Westminster Outlook Long before she set foot in the 19th Century, Sir Charles Barry-designed restoration of the viper's nest that is the Palace of Westminster, Margaret Ritchie was a teacher. Perhaps that is why she is so exasperated that only now are well-educated politicians waking up to the potential dangers that climate change pose to Britain's nuclear industry.

Westminster Outlook Standard Life has confirmed a report last week that it could quit Scotland should the 'Yes' campaign win the independence referendum in September.

On the contents page of Royal Bank of Scotland’s typically voluminous final results it says “highlights”.

It's not clear when the tears of joy will turn to sorrow for those who backed AO World's float yesterday, but rest assured, they'll come. I'm sure the online washing machines and fridges retailer is a decent business, and I'd happily buy founder John Roberts a pint up in his native Bolton to celebrate his winnings (Camra's Bolton pub of the year contest was being held last night). But this valuation is dotcom hysteria all over again.

Outlook Warren Buffett advises investors to be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful. It's stood him in good stead – the $5bn (£3bn) he spent bailing out Goldman Sachs during the terror of the financial crisis in 2008 is set to bank him a $2bn profit.

Outlook Who cares about the Co-op selling its farms and pharmacies? We all should. The unravelling of the co-operative movement, and the thousands of redundancies associated with it, is a miserable indictment of the blinkered lust for growth that infected so many areas of commerce from the banking industry in the past decade.

Economic View: The EU takes over a quarter of Ukraine's exports, but it could be so much more

Outlook The Financial Conduct Authority is worried, and with very good reason. It's seen the reports warning that a frighteningly large number of people will struggle to manage their home loans if interest rates rise even a little bit. Not only will there be a spate of horror stories, but a spike in home repossessions could have a very nasty effect on the economy.

Outlook Is Ladbrokes' decision to pay a dividend uncovered by earnings a sign of desperation or of confidence?

Outlook Before wonga.com there was Provident Financial. Sadly it is still with us. Provvie's core business used to be providing small loans door to door at ruinous rates of interest, with payments collected weekly by a network of agents.

The Financial Conduct Authority is worried, and very with good reason.

Das Capital: To avoid scrutiny, leaders have moved important decisions into opaque European Union forums

The controversial practice of retailers going into administration and letting down their creditors, only to re-open for business free of debt, was dealt a partial blow in a court case yesterday.