Weekly Trading Update

Weekend Paper Roundup, 16/02/2015




The Wall Street Journal
- Publicis expects to rebound during 2015
- Google’s smartwatches are starting off slowly
- Hermes International not immune to Asia weakness
- Total posts big loss, plans 2000 layoffs
- Rising nuclear production boosts EDF

The Independent
- BT poised to land baliff contract to collect billions in unpaid fines
- Virgin media to invest £3 billion in broadband
- Email reveals HSBC data was offered to tax authorities in 2008
- Five rail franchises in red as operators’ margins decline
- Trade deal with US ‘could undermine EU standards’

The Guardian
- Eurozone must not allow Greece to become another Lehman Brothers
- Tesco to axe up to 10000 positions reports suggest
- NHS private health provider accused of US hospice fraud
- Former HSBC boss Lord Green quits banking lobby group
- Row over Marlboro-funded research that undermined plain cigarette packs

Financial Times
- Santander imposes loan-to-salary limit
- ‘False expectations’ about new pension regime
- Apple recruits vehicle experts for secret lab
- Judge tells Bankia to set aside €800 million
- Credit Suisse usurps rival UBS in investor affections

The Daily Telegraph
- Invesco dumps entire stake in Euro Disney
- Bwin plunges as bid hopes fade
- Rolls-Royce suffers first fall in annual revenues in a decade
- Business rates costing jobs, says Heathrow boss
- Anglo American writes down $3.9 billion of assets following commodity price fall

Daily Mail
- Burger King Brazilians mull £75 billion bid for Foster’s owner SABMiller
- Carlsberg UK boss admits brand went flat in 2014
- Sky subscribers could see their bills go up, admits boss
- Property firm William Pears doubles charity aid as it reveals big jump in turnover
- Metcalfe’s appoints advisers to help split its snacks business in two

The Times
- HSBC handed £70 million to top staff in tax-scandal private bank
- Profits plunge at British Gas as oil price bites
- ITV boss in the frame for Tesco
- Short-sellers betting on more bad news for Serco
- £41 million windfall for Candy Crush bosses



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