FINANCIALS 8:48pm

RBS close to £500m Libor settlement

RBS ©Bloomberg

Bank expected to agree deal with UK and US authorities next week

FINANCIALS 8:06pm

Qatar connection adds to Barclays’ woes

Allegations could not come at a worse time

iphone 5 china ©AP TECHNOLOGY 7:30pm

Apple snatches US lead from Samsung

Launch of iPhone 5 ends rival’s four-year run

FINANCIALS Feb 1, 2013

Netherlands rescues SNS in €3.7bn bailout

Nationalisation and poor results cap poor week for Europe’s banks

A Rosneft worker turns a valve ©Reuters ENERGY Feb 1, 2013

Exploration costs eat into Rosneft profits

Russian oil group posts disappointing fourth-quarter results

exxon ENERGY 12:14am

Exxon and Chevron toil in hunt for growth

Boom in US domestic oil output benefits smaller independent groups

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