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• Daily briefing: N Korea sanctions, instant divorce, hungry ghosts

  22-08-2017 21:44 via Global Economy
  US takes unilateral steps against Russian and Chinese groups as Pyongyang urgency grows
  
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• Ireland to double diplomatic trade presence by 2025 to combat Brexit

  22-08-2017 18:50 via Global Economy
  Business group welcomes move but calls for funding amid fears exports to UK will fall
  
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• Daily briefing: America’s longest war, Ford’s Chinese electric dreams, globalisation in retreat

  22-08-2017 13:14 via Global Economy
  Donald Trump announces new strategy for Afghanistan
  
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• Markets aren’t pricing in a political panic

  22-08-2017 11:15 via MoneyWeek
  Ray Dalio, the world's top hedge fund manager, is reining in his horns, says John Stepek. Not because of the markets – but because of politics.
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• Daily briefing: Trump’s Afghanistan plan, Cambridge quashes censorship, Iceland’s tourism pain

  22-08-2017 07:04 via Global Economy
  Donald Trump announces new strategy for the longest war in US history
  
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• Emmanuel Macron’s risky vision of a euro bargain

  22-08-2017 06:03 via Global Economy
  The French president’s strategy shows promise but heightens the chance of failure too
  
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• Emmanuel Macron’s hopes of a grand euro bargain are misplaced

  22-08-2017 06:03 via Global Economy
  French president risks undermining his programme for economic reform at home
  
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• Daily briefing: Eclipsed, Dalio caution, encrypting financial crime

  21-08-2017 23:26 via Global Economy
  Eclipse across US prompts millions to turn eyes to the sky
  
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• Globalisation in retreat: capital flows decline since crisis

  21-08-2017 22:00 via Global Economy
  The volume of funds crossing borders has fallen sharply and long-term investment is playing a bigger role. But is the system more resilient?
  
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• Brexit free-trade illusions from the 19th century

  21-08-2017 16:07 via Global Economy
  Regulations have become more important than tariffs, writes Alan Beattie
  
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• Why Steve Bannon failed in his efforts to rewrite US trade policy

  21-08-2017 14:29 via Global Economy
  Donald Trump’s former chief strategist lost most of his battles on trade during his time in office
  
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• The charts that matter suggest that investors are nervous

  21-08-2017 12:43 via MoneyWeek
  John Stepek explains why the gold price spiked up last week, and catches up with the action in the other markets.
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• US stocks may be more overvalued than they’ve ever been before

  21-08-2017 10:44 via MoneyWeek
  It's no secret that US stocks have been expensive for quite some time, says John Stepek. But even so, few investors realise quite how eye-wateringly expensive they've become.
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• Leaving the Customs Union could cause border chaos

  21-08-2017 10:00 via MoneyWeek
  If Britain decides to leave the Customs Union after Brexit, expect there to be chaos on the roads, says Matthew Partridge.
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• Daily briefing: Trump tax reform, Great American Eclipse, Barcelona manhunt continues

  21-08-2017 07:42 via Global Economy
  US president aims to reconnect with Republicans after the turmoil of recent weeks
  
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• Why emerging markets’ ‘Fragile Five’ aren’t quite so fragile

  21-08-2017 06:02 via Global Economy
  Repeat of 2013’s EM ‘taper tantrum’ looks less likely as current account deficits improve
  
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• Dealing with the effects of one bubble creating more

  21-08-2017 06:02 via Global Economy
  From stocks to SWAG and from bonds to bitcoin, many assets look overpriced
  
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• Dealing with the effects of one bubble created more

  21-08-2017 06:02 via Global Economy
  From stocks to SWAG and from bonds to bitcoin, many assets look overpriced
  
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• Trump targets tax reform to reconnect with Republicans

  20-08-2017 21:56 via Global Economy
  John Kelly leading efforts to restore order at White House
  
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• Daily briefing: US-China trade, HK protests and getting away with murder in India

  20-08-2017 21:14 via Global Economy
  Impact of any economic war would be worse for Beijing
  
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• Trump loses loudest but not the only economic nationalist voice

  20-08-2017 20:17 via Global Economy
  President and other trade hawks focus on less radical agenda
  
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• Trump targets tax reform to reconnect with GOP

  20-08-2017 19:39 via Global Economy
  John Kelly leading efforts to restore order at White House
  
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• Five ways to build a better Brexit

  20-08-2017 12:00 via MoneyWeek
  Business ought to stop moaning about Brexit, and start shaping it. Matthew Lynn suggests five places where it can start.
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• The NHS funding gap

  19-08-2017 18:00 via MoneyWeek
  Britain’s National Health Service always seems to be in crisis and running out of cash. Is it really, and what can be done? Alex Rankine reports.
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• Research questions image of spendthrift UK consumers

  19-08-2017 01:01 via Global Economy
  Changes to way companies fund pension obligations have distorted household savings ratio
  
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• One in 10 adults owns second home, says think tank

  18-08-2017 23:27
  By contrast, four in ten UK adults have no property wealth at all, the Resolution Foundation says.
  
