Category: General

Friday Newspaper round up.

Morrisons appears to be the biggest winner from the horsemeat scandal after the supermarket chain reported an 18 per cent rise at its fresh meat counters in the wake of revelations over tainted food....

Thursday Newspaper round up.

Japan remained mired in recession in the last three months of 2012 as the economy defied experts’ expectations for a mild rebound, a development that could help insulate Tokyo against criticism over stimulus policies...

Wednesday Newspaper round up.

Barack Obama proposed a fresh blueprint for “reigniting” America’s economy and its middle class, calling for a sharp increase in the minimum wage for the first time in his presidency and a new drive...

Tuesday Newspaper round up.

Cyprus is likely to receive its long-awaited eurozone bailout by the end of March, according to the European Central Bank executive Jörg Asmussen, pictured. Cyprus is hoping to secure a 17.5bn euros (14.8bn pounds)...

Monday Newspaper round up.

Barclays is preparing to cut at least two billion pounds from its annual cost base of 20bn pounds as part of a strategic overhaul to be presented by the bank on Tuesday, say bank...

The Smallcap Oil & Gas round up

Argos Resources (LON:ARG) Following interpretation of 3D seismic data acquired in 2011 Argos has commissioned a new CPR to validate its view of increased sizes on many of its existing 28 prospects plus, a...

Friday Newspaper round up.

More than 1,000 investment bankers at Barclays have been told they will not receive up-front cash bonuses this year. Managing directors in the group’s investment banking arm were informed that their 2012 bonuses would...

Thursday Newspaper round up

HSBC’s biggest ever restructuring had been necessary to simplify the bank’s complex structure which had made it attractive to money-laundering criminals, its chief executive said. Stuart Gulliver said HSBC’s structure “was not fit for...