Weekly Trading Update

Weekend Paper Roundup 13/04/2015



The Wall Street Journal
- Record tide of refugees will strain EU system
- US housing market sees hopeful signs of spring
- Eric Olsen named LafargeHolcim CEO
- US ties Intel’s hands on chip exports to China
- BP, Shell balk at Emirate’s sign-on fee

The Independent
- General Electric agrees $26.5 billion property portfolio sales
- Gulf Keystone’s annual losses widen to $250 million
- Majestic Wines buys Naked Wines in £70 million deal
- Warning over BG Group chief payoff after takeover deal
- Poundland faces further scrutiny into 99p Stores takeover plan

The Guardian
- Ed Miliband rebrands Labour as party of fiscal responsibility
- Abbott government struggling to achieve its G20 growth plan
- UK economy poised to welcome deflation for first time since 1960s
- Sainsbury’s halves Nectar card points payout
- Offshore oil drilling faces tougher rules from Washington

Financial Times
- Cameron offers NHS cash pledge after a bru-sing week on the campaign trail
- Labour warns Scottish fiscal autonomy would lead to spending crush
- Inflation falls well below Beijing’s 3% target
- Dyson keeps it in the family with plan to buy son’s business
- Goldman attaches new strings to pay of top staff

The Daily Telegraph
- FTSE dividends set to hit £86.3 billion this year
- Phones 4U creditors to learn fate of their money
- Scrapping non-dom tax status would hit bank chiefs
- General election chaos could trigger ‘Lehman moment’ for pound
- easyJet swoops in on Halfords finance chief 

Daily Mail
- Banks could be forced to pay out billions in compensation for misselling payment protection insurance
- Packaging giant Smurfit Kappa could be snapped up by US rival in £6 billion deal
- British firms’ hiring intentions at ‘sky high’ levels not seen since mid-2000s
- World’s biggest private equity firms eyeing up £30 billion of assets that could be offloaded by Shell
- BP boss receives £1.7 million in pensions benefits, ten times average payment for FTSE100 director

The Times
- Saudi price war set to topple ailing US frackers
- Tories slash inheritance tax on homes
- Fraudster’s links to the £1 sale of BHS
- BAE’s foreign boss plea
- Co-Op top brass line up £7 million bonanza

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