24-Oct-2012 13:03

Olympics effect to boost UK GDP :: The Olympics are expected to help the economy show growth in the third quarter of the year, suggesting the double-dip recession is over.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20054174#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Pensioners' income 'on the rise' :: Most pensioners are considerably better off than the previous generation, with incomes rising nearly every year since 1977, official figures show.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20066854#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Wattpad tries serial fiction, with help from Margaret Atwood :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/e2WmeSAX4hc/

Pre-Market Movers (Facebook, Power One, Gilead, SAP, Netflix, Questcor, Norfolk, Nokia) :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>Facebook Inc, Power One, Gilead Sciences, SAP AG, Netflix Inc, Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Norfolk Southern Corp and Nokia Corp are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Wednesday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/pre-market-movers-facebook-power-one-gilead-sap-netflix-questcor-norfolk-nokia-852881

Council equal pay appeal bid lost :: A total of 174 female ex-Birmingham City Council workers can go ahead with compensation claims over missed bonuses after the council loses its appeal.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-20054049#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Ford plans to shut Belgian plant :: US car giant Ford says it has begun consultations over closing its factory at Genk in Belgium with the loss of 4,300 jobs.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20054924#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

AUDIO: Sants: FSA 'now bedrock' of regulatory structure :: The former head of the Financial Services Authority (FSA), Hector Sants, has said that the changes he brought to the organisation have made it the "bedrock of the new structures going forward".
url: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9762000/9762972.stm#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Spaniards step out to protest austerity :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/DyHR06oVS50/

VIDEO: Would you help fund this album? :: John Maguire went to meet the entrepreneurs who want internet users to come up with the cash for their pet projects.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20055266#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Two Charts That Show Why The Crisis in Spain Is Going To Get Much Worse :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>It's been a bad couple of days for Spain and, if the trends shown in these charts are any indication, it's about to get much worse.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/two-charts-show-why-crisis-spain-going-get-much-worse-852679

Fresh Violence In Myanmar Kills 3; Monastery, Mosque Torched :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>Fresh sectarian violence that erupted in western Myanmar Sunday night engulfed two new districts Tuesday, leaving three people dead and destroying more than 400 houses, a monastery and a mosque, Myanmar's authorities were reported as saying.</p><p>Government's spokesperson for the western state of Rakhine, Myo Thant, Wednesday said that clashes between Rohingya Muslims and ethnic Rakhine Buddhists had spread to the townships of Kyaukphyu and Myebon, pushing the total number of townships affected by the new wave of violence to four, the Associated Press reported.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/fresh-violence-myanmar-kills-3-monastery-mosque-torched-852873

Welcome to butler school :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/y7270N2ioB4/

Oswald Mosley And Diana Mitford: A Fascist 'Romeo & Juliet' :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Hollywood will never make a film about them, but Sir Oswald Mosley and Diana Mitford formed one of the greatest romantic duos of the 20^th century.</p><p>The tale of Oswald and Diana's half-century-long love affair featured virtually everything that makes Hollywood salivate – wealth, aristocracy, beauty, charm, war, danger, glamour, betrayal, violence, tragedy, courage, imprisonment and, of course, forbidden love.</p><p>But no epic novel or screenplay could possibly match the extraordinary lives of this blessed and doomed couple.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/oswald-mosley-diana-mitford-fascist-romeo-juliet-852534

US Housing Recovery Lifts Appliance Makers :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>It's been a long time coming, but the devastated U.S. real estate market might have finally turned the corner. Sentiment among homebuilders is on the rise and home appliance makers are poised to benefit from more sales to builders.</p><p>Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) -- the world's biggest maker of refrigerators, washers, ovens and other large home appliances -- reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit Tuesday and raised its earnings outlook for the year.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-housing-recovery-lifts-appliance-makers-852598

Beauty sleep at 35,000 feet :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/CnlMRapLbC4/index.html

Five ways to get beauty sleep at 35,000 feet :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/CnlMRapLbC4/index.html

Nintendo slashes profit forecast :: Japanese game giant Nintendo cuts its annual profit forecast by a third despite reporting much-reduced first half losses.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20054399#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Hands-on with the iPad Mini :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/VV3ignUbFZg/index.html

iPad Mini: Availability May Be Impacted By Supplier Issues :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>Just as Apple released the coveted iPad Mini, reports streaming in suggest that issues with one of the display manufacturers could put the tablet in short supply. The reports suggest that pre-orders may be affected in the holiday shopping season.</p><p>Richard Shim, an analyst with NPD DisplaySearch, told CNET Tuesday that one of Apple's suppliers for the iPad Mini's display unit faced issues in meeting planned yield rates, effectively leaving only one fully-functioning provider.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/ipad-mini-availability-may-be-impacted-supplier-issues-852856

VIDEO: Sir Mervyn King warns of further losses :: The UK and other major economies will remain weak until banks have sufficient capital to absorb "likely" future losses from bad loans, the governor of the Bank of England has warned.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20066217#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa