The Equity View Column:
*Buy Northern Foods (NFDS.L) at 114.25p.
*Buy UBS Media (MOSB.L) at 66p.
*Buy Wichford (WICH.L) at 222p.
The Business Editor Commentary Column:
*Bonuses: City must beware the politics of envy.
*BP (BP.L): beyond parody.
*Vodafone (VOD.L): Arun Sarin has much to prove, but at least he looks like he's enjoying himself now.
*Pensions paranoia.
Interview:
*Sir Stuart Hampson, Chairman of John Lewis Partnership.
Further news:
*Government pays double for consultants.
*Pilkington chief Stuart Chambers is to take on a beefed-up executive role at its Japanese parent.
*Lord Harris plans Carpetright (CPR.L) succession with Sheila Noakes expected to become chairman.
*Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) is creating a specialist unit offering one-stop shop debt and equity packages on mid-market deals.
*Unilever (ULVR.L) looks to unlock its hidden treasure.
*The Asian jewels in Prudential's (PRU.L) crown.
*Water and Platinum among the products tipped by fund managers.
The Comment Column:
*BP's (BP.L) boss doesn't look so slick now.
*A fog of misfortune swirls around British Airways' (BAY.L) Willie Walsh.
Interviews:
*Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea FC.
*Theo Fennell (TFL.L).
Further news:
*Russian companies are scrambling to float on the London Stock Exchange, with Sherbank, the country's biggest savings institution, expected to be first off the block in February, raising up to £6 billion.
*Texas Pacific joins the $15 billion auction for Hutchison Essar, the Indian mobile phone company that is also a target for Vodafone (VOD.L) and Reliance Communications.
*Alternative Asset Investment Management, backed by Sir Alex Ferguson and Simon Cowell, is understood to have struck a deal with Permira to buy six four-start hotels in the Principal chain for £290 million.
*Bid negotiations between Arla of Denmark and Arla UK (ARU.L) have stumbled, according to people close to the talks.
*Kingfisher's (KGF.L) B&Q is planning to test bite-size stores in Hong Kong.
*Henderson Infrastructure's John Laing (LNGO.L) is preparing to increase its presence overseas.
*Australia's Westfield has raised £400 million in a ground-breaking derivative financing deal.
*A Barcelona court rejects CRH's (CRH.L) claims it has rights to take over Spanish cement maker Uniland.
*Moss Bros (MOSB.L) looks likely to receive a £80 million bid from Baugur following the group's trading update at the end of January.
*Kubara, a private equity group that specialised in Indian call centres, to float on AIM with a market capitalisation of up to £150 million.
*Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE.L) in talks to invest up to £10 million in a tidal energy specialist Marine Current Turbines ahead of a possible stock market flotation next year.
SOME ITEMS THAT COULD INFLUENCE SHARE PRICES
*House prices will end the year having risen by over 10%, according to Nationwide.
*A report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research forecasts that spending this month will hit £24 billion, 8% up on last year, despite an 11% fall in the numbers of shoppers.
*The British Retail Consortium predicts that a total of £6 billion would be spent in the week up to Christmas Day, with the lion's share spent in the three days to Saturday, up 5% in the same week last year.
*Analysts believe that a collapse in the price of flat-screen TVs is threatening to squeeze the profits of electrical retailers.
*Tesco (TSCO.L) has struck a deal with Apple to roll out 12 so-called 'Apple Zones' where customers can buy products within its supermarkets.
*Private investors flocked back into equities in 2006 with sales of unit trusts soaring to their highest levels for five years and the second-highest level for a decade, according to figures by the Investment Management Association.
*After a strong showing in 2006 the City believes the Footsie could revive the days of the technology boom next year.
*Peru races to top of world stock market league ahead of Cyprus and China, according to Thomson Financial.
*2006 has become the year of the e-card which are threatening the replace traditional Christmas cards.
*United Nations imposes nuclear sanctions on Iran by a unanimous vote; Iran denounces the sanctions as 'invalid and illegal'.
*The Taliban commander in charge of attacks on British and Nato forces in Afghanistan has been reported killed in a US air strike .
*President Bush ponders £10 billion new deal to create jibs in Iraq.
*Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas holds peace talks with Israel.
*Defence cuts and financial infighting at the Ministry of Defence are threatening Britain's status as a world power, according to Admiral Sir Alan West in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph.
*The Channel Tunnel has been targeted by a group of Islamic terrorists aiming to cause maximum carnage during the holiday season, according to French and American secret services.
*Britain is facing the first increase in crime for more than a decade and a 25% jump in prison population to 100,000, according to leaked government report.
*Labour MP Bob Marshall Andrews asks police to probe Tony Blair loan account.
*Revenue investigators have raided the homes of executives at City accountancy firm Vantis (VTS.L) over a £100 million tax avoidance scheme used by leading sportsmen, musicians and investment bankers.
*People may be fined up to £1000 for failing to return a dead relative's identity card under plans being drawn up by ministers.
*Tories warn Russian bullying over oil and gas is a wake-up call.
*Church of England challenges Burberry (BRBY.L) to defend a decision to close its Welsh factory with the loss of hundreds of jobs.
*Chairman of Sainsbury (SBRY.L), Philip Hampton, has been approached to become deputy chairman of Royal Mail.
*The UK film industry is likely to lose dozens of Bollywood productions filmed here each year because of new rules for cinema tax breaks being introduced in January.
*Government is set to announce within weeks an amnesty scheme for tax evaders who have stashed money in offshore bank accounts.
*Little Chef roadside restaurant chain fights to stave off bankruptcy.
*Outrage from MPs of all parties at Tony Blair's contempt for protocol over a knighthood for rock star Bono.
*Former England cricketer, Mark Ramprakash waltzes away with the ballroom crown of Strictly Come Dancing. Bookmakers are now placing odds of 7-4 on that a sportsman will win the final next year.
Compiled in association with HB PLC and WH Ireland Ltd
