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• China’s steel export woes go beyond Trump

  17-10-2019 00:00 via Global Economy
  Market share under threat as competition grows in a slowing global economy
  
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• Fed’s Beige Book shows many businesses lowering outlooks

  16-10-2019 20:47 via Global Economy
  Economy seen growing at ‘slight to moderate pace’ despite softness in manufacturing and farming
  
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• Ethiopia’s path to prosperity opens under Abiy

  16-10-2019 18:06 via Global Economy
  The prime minister’s reforms are an object of fascination across Africa
  
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• Great frauds in history: James Whitaker Wright

  16-10-2019 16:28 via MoneyWeek
  James Whitaker Wright's London and Globe Company acquired various mining companies, fiddled the accounts and defrauded investors out of millions.
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• Policymakers have chance to boost global economy

  16-10-2019 16:21 via Global Economy
  They can make up for self-inflicted mistakes that have worsened the global slowdown
  
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• There are solutions to the global drug price problem

  16-10-2019 15:22 via Global Economy
  We should override patent protection on some medicines and change how R&D is funded
  
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• Woodford’s empire collapses – what happens to his investors now?

  16-10-2019 15:04 via MoneyWeek
  With Neil Woodford getting his marching orders and his funds being shut down, John Stepek explains what it means for his former empire, and for those with money locked in.
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• US retail sales fall by the most in seven months

  16-10-2019 14:51 via Global Economy
  September data raise doubts about the strength of consumer spending
  
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• Low interest rates fuel financial risk-taking, IMF warns

  16-10-2019 14:33 via Global Economy
  Post-crisis regulations should apply to insurers and asset managers, Fund says
  
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• The ins and outs of making money on Airbnb

  16-10-2019 13:49 via MoneyWeek
  Getting paid for letting out your spare room or house on AirBnB isn’t as straightforward as it sounds.
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• Small business: the best card readers to use for accepting digital payments

  16-10-2019 13:26 via MoneyWeek
  As cash falls out of favour, small businesses need to be able to accept digital payments. Updating your payment systems is key. David Prosser picks the best of the card readers.
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• China’s cash injection highlights policymaker concerns

  16-10-2019 12:32 via Global Economy
  Unexpected $28bn liquidity boost comes at a time of slowing economic growth
  
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• Five questions for: David Luck, CEO of Capital on Tap

  16-10-2019 12:28 via MoneyWeek
  Capital on Tap lends money to small UK businesses.
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• Eurozone inflation rate drops to three-year low as outlook darkens

  16-10-2019 12:13 via Global Economy
  Consumer prices fall in September from year before while exports shrink
  
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• Huge wage rises signal new phase in central Europe’s transformation

  16-10-2019 11:55 via Global Economy
  Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary among countries looking to shed ‘cheap labour’ reputation
  
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• Hang up on your telecoms provider

  16-10-2019 11:27 via MoneyWeek
  If your business is spending more than ever on phone and broadband, now is the time to look around for a better deal.The post Hang up on your telecoms provider was first published on MoneyWeek.
  
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• Brexit bargains and dangerous dividends: we talk to BlackRock Throgmorton’s Dan Whitestone

  16-10-2019 11:18 via MoneyWeek
  Dan Whitestone, who manages the BlackRock Throgmorton investment trust, will be taking part in a panel discussion at the MoneyWeek Wealth Summit on 22 November. We caught up with him to find out where the best opportunities are right now – and to discuss the dreaded ‘B’ word. 
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• UK inflation rate stays at three-year low, supporting shoppers

  16-10-2019 11:02 via Global Economy
  Consumer prices rose 1.7 per cent last month, same as in August, even amid Brexit gloom
  
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• UK inflation rate stays at three-year low

  16-10-2019 11:02 via Global Economy
  Consumer prices rise 1.7 per cent in September, as Brexit uncertainty clouds outlook
  
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• How tax has shaped the course of human history

  16-10-2019 11:02 via MoneyWeek
  Taxation is as old as civilisation itself. But how much is too much? Dominic Frisby looks at how taxation, war and society have evolved together over the centuries.
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• Huawei sees growth in revenues and 5G contracts despite US ban

  16-10-2019 08:57 via Global Economy
  Sales boost for Chinese telecoms company but smartphone division faces challenge
  
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• Money Minute Wednesday 16 October: house prices and inflation

  16-10-2019 07:59 via MoneyWeek
  In today's Money Minute, we get the latest numbers on UK house prices and inflation.
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• EU risks trade fight over carbon border tax plan

  16-10-2019 06:00 via Global Economy
  Brussels wants to help businesses compete while pursuing climate change targets
  
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• South Korea cuts rates to record low to boost growth

  16-10-2019 03:17 via Global Economy
  Economy is struggling with global trade frictions and weaker memory chip prices
  
