uk-hotdailynews: 2014-12-22 U.K. Business

Why Saudis Decided Not to Prop Up Oil
Wall Street Journal
Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi, center, at the opening session of the 10th Arab Energy Conference in Abu Dhabi Sunday. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. By. Jay Solomon in Washington and. Jay Solomon. The Wall Street Journal. CANCEL.
Top Source Of Oil Vows To Ride Out Price Slump   New York Times
Oil Rises for Second Day on Saudi Confidence in Demand Rebound   Businessweek
NYMEX-Crude up near $57.50 on profit-taking; capped by Saudi oil minister ...   Reuters UK
Irish Times
Bloomberg
The Independent
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UK firms expect to offer a bit more pay in 2015 - CBI
Reuters UK
LONDON (Reuters) - British companies plan to cautiously relax their grip on pay in 2015, but rises will be limited by higher costs for holiday pay and workplace pensions, as well as weak productivity growth, the Confederation of British Industry said on Monday ...

Job creation on the cards for 2015, says CBI   BBC News
Fears of skills shortages as firms hire more staff   The Independent
Skills shortage casts cloud over recovery   The Times (subscription)
Belfast Telegraph
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Bonuses for senior City workers to rise, survey says
BBC News
Senior workers in London's financial services sector are expecting an average 21% rise in their bonus payouts for this year, a survey found. The increase would take the average bonus to £124,680, according to recruitment firm Astbury Marsden, which ...

London City firms' senior workers expecting bigger bonuses - survey   Reuters UK
Senior City workers expect bonuses to rise by a fifth   Financial Times
London City Executives See 21% Bonus Hike, Survey Shows   Businessweek
The Courier
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Reuters

Asian shares take cue from Wall Street's rally
Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares took their cues from Wall Street and kicked off a holiday-shortened week on a strong footing on Monday, while the euro touched a fresh two-year low against the greenback on divergent monetary policy expectations.
Dollar Matches Two-Year High Versus Euro on Fed as Kiwi Drops   Bloomberg
Asian shares, dollar stand tall in thin trade   KFGO

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How 'top earning' families pay £30000 more in tax than they take out in benefits
Daily Mail
Middle-class households fork out more in taxes than they get back from the state, with top earners paying the Treasury £30,000 more than they receive in handouts. The average working family gives the Treasury £274 more every year than it receives back in ...

Average household pays £274 in taxes than it receives in benefits and services   Telegraph.co.uk
Poorest households are the most heavily taxed   The Independent
Poorest families pay the highest proportion in tax   The Times (subscription)
expressandstar.com
ITV News
The Northern Echo
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Alleged con artist Joe Lewis 'allowed people to think he was football club owner'
Telegraph.co.uk
A currency trader who vanished with £130 million in an alleged fraud lured investors by letting them think he was the multi-billionaire owner of Tottenham Hotspur FC, it was claimed. The owner of Tottenham has no association whatsoever with the currency ...

Trader leaves with £130m in alleged fraud   The Times (subscription)
Swindle all the way? Forex trader goes missing after £130m+ of clients' cash ...   LeapRate
Joe Lewis: British trader behind get-rich-quick scheme disappears with £130 ...   Mirror.co.uk
Daily Mail
Sputnik International
The Sunday Times
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Deflation is good for the country, says Bank official
The Times (subscription)
Falling inflation is good for Britain and should have little impact on the outlook for interest rates, one of the most dovish members of the Bank of England's monetary policy committee said. David Miles, an external member of the committee, said that the threat of ...

Bank of England 'not under pressure' to raise rates   Irish Times
BoE Miles: BoE Rate Policy Unlikely To Change By Inflation Fall   eFXnews
BoE policymaker as fall in inflation does not pose risk of deflation   This is Money

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Scots splash out in late rush to shops
Express.co.uk
MORE than one million Scots flocked to the country's high streets and shopping malls over the weekend to wrap up their last-minute Christmas shopping. Published: 00:01, Mon, December 22, 2014. By Greg Christison. Busy streets of Scotland full of shoppers ...

Leeds shoppers in a frenzy on 'Panic Saturday'   Yorkshire Evening Post
It's Mayhem Monday as Christmas shoppers prepare to spend BILLIONS on the ...   Mirror.co.uk
Panic Saturday sees Scots splurge incredible £150m on Christmas shopping in ...   Scottish Daily Record
Irish Times
Herald Scotland
Scotsman
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People or Government's interests
Your Local Guardian
Airport Commissions say that there will be a need for an extra additional runway in the South East of England by 2030. Boris Johnson's proportion consists of three ideas to expand the UK's airport capacity: - Lengthening on the existing runway at Heathrow.
Letter: public say on Gatwick expansion will 'carry little weight'   West Sussex Gazette
LETTER: Quality of life will be destroyed   West Sussex County Times

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Crisis meeting call over North Sea oil and gas
The Times (subscription)
UK and Scottish government ministers have been urged to join business and trade union leaders at a crisis meeting to determine the future of the North Sea oil and gas industry. The talks were called by Jenny Laing, the Labour leader of Aberdeen council, ...

Oil rout would have wrecked an independent Scotland's finances   Financial Times
Oil price hard on north sea industry   Sydney Morning Herald
Major North Sea summit announced to save Aberdeen jobs   Aberdeen Evening Express
BBC News
Reuters UK
Herald Scotland
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