29-Apr-2014 14:13

Monster Inc: Nessie advice for firms :: Businesses in the Highlands have been offered free advice on how they can cash in on the Loch Ness Monster myth.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-27113207#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

BFFs Microsoft and Apprenda tighten up their PaaS pact :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/7h0E0x-39vY/

Tablets take more older people online, British research shows :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/uU9xxs_XHyU/

Tidemark raises another $32M to build out its analytics push :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/aKy8SmFMoy0/

Science of economic sanctions :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/uTbZv07q798/qmb-russia-science-of-sanctions-juan-zarate-intv.cnn.html

Pfizer ramps up merger frenzy :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/KfiR3vLzSEA/pkg-boulden-uk-drug-deals.cnn.html

Opinion: Putin's pitch not new Cold War :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/SYnuYBvHTps/index.html

Wearable tech helping -- or watching? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/yA5mImCxVkY/index.html

'Iron Curtain' sanctions rile Russia :: Russia condemns the US for "Iron Curtain"-style sanctions that may damage its hi-tech sector, as the EU adds to its sanctions list over Ukraine.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27204009#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Contactless card use exceeds £100m :: For the first time spending via contactless payment cards has exceeded £100m in a month, The UK Cards Association has announced.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27202538#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Costa boosts profits at Whitbread :: Whitbread sees full year profits edge up 1%, thanks to strong sales at Costa Coffee and hotel chain Premier Inn.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27201373#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Oil giant BP reports $3.2bn profits :: Oil giant BP reports a 23% fall in profits to $3.2bn (£1.9bn) for the first quarter of 2014, slightly ahead of forecasts.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27201340#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Cell phone searches at the Supreme Court: a guide to today's big privacy case (and where to learn more) :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ejTOrtyEP6M/

UK economy grows by 0.8% in quarter :: UK economy grows 0.8% in first quarter of 2014, the fifth consecutive quarter of growth, according to the ONS.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27203433#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Tougher European bank tests revealed :: European banks will be expected to prove they can survive a 7% drop in GDP under new tougher stress tests unveiled by the regulator.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27201985#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Tube strike hits city commuters :: Commuters suffer "severe disruption" as Tube workers strike over plans to close ticket offices on the London Underground.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-27197241#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

LG Electronics posts big profit jump :: Profits at South Korea's LG Electronics soar by more than 300% in the first quarter from a year ago helped by an increase in sales of televisions.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27201879#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Nokia's new CEO, Rajeev Suri, has what he needs to think past the smartphone :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/X7aqH_IlvFw/

Delay to mobile number bank payments :: Twenty million bank account holders will have no immediate access to the new Paym mobile payment technology, which officially launches on Tuesday.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27192079#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Serco shares plunge after warning :: Shares in outsourcing firm Serco plunge after it warns it may downgrade its profits forecast and issue new shares to shore up its finances.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27201379#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa