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• Production 'paused' at steel plant

  18-09-2015 19:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Steel production at the SSI plant on Teesside, which employs up to 2,000 people, is to be put on hold due to supply issues, the company says.
  
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• Will Mood Swing?

  18-09-2015 18:20
  Stocks ended the Thursday session lower on the Fed announcement, and the mood doesn't seem to be getting any better in today's session. Some folks are saying that the market reaction would have been even worse had the Fed
  
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• Markets fall after Fed holds rates

  18-09-2015 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  European and US markets fall following the Federal Reserve's decision not to raise US interest rates.
  
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• US moves to ease Cuban trade embargo

  18-09-2015 17:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US has announced eases restrictions on business and travel with Cuba, the latest move by President Barack Obama to improve relations with the country.
  
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• Osborne to visit China in trade push

  18-09-2015 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK Chancellor George Osborne is to embark on a week-long visit to China to boost commercial and political ties with the country.
  
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• VIDEO: Geothermal power in Kenya

  18-09-2015 17:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The way Kenya gets its power could be changing forever.
  
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• VIDEO: Life-saving fire alarms in Cape Town

  18-09-2015 17:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A team of inventors in Cape Town have invented a cheap, small fire alarm that detects heat rather smoke.
  
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• Bank of England 'may cut rates'

  18-09-2015 17:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Bank of England may have to cut rates to combat low inflation, rather than raise them as its next move, says its chief economist Andy Haldane.
  
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• VIDEO: Taxing tourism in Zimbabwe

  18-09-2015 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new tax threatens to damage Zimbabwe's recovering tourism trade.
  
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• VIDEO: Sotheby's opens Indian office

  18-09-2015 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sotheby's says Indian clients have bought and sold art worth $600m in the past five years and it's now decided to open an office in Mumbai
  
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• VIDEO: India goes on weapons charm offensive

  18-09-2015 17:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India is the world's biggest arms importer, but the government wants to make more defence equipment in India - not just for its own use - but to sell to others.
  
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• UK scientists seek permission to edit the genes of human embryos

  18-09-2015 16:15
  LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have applied for permission to edit the genes of human embryos in a series of experiments aimed at finding out more about the earliest stages of human development.
  
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• Lotus given seven days in HMRC case

  18-09-2015 16:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lotus is given seven days breathing space in insolvency proceedings brought by HM Revenue and Customs.
  
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• Lidl introduces recommended living wage

  18-09-2015 14:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lidl is the first UK supermarket to implement the minimum wage as recommended by the Living Wage Foundation.
  
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• VIDEO: Stars of the Frankfurt Motor Show

  18-09-2015 14:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As the Frankfurt Motor Show draws to a close, Theo Leggett looks at what you could be driving away after that big lottery win.
  
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• Labour's 'Corbynomics' targets Osborne's investment weak spot

  18-09-2015 14:21
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - New Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn has been labelled a threat to Britain's economic security by the Conservative government but he may have more impact on its economic policy than the average fan of Karl Marx.
  
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• Northern Irish parties agree to start talks over IRA crisis

  18-09-2015 14:17
  
  BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's Protestant unionist and Catholic nationalist parties will begin talks on Monday, led by the British and Irish governments, to try to save the power-sharing government that ended decades of sectarian violence.
  
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• Scottish nationalist leader says UK 'living on borrowed time'

  18-09-2015 14:04
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom is "living on borrowed time" if the government fails to listen to Scottish voters, Scottish nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon said on Friday, the first anniversary of an independence referendum.
  
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• The Deviation Between The Economy and the Markets

  18-09-2015 13:39
  Markets and the economy do not need to go in the same direction. Business continues to optimize based on conditions they are seeing.  Since the Great Recession, business has done a much better job of adjusting to economic conditions than the masters of the economy have in running the economy.Business optimization
  
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• Did the Fed Miss its Window to Raise Rates?

  18-09-2015 13:17
  With the Federal Reserve (Fed) set to make its long awaited September policy announcement next week, the debate in the media over whether the Fed will announce liftoff this month or in December continues to rage on.
  
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• UK productivity lags behind rest of G7

  18-09-2015 13:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK was much less productive than the rest of the G7 in 2014, lagging on average by the most since 1991, official figures show.
  
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• BHS seeks 'iconic status' for the brand

  18-09-2015 13:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BHS boss Darren Topp says he wants to bring back the brand's "iconic status" on the High Street.
  
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• Worldpay flotation aims to raise £890m

  18-09-2015 12:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Payment processing company Worldpay announces plans for a share listing that could push it into London's FTSE 100 index.
  
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• London fifth-priciest city in the world but earnings lag behind - UBS

  18-09-2015 11:54
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - London is the fifth most expensive city in the world to live in but wage levels have failed to keep up compared to other major centres, a report by Swiss Bank UBS has found.
  
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• VIDEO: NME magazine going free 'no brainer'

  18-09-2015 11:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The NME's editor, Mike Williams, says an increase in advertising will not affect the quality of the long-standing music magazine, which is now free.
  
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• Finland strike 'shuts down ports'

  18-09-2015 11:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A widespread anti-austerity strike in Finland has shut down ports and disrupted flights and public transport in the country, news agencies report.
  
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• VIDEO: Lidl to pay recommended living wage

  18-09-2015 11:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lidl UK chief executive Ronny Gottschlich speaks to BBC News about pay increases for staff, expansion plans and how they keep prices down.
  
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• Poundland's merger with rival approved

  18-09-2015 09:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK regulator approves Poundland's £55m merger with its rival, 99p Stores.
  
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• Can a machine become an artist?

  18-09-2015 01:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can a machine become an artist?
  
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• Cameron rules out second Scottish independence vote

  18-09-2015 01:09
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland must move on from its failed bid for independence, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday, using the first anniversary of an historic referendum to rule out holding another vote on the issue.
  
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• Does ad blocking herald the end of the free internet?

  18-09-2015 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How ad blocking could signal the end of the free web
  
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• Corbyn does not back leaving NATO - finance spokesman

  18-09-2015 00:51
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The opposition finance spokesman, John McDonnell, said on Thursday the newly elected leader of the Labour party was not advocating leaving the NATO military alliance.
  
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