Weekly Trading Update

22.12.14 Monday Morning



Weekend Paper Roundup 22/12/2014

The Wall Street Journal
- Aer Lingus dismisses IAG’s takeover bid
- EU steps up sanctions on Crimean companies
- New York State to ban fracking
- France fines 12 firms for price-fixing
- Uranium is glowing as oil price fades

The Independent
- Police drop investigation into Serco’s prisoner transport contract
- Sky in Premier League hot-water as Ofcom scrutinises ‘strong market position’
- Lithuanians anxious as euro looms

Financial Times
- Roche stock falls after setbacks in breast cancer and Alzheimer’s drug tests
- BT enters negotiations to acquire EE
- Madoff scandal returns to haunt Santander
- Pensions industry ordered to cut charges
- Richard Desmond exploring sales of Daily Express

Daily Mail
- Travelodge signs £11.5 million development deals with local authorities
- Ex-lottery boss Dianne Thompson tries her luck at clothing giant NEXT
- Big banks set to decimate high streets as they close branches to rationalise networks

The Guardian
- Saudi and UAE oil ministers defend OPEC response to falling prices
- The Time’s in a £3.5 million operating loss-hole
- Why the Russian oil crash could threaten Putin with a palace coup
- NHS’s IT systems show no sign of recovery
- Wellbeing joins GDP as measure of nation’s financial health

The Daily Telegraph
- Croydon and Guildford: the next stops for Middle East property investors
- BT faces customer service challenge after £12.5 billion EE takeover
- B&Q owner Kingfisher to sell controlling stakes in its China business

The Times
- North Sea oil barons beg for tax lifeline
- Lloyd’s insurer Caitlin acquired by US rival XL
- Surging BT can put Sky on the line
- Ocean Outdoor, the billboard company, to be sold for £80 million
- King’s Cross backers to sell £200 million stake

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