StockMarketWire.com - A brief summary of Wednesday's main business headlines... Extensive comment on Greece doubts, Dow gains, Albemarle & Bond, Drax, Tarmac deal.
FINANCIAL TIMES
Greece races to meet bail-out demands - Athens given nine days to fulfil list of tough conditions
EU politics take centre stage in crisis - French elections will help determine future of euro
Lisbon under pressure on bail-out terms - Opposition, business and unions want more rescue funds and time
Peugeot and GM gear up for Europe alliance - Groups in advanced talks to build cars on the continent
Lufthansa braced as strike is extended
TNT Express to retreat from global aims
Proglio’s putsch causes ripples at Veolia
Pandora shares tumble on product swap
Case collapse hits efforts to curb bribery - US reverses policy and drops Gabon trial of 16 executives
Deepwater case may hold many twists for BP - Talks continue over pre-trial settlements
BC Partners beats odds with €6.5bn raising - Move was like ‘military exercise’
Wells buys BNP energy loan portfolio
Alibaba.com’s parent moves to take it private
US to probe Cobalt oil links in Angola
Okada raises the stakes in Wynn battle
Segro hit by fall in value of warehouses
Lex Column: Walmart: credit where it’s due - Management has maintained the status quo at an empire of unprecedented size
Greece: miracles take longer - A miracle is needed if Athens is to to meet almost impossible targets
TNT Express: delayed delivery - Dutch delivery company’s results add nothing to its defence armory
Shoprite: setting store by logistics - Its steady investment in infrastructure has rewarded investors handsomely
Amec: takeovers on the horizon - Further upside looks to depend on making acquisitions
Alibaba: opportunity knocks - Shareholders should seize chance to exit the business-to-business website
THE TIMES
UK can’t afford tax cuts, CBI tells Osborne
Government shaves £7bn off public debt
HSBC caps cash bonuses to appease BoE
Competition fears raised over Tarmac merger
Doubts over €237bn Greek bailout deal
DAILY TELEGRAPH
Battle over EU financial firewall threatens to derail Greek bailout
Oil hits eight-month high
Pensioners not hit that hard by QE, says Bean
UK fear as France and Germany 'harmonise' tax
Tesco offers to pay work experience scheme staff
HSBC sells its shares to pay banker bonuses
BP settles with injured oil rig cook
UK spending less on food
Threadneedle investigated by police over $150m fraud
Johnson & Johnson's chief to retire
Google and LSE sign market data deal
EE customers take contracts to get smartphones
Drax calls for higher Government subsidies
Questor: Croda meets challenges and retains winning formula - Hold
THE INDEPENDENT
Doubts over viability of new Greece rescue deal
Big energy firm breaks ranks on unfair tariffs
CBI calls for scrapping of penalties for carbons
Ministers fear Greece's €130bn bailout will not be enough
Military armoured cars attract interest from Met
City figure builds Middle Eastern ties
Stelios in blistering attack on easyJet's 'Putin-like' actions
Asda is cooling on hypermarkets as festive sales tick up
Albemarle & Bond planning a move into central London as pawn gets more popular
Market Report: Vedanta tops the Footsie after talk of unit merger
THE GUARDIAN
Greeks will suffer for five years as part of resolving crisis
Dow Jones breaks through 13,000 for first time since banking crisis
UK public finances show biggest surplus in four years
Hartley's, Saxa and Sarson's among favourite UK food brands up for sale
PayPal to create 1,000 jobs in Ireland
CBI calls for budget to help businesses invest
Drax scraps UK biomass plans
Government faces fresh questions over accounting rules
EasyJet founder stokes hostilities ahead of AGM
London developments 'at risk from euro crisis'
Morgan Sindall profits fall 12%
DAILY EXPRESS
Used cars drive Pendragon gains
US shares bounce on Greek deal
Tarmac tie-up threat
Shoppers shun multi-packs as Asda sales rise
Pawnbroker Albemarle & Bond to grow
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