Weekly Trading Update

Weekend Paper Roundup 30/03/2015



The Wall Street Journal
- India rises as an importer of coal
- Mining looks steadier on the ground than big oil
- S&P 500 earnings chill could herald profit freeze
- Interest in Bitcoin grows on Wall Street
- Investors like the possibility of big Intel deal for Altera

The Independent
- Sports Direct under fresh pressure on job contracts
- Northern manufacturers urge fresh boost to growth
- Google faced with privacy lawsuits for snooping on Apple without users consent
- FCA lambasted by MPs over insurance market panic
- Investors pour billions into luxury student flats

The Guardian
- Sports Direct board failing to curb Ashley’s power, says IoD
- British Airways frequent-flyer accounts hacked
- Australia confirms it will join China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
- Tories may not reveal details of £12 billion welfare cuts until after election
- Luxembourg warned about its reliance on multinational corporations

Financial Times
- Business fears SNP-Labour ‘nightmare’
- Google and J&J aim for cutting edge of healthcare with robotic surgeons
- Miliband vows to fight NHS ‘privatisation’
- Storage cut raises fears over winter gas prices
- UK move to join Asia bank startled even Beijing

The Daily Telegraph
- Nationwide defies banks’ branch closures with major cash injection
- Tesco begins land sell-off to raise cash
- Osborne’s tax grab threatens Britain’s regional banking revival, lenders warn
- BT makes low-key mobile debut with £5 offer for broadband customers
- Google reveals it is paying new CFO $70 million

Daily Mail
- M&S hoping to put disastrous festive trading behind it with Q4 update on Thursday
- Next set to overtake M&S as sales top £4 billion
- Co-op bank comes under fire over plans to pay boss up to £4.5 million despite 3rd consecutive annual loss
- Serco shareholders to vote on whether to approve ‘lifeline’ fundraising agreement
- British bankers working for Goldman Sachs shared £2 billion pay windfall last year

The Times
- Pure Gym looks to gain even more muscle
- Santander reveals big plans for small businesses
- Stress tests put emphasis on Asia-focused lenders
- Treasury lays into ONS for catalogue of ‘sloppy’ data
- Icelandic government set to lift capital controls




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