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• UK and EU remain locked in race to find Brexit deal

  16-10-2019 01:22 via Global Economy
  Talks continue late into night after Johnson offers Northern Ireland cash to bring DUP onside
  
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• UK and EU locked in race to broker Brexit deal

  15-10-2019 22:51 via Global Economy
  Johnson offering cash payment to Northern Ireland to bring DUP onside
  
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• Trade dominates the air waves

  15-10-2019 22:19 via Global Economy
  Mike Mackenzie’s daily analysis of what’s moving global markets
  
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• DUP faces hard choices on trust and Brexit

  15-10-2019 21:48 via Global Economy
  Boris Johnson tries to reassure parliamentary allies over EU departure plan
  
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• UK and EU locked in last-minute talks to broker Brexit deal

  15-10-2019 19:36 via Global Economy
  Johnson must still sell Northern Ireland border plan to hardliners and DUP
  
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• Global economic policymakers are playing with fire

  15-10-2019 17:59 via Global Economy
  Too much of what ails the world economy is the result of ‘stupid stuff’
  
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• Child Trust Funds: where is your child’s cash?

  15-10-2019 16:12 via MoneyWeek
  Your offspring may have a child trust fund tucked away. If so, their money is being consumed by fees
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• Buccaneer Johnson struggles to strike a deal with EU

  15-10-2019 15:25 via Global Economy
  Government has in mind a substantially different vision of long-term EU-UK relations than Theresa May did
  
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• IMF warns Boris Johnson over a giveaway Budget

  15-10-2019 15:15 via Global Economy
  PM will fail to honour pledge to balance the books by the middle of the next decade, it says
  
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• IMF slashes global growth forecast on trade war fears

  15-10-2019 15:00 via Global Economy
  Fund warns of ‘precarious’ economic situation as tariffs chill business confidence
  
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• ECB critics are right to worry on monetary policy

  15-10-2019 13:24 via Global Economy
  There is moral hazard in debt monetisation as it can neuter market discipline
  
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• The fall of the house of Woodford – and what it means for your money

  15-10-2019 11:38 via MoneyWeek
  Neil Woodford has been fired from his Equity Income fund, which is now being wound up. John Stepek looks at how he got into this mess, and what it means for investors.
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• Unleash the power of private equity

  15-10-2019 11:03 via MoneyWeek
  Technology-focused private equity fund HG Capital Trust is a successful investor in unlisted companies that has shrugged off political uncertainty
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• Why the renminbi’s challenge to the dollar has faded

  15-10-2019 10:47 via Global Economy
  Trade conflicts have made it hard for China to let its currency trade more flexibly
  
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• Barnier says new Brexit deal ‘possible’ but ‘difficult’

  15-10-2019 09:04 via Global Economy
  Brussels’ chief negotiator downbeat on latest UK proposals, diplomats say
  
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• Barnier pushes for UK concessions in bid for Brexit deal

  15-10-2019 09:04 via Global Economy
  Brussels’ chief negotiator says agreement ‘possible’ but ‘difficult’ ahead of EU summit
  
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• Money Minute Tuesday 15 October: UK unemployment and German optimism

  15-10-2019 07:59 via MoneyWeek
  Today's Money Minute looks forward to the UK unemployment figures and German investor sentiment.
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• Why the EU’s hopes of a Brexit deal are fading

  15-10-2019 06:00 via Global Economy
  Brussels eyes further extension after UK’s latest proposals fall short
  
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• Sanctions on Turkey, Libra blow, US-China trade

  15-10-2019 06:00 via Global Economy
  Donald Trump imposes sanctions against Turkish officials
  
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• Mario Draghi leaves a divided ECB in his wake

  15-10-2019 05:00 via Global Economy
  President’s tenure marked by boldness and calm but with some mis-steps and backlashes
  
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• How Draghi brought determination to calm market turmoil

  15-10-2019 05:00 via Global Economy
  How investors view the tenure of the ECB president as he prepares to hand over to Christine Lagarde
  
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• African swine fever drives up European pork prices

  15-10-2019 05:00 via Global Economy
  Steep rise this year could mean more expensive bacon in Spain, Germany and Poland
  
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• China inflation hits six-year high as pork prices surge

  15-10-2019 04:08 via Global Economy
  Rising prices add to leadership’s worries as US-China trade war takes its toll
  
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• Trump imposes sanctions against Turkish officials

  15-10-2019 02:16 via Global Economy
  US president acts after bipartisan criticism of his policy shift in Syria
  
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• Staff back at work in former Thomas Cook shops

  15-10-2019 01:28 via BBC News - Economy
  Former Thomas Cook staff go back to work in their travel shops.
  
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• Trump threatens new sanctions against Turkish officials

  15-10-2019 00:07 via Global Economy
  US president warns Ankara of severe consequences if it pursues military incursion in Syria
  
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