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• US triggers trade investigation of China

  18-08-2017 23:12 via Global Economy
  Trump administration risks retaliation with probe of intellectual property practices
  
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• The world’s greatest investors: Joel Tillinghast

  18-08-2017 17:54 via MoneyWeek
  Joel Tillinghast is a value investor, looking for companies that are cheap, well run and pay a good dividend.
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• If only you’d invested in: Wizz Air

  18-08-2017 17:19 via MoneyWeek
  Wizz Air is the largest low-cost airline in central and eastern Europe, says Ben Judge – and it is flying high.
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• Dame Helen Alexander: The quiet wisdom of a great leader

  18-08-2017 17:01 via MoneyWeek
  Dame Helen Alexander, the first woman to head the Confederation of British Industry, didn't see herself as a role model – but she was to many.
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• Properties that have recently been reduced in price

  18-08-2017 16:51 via MoneyWeek
  From a 17th-century former rectory with four acres in Hertfordshire to a traditional thatched cottage with wood-burning stoves in Devon.
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• Harry Quilter-Pinner: Ten Years On: Why Didn't The Left Make The Most Of The Crash?

  18-08-2017 16:37 via UK Economy on Huffingtonpost UK
  
  With the Eurozone still in a fragile position; global leverage and debt still rising; and fears of a tech bubble abound this may not be the distant possibility we want it to be. Ten years on from this crisis, it is time to learn the lessons of the crash and our response to it. After all, "those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them". Read more: 2008 Economic Crash, UK Economy, Canary Wharf, UK Business, UK Politics,UK Politics News
  
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• How to vet prospective tenants

  18-08-2017 16:27 via MoneyWeek
  Finding the right tenant is a vital if you want to be paid on time. Emma Lunn explains how to go about it.
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• Money still can’t buy you love

  18-08-2017 16:21 via MoneyWeek
  Hiring a matchmaker may be an expensive alternative to Match.com, but it’s not necessarily a better one.
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• AA breaks down, but expect a recovery

  18-08-2017 15:46 via MoneyWeek
  Recovery service AA has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. But are the shares worth a punt? Matthew Partridge takes a look.
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• Black ownership rules polarise S African mining sector

  18-08-2017 15:44
  Will the South African government's attempt at redressing inequalities in the mining industry actually destroy it?
  
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• Money makers: making “Made in England” a boast

  18-08-2017 15:27 via MoneyWeek
  Luxury glasses designer Tom Davies is bringing back manufacturing to Britain with his new factory in west London.
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• Big opportunities in emerging small caps

  18-08-2017 14:15 via MoneyWeek
  David C Stevenson looks at some of the best funds to invest in emerging-market smaller companies.
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• Daily chart: A year on from Brexit

  18-08-2017 14:06 via United Kingdom
  Main image: A year after they plumped for Brexit and two months after they voted to take away the government’s majority, nearly three-quarters of Britons think their country is on the wrong track. That is the most in nearly five years, and places Britain eighth of 26 countries surveyed by Ipsos, a polling firm. Health care and terrorism are Britons’ main worries, along with poverty. Concern over immigration—the biggest beef of 2016, a consistent top concern and a power
  
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• Zen strategy pays dividends

  18-08-2017 13:34 via MoneyWeek
  Sometimes it pays to have few investment ideas, says Nick Train, who reveals a few of his favourite stocks.
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• Three archipelago adventures

  18-08-2017 13:06 via MoneyWeek
  From Norway to Mozambique, Alice Gråhns looks at the best places around the world to go island-hopping.
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• Bottling the sea's 'healing qualities'

  18-08-2017 12:41
  To satisfy a growing demand, a company in South Africa is extracting, bottling and selling sea water.
  
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• Daily briefing: Second Spain attack thwarted, third Trump council disbands, US markets plunge

  18-08-2017 12:20 via Global Economy
  Counter-terror operation by Spanish police has killed five people to stop a second attempted attack
  
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• How to profit from the mundane metals miners

  18-08-2017 12:17 via MoneyWeek
  A decade-long mining boom has ended. A lack of discoveries today means a shortfall – and price rises – tomorrow. Zinc and lead may not seem thrilling, but Dominic Frisby is getting excited.
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• A chardonnay-challenging super-star

  18-08-2017 12:17 via MoneyWeek
  This potential super-star grape will find many more fans in a short space of time, says Matthew Jukes.
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• Vantiv takes Worldpay global

  18-08-2017 11:52 via MoneyWeek
  Vantiv's takeover of Worldpay, the UK payments processor, makes strategic sense. But will shareholders benefit? Alice Gråhns reports.
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• Five questions for… Philip Harrison, president and managing director of Harrison

  18-08-2017 11:50 via MoneyWeek
  Harrison is one of the leading hospitality concept-creation consultancies globally, says managing director Philip Harrison. We reinvent and create brands.
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• Smaller businesses face cash squeeze

  18-08-2017 11:46 via MoneyWeek
  For many smaller companies, getting paid on time is a matter of life and death. David Prosser explains what can be done to keep the money coming in.
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• Alistair Darling: Expect more gloom

  18-08-2017 11:42 via MoneyWeek
  The former chancellor of the exchequer was bang on the money when he predicted the worst in 2008. And he is particularly optimistic now.
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• Investors should keep calm and carry on

  18-08-2017 11:37 via MoneyWeek
  Geopolitical crises always make the headlines. But as John Stepek explains, investors shouldn't get too caught up in the drama.
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