PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Aug 17

Aug 17 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Headlines

* Closure of Centrica's Rough gas storage site draws criticism http://on.ft.com/2wR3YAF

* Amazon boosts UK investment with new Bristol facility http://on.ft.com/2uJuizb

* Number of EU nationals working in the UK hits record high http://on.ft.com/2wb99hU

* Buffett's $18 billion utility deal in Texas on the verge of collapsing http://on.ft.com/2wgSBnV

Overview

- The Energy & Utilities Alliance, a group of energy companies, is pressing a Parliamentary inquiry into the consequences of the closure of Centrica Plc's Rough storage site off the Yorkshire coast.

- Amazon.com Inc has boost its UK investment with new fulfilment centre in Bristol that will create 1,000 new permanent jobs. Ahead of the facility's opening which is slotted for 2018, Amazon will begin recruiting operation managers, engineers, human resources specialists.

- An official data published on Wednesday shows the number of EU nationals working in the UK has hit a record high with an estimated 2.37 million EU workers. This is the highest figure since records began two decades ago and was driven by a large increase in the number of Bulgarian and Romanian citizens who have found employment in the UK.

- Hedge fund Elliott Management acquired a specific class of debt worth about $60 million from Fidelity Investments that gives it the power to approve or block Berkshire Hathaway Inc's $18 billion agreement to buy Oncor.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom; Editing by Sandra Maler)