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• Christmas card printing firm Schoolcardshop ceases trading

  30-11-2016 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A company that converts children's artwork into Christmas cards has gone out of business.
  
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• New fiver: Bank of England looking to make note meat-free

  30-11-2016 22:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The maker of the new fiver says it is working on "potential solutions" to the issue of animal fat.
  
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• OPEC's Move Was To Stop The Economic Time Bomb

  30-11-2016 21:40
  
  Over the past year we’ve talked a lot about the oil price bust and the threat it represented to the global economy.  And in past months, we’ve talked about the approaching OPEC meeting, where they had telegraphed a production cut – the first in eight years.  Still, not many were buying it. Remember, it was
  
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• Opec countries agree first oil output cut in eight years

  30-11-2016 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Oil cartel Opec agrees its first supply cut in eight years, sending the price of crude surging 10%.
  
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• Trump says he will 'leave business' to focus on presidency

  30-11-2016 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President-elect Donald Trump announces he is leaving "business in total" to focus on the presidency.
  
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• Mnuchin promises to boost US growth as Treasury boss

  30-11-2016 19:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Steven Mnuchin, the new US Treasury secretary, pledges to strengthen the US economy with a tax overhaul not seen since the days of Ronald Reagan.
  
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• Samantha Cameron launches her first fashion label

  30-11-2016 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The wife of former prime minister David Cameron is to launch a 40-piece collection early next year.
  
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• Inventor of the Big Mac dies, aged 98

  30-11-2016 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The man who invented the McDonald's Big Mac burger dies aged 98.
  
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• GoPro makes cutbacks after drone crashes

  30-11-2016 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  GoPro is cutting 200 jobs and shutting down its video licensing service after the recall of its Karma drones.
  
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• All Eye On Jobs Data & OPEC

  30-11-2016 18:56
  
  The main beacon signaling the U S jobs report the first Friday of almost every month is the ADP ADP private sector employment report which comes out nearly every Wednesday including this morning A positive surprise of 46K to the upside 216K overall easily topped expectations of 170K
  
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• Why Russia's Rosneft sale has hit problems

  30-11-2016 18:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Russian government needs to sell 20% of shares in Rosneft, the world's largest publicly traded oil company. But the plan has hit some problems, as Oleg Boldyrev explains.
  
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• Which chocolate bars are shrinking?

  30-11-2016 17:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  When Toblerone introduced a new size and shape it was international news. But it's not the only chocolate bar that's been shrinking this year.
  
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• Steve Mnuchin: Who is Trump's new treasury secretary?

  30-11-2016 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has picked former Goldman Sachs banker Steven Mnuchin as his treasury secretary - what do we know about him?
  
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• Steve who?

  30-11-2016 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has picked former Goldman Sachs banker Steven Mnuchin as his treasury secretary. Here are five things you need to know about Mr Mnuchin.
  
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• Potential clash

  30-11-2016 17:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Will Donald Trump's business create a conflict of interest for him when he enters the White House?
  
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• The French Connection: Italy, France, and the Establishment Versus Populism

  30-11-2016 17:05
  
  Should you be overwhelmed with the urge to pick your feet in Poughkeepsie, or if you’d prefer, maybe ripping off a piece of baguette after shooting a French detective point blank in the face, then ‘tis the season.For a dose of not so jolly Christmas cheer, you can actually experience the cinematic pleasure of both
  
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• Colombia air crash

  30-11-2016 15:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What will the team of British accident investigators in Colombia be doing?
  
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• Prince Alwaleed says women driving ban hurts Saudi economy

  30-11-2016 15:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Influential Saudi prince Alwaleed bin Talal calls on his country to lift driving ban on women.
  
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• Renewed OPEC Hopes and Month End Featured

  30-11-2016 14:34
  
  Yesterday's pessimism about a potential deal at today's oil producers' meeting in Vienna has been replaced by optimism and that crude oil around 5%.     Supportive comment by Iranian officials about there being acceptable proposals on the table and intimations that Russia may also participate in cuts fanned the
  
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• Will Trump Send Electricity Bills Soaring?

  30-11-2016 14:19
  
  After the election of Donald Trump as President, one of the cornerstones of the modern global economic system is being questioned. Trump built his campaign on questioning the status quo, and in economics that has largely meant deriding free trade. This could impact an under-the-radar area of trade between the U.S.
  
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• There Is No Downside For Metals Investors

  30-11-2016 14:17
  
  By Avi Gilburt,  ElliottWaveTrader.netFirst published Sat Nov 26 for members of ElliottWaveTrader.net: In my mid-week night-time update, I generally noted what I am seeing in the market:The metals markets are all now hitting the downside retracement targets for support we have been speaking of and focusing
  
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• When Bernanke Speaks You Should Listen

  30-11-2016 14:14
  
  Recently I talked about how an OPEC cut on oil production would/should accelerate the Fed's plan for interest rate hikes next year.  Interestingly, the former Fed Chair himself, Ben Bernanke, wrote apost on the internet talking  about the Fed's rate path and its quarterly projections (which we looked at
  
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• Black Friday 'online sales rise by 12% from last year'

  30-11-2016 13:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The retail industry's 'Black Friday' led to a 12% rise in online spending that day, say analysts.
  
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• Bank governor Mark Carney warns on household debt

  30-11-2016 12:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bank of England governor Mark Carney gives a warning about high levels of debt in UK households.
  
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• RBS biggest failure in bank stress test

  30-11-2016 12:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  RBS performs worst in tests on how the UK's biggest lenders would cope with a global economic crash.
  
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• 'Independent evidence needed' on new cigarette

  30-11-2016 09:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chief executive of Action on Smoking and Heath says iQOS cigarettes are "not harm-free".
  
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• Omega Healthcare: Big Dividend, 3 Big Risks

  30-11-2016 07:54
  
  By Blue Harbinger ByBlue Harbinger Omega Healthcare Investors OHI is an attractive big dividend 8 5 real estate investment trust REIT Omega has delivered poor performance so far this year as shown in our recent article Big Dividend Healthcare REITs Ranking the Best and
  
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• Silicon Valley Bank Set To Benefit From Multi-Trillion Dollar Human Capital Asset Class

  30-11-2016 07:53
  
  By William Matson CFA ByWilliam Matson CFA Summary SummarySummary Among the past few decades most consistent trends has been the securitizing of a growing variety of assets Extrapolation of this trend suggests that human capital the present value of individuals future
  
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• Sleep deprivation 'costs UK £40bn a year'

  30-11-2016 02:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sleep-deprived workers are costing the UK economy £40bn a year and face a higher risk of death, says a new study.
  
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• Saudi Arabia asks Opec to cut world oil supply

  30-11-2016 01:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Opec could cut crude oil output by a million barrels a day, if Saudi Arabia gets its way this week.
  
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• Oil future

  30-11-2016 01:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Oil prices may be too low for the taste of Opec but getting a deal to push them higher will be hard.
  
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• Rubbish cooking

  30-11-2016 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The firms trying to tackle food waste by using ingredients destined to be thrown away.
  
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• Christmas 2016 may be the cheapest ever

  30-11-2016 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  While many like to moan that the cost of Christmas seems to go up every year, the truth may be exactly the opposite.
  
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