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Day: 6 February 2015

Bankier: 'We must live within our means'

Celtic pay price of European failure with slump in profits

Celtic paid the price of failure in Europe’s top football tournament as its half year pre-tax profit slumped from £21.3 million in 2013 to £6.6m last year. The club’s participationRead More

Stagecoach says it will ‘work constructively’ with competition regulator to resolve ‘overlapping routes issues’ over East Coast rail franchise

US job numbers growing at fastest rate since 1997, higher than expected and giving lift to markets

Directors clarify relationship with Ashley

Rangers’ board fate due on March 4 as cricket mogul Modi makes frame

Rangers have agreed to a general meeting on 4 March for shareholders to vote on Dave King’s proposal to oust the board. The four directors, including chairman David Somers andRead More

LSE ready to offload fund business

Aberdeen tipped to join £900m bids for Russell Investment Management

Aberdeen Asset Management has been tipped as a potential bidder for Russell Investment Management which has been put up for sale by the London Stock Exchange Group. Analysts at Numis,Read More

Company responds to changing market

Standard Life makes first acquisition in launch of advice business

Standard Life
Standard Life is acquiring an advisory business in the north of England that is part of a new advice division being launched today to respond to major changes in theRead More

Academic accuses Scottish government of wasting the time of experts who were commissioned to produce a fracking report (See Comment below)

Independent Comment

Paul Younger: Fracking furore is a ‘typhoon in a tea cup’

Let me first declare two things: Firstly, I voted Yes in the Referendum. Secondly, I have no links at all with any shale gas fracking companies: I own no sharesRead More

Brewer launches cheeky limited edition

Kinky film gives Innis & Gunn a desire for new beer

Shades of Green
Scottish brewer Innis & Gunn is getting into the frisky spirit behind the film Fifty Shades of Grey by launching a limited edition named 50 Shades of Green. The Edinburgh-basedRead More

Social media network needs faster growth

Twitter boss Costolo looking for the right message

Twitter boss Dick Costolo continues to face pressure on Wall Street despite the social media network seeing a resumption of user growth after weakening in the last quarter. The upturn sawRead More