on Heathrow runway costs
- Deutsche Bank chief says results ‘nowhere near’ goal
- Liberty move on ITV triggers takeover talk
- Lloyds to return excess capital to investors
- European Coca-Cola bottlers create fizz with merger talks

The Wall Street Journal 
- Earnings soar at Renault, Fiat
- Samsung and Sony boost reliance on components
- Facebook, Google tighten their grip on mobile ads
- Rolls profit slips 32%, CEO presses for gains
- Strong dollar boost Nokia

The Guardian
- RBS sales speculation gathers pace
- Next banks £170 million in interest charges from shoppers
- Verizon workers poised to strike if company fails to reach deal with unions
- BT staff to profit from £256 million share scheme bonanza
- Royal Mail sees red over spate of post box thefts

The Telegraph 
- Trinity Mirror battles 19% slump in print advertising
- Bank lending to firms rises for the first time since the crash
- Another Dubai debt crunch is looming as oil slump hits Gulf
- China buys into British caravan dream as UK exports soar
- Carnival buoyed by rival’s profit forecast as China takes to cruises

The Times
- Flash-crash traders are a ‘growing risk to markets’
- Bitcoin chief arrested in Tokyo
- Living wage will hit big retailers, says Moody’s
- Rent rises soar above stagnant inflation
- Antofagasta takes copper-bottomed $1 billion bet on mine

Daily Mail
- Morrisons set to reveal profit is down 25% as deflation bits and price wars hot up
- John Lewis hoping to attract the fashion crowd with new in-store boutiques
- RBS boss declares war on price promotions in banking
- RSA Insurance holds out for a higher offer
- Bank of England split over interest rates

The Independent
- Business leaders call on PM to make Heathrow runway decision
- Interest rates could rise as soon as September
- RBS back into the red following legal costs
- Shell to slash jobs as tanking oil price sees 37% profit slide
- Centrica to axe thousands of jobs

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