FINANCIAL News at 12th February 2016

BBC News unless otherwise stated.

Friday 1^st January 2016

London shares lose 5% during 2016

Osborne accused after banking review scrapped (SKY NEWS)

Monday 4^th January

China share trading halted after plunge

Tuesday 5^th January

Chinese shares continue to fall

Pay row breaks out over 'fat cat Tuesday' (SKY News)

Wednesday 6^th January

Fitbit (66 Std English) Watch sends shares into a dive

Prices in shops 'to continue falling in 2016' (SKY NEWS)

Thursday 7^th January

UK faces 'cocktail' of economic risks

Europe shares drop 3% on China move

Friday 8^th January

European markets higher as China rises

UK savings rates fall to new low

Ghosts of China stock market crash return (SKY NEWS)

Saturday 9^th January

Regulator 'not going soft' on banks

Monday 11^th January

Bank customers face increase in fees

Tuesday 12^th January

Poor December for retailers as sales up 0.1%(Sky News)

Saturday 16^th January

Shares dive as oil prices lowest since 2004 (Sky News)

Monday 18^th January

Wealth of top 1% equal to other 99%

Oil price falls below $28 a barrel (Sky News)

Tuesday 19^th January

China growth slowest in 25 years

China slowdown shutting 'workshop of world' (sky news)

UK inflation rate rises to 0.2%

Thursday 21^st January 2016

January European markets stabilise after falls

Current account switching falls by 10%

Extra £30m in UK aid for Syrian refugees (sky news)

Friday 22^nd January 2016

Shares up as market recovery continues

Oil services giant reveals 10,000 job cuts (sky news)

Monday 25^th January 2016

Oil firm insolvencies 'surge' in 2015

Wednesday 27^th January 2016

RBS 'Clean Up' to push it into 2015 loss

RBS sets aside £2bn to cover mortgage and PPI mistakes (ITV News)

Thursday 28^th January 2016

Osborne delays lloyds bank share sale

UK expands 0.5% in fourth quarter

Sale of lloyds shares postponed by George Osborne (ITV)

Oil plunge means tough times for north sea (Sky News)

GDP growth 'steady' at 0.5% in fourth quarter (Sky News)

Saturday 30^th January 2016

HSBC online banking 'fully recovered' after cyber attack

FEBRUARY 2016

Monday 1^st February 2016

Barclays and credit Suisse fined in USA

Tuesday 2^nd February 2016

BPs full year profits more than halve

Wednesday 3^rd February 2016

Petrol price fall 'may have bottomed out' (Sky News)

Thursday 4^th February 2016

Carney 'too aggressive on rates threat'

Shell shares rise as profits fall

Shell confirms 10,000 job cuts as profits plunge by 80% (ITV)

Economy: talk of rate rise replaced by cut (Sky News)

Friday 5^th February 2016

Governor's forecasts prove wide of the mark (Sky News)

Tuesday 9^th February 2016

Osborne facing tax and spending questions (Sky News)

Wednesday 10^th February 2016

Warning of 'indefinite low rates'

Stock sell off in Asia with Europe volatile (Sky News)

Thursday 11^th February 2016 (Day 42)

Fresh turmoil for FTSE as shares slip again (Sky News)

Markets carnage: FTSE 100 loses £40bn in an hour as global stocks plunge into red (Daily Express)

Friday 12^th February 2016

FTSE rebounds as Rolls Royce (142 Std English) surges

EU on brink of recession: now French bank shares plummet 12 % in a day (Daily Express)