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UPDATE 2-Nationwide first-quarter profit more than doubles

* Underlying profit rises 117 percent to 263 million pounds * "Natural correction" of UK house prices to continue -CFO * Brits made 6.9 billion online banking transactions in 2013 -data (Adds comments from finance director, background, BBA data) By Clare Hutchison LONDON

PRESS: Banks Look To Restructure Bradford & Bingley Loans - The Times

Sunday newspaper round-up: Mark Carney, Carillion-Balfour, Tesco

The UK economy is more than halfway to full recovery, the Governor of the Bank of England (BoE) told the Sunday Times. Mark Carney, in an interview marking the first anniversary of his forward guidance policy, told the paper economic expansion was proceeding and that momentum was more assured. "Wher

PRESS: Hugh Osmond's Sun Capital Interested In Keepmoat - Sky News

Thursday newspaper round-up: Lloyds, House prices, Bank of England

Plans for a multibillion-pound sale of shares in Lloyds Banking Group to the general public have been dropped for this year and probably until after the general election next May. George Osborne and Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, have ruled out a "Tell Sid" style privatisation bec

UPDATE 1-UK shelves plan for September Lloyds retail share sale

* Decision makes full sale before election unlikely * Clarity over dividend seen as key to retail sale * Treasury says decisions determined by market conditions * Shares have fallen 15 percent since January (Adds Treasury comment, further details) By Matt Scuffham

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Lloyds Banking Executives Acquire Shares

UK pulls plan to sell Lloyds shares to private investors -sources

LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Britain has abandoned plans to sell shares in Lloyds Banking Group to private retail investors before the next election in 2015 because of a decline in the bank's share price, banking industry and political sources told Reuters. Finance Minister George Osborne was

London midday: Stocks advance as rate-hike speculation eases

- BoE strikes dovish tone as wages fall - Ukraine crisis, Asian data in focus - Ex-dividend stocks limit upside - Banking stocks lead upside techMARK 2,736.01 +0.28% FTSE 100 6,661.68 +0.44% FTSE 250 15,528.53 +0.41% An overall dovish tone to the Bank of England's (BoE) Inflation Report gave UK st

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: BoE Governor Cautious Amid Low Wage Growth

Osborne rules out pre-election Lloyds shares sale

Chancellor George Osborne will rule out a pre-election sale of Lloyds Banking Group shares to the general public, Sky News said on Wednesday. Osborne's decision goes against initial reports that had expected the government would make part of its remaining stake in the bank available to investors as

TOP NEWS: UK Unemployment Falls To Lowest Level Since Late 2008

PRESS: Osborne Rules Out Pre-Election Lloyds Retail Offer - Sky News

MOVES-Win Bischoff to chair JPMorgan Securities plc - FT

Aug 12 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co named Win Bischoff, former chairman of Citigroup Inc and most recently Lloyds Banking Group Plc, as chairman of JPMorgan Securities Plc, the Financial Times reported. (http://on.ft.com/1r6VRKX) Bischoff oversaw the restructuring and return to profitabi

UK BROKER RATINGS: Goldman Makes WPP Conviction Buy