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• UK court hears possible recruit to Libor conspiracy 'to get the odd Mars bar'

  08-10-2015 21:15
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - A former manager at ICAP, the world's largest interdealer brokerage, and a former trader at U.S. bank JPMorgan, plotted to corrupt a new recruit as part of an alleged scam to rig global interest rates, a prosecutor told London's second Libor trial on Thursday.
  
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• Fed & Q3 Earnings Season in Focus

  08-10-2015 19:02
  Pre open sentiment indicates a modestly soft open for stocks ahead of the Fed minutes and the start of the Q3 earnings season later today. The relevance of the Fed minutes has likely come down quite a bit following
  
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• BBC to screen live e-sports tournament

  08-10-2015 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC is to stream live coverage of an e-gaming contest for the first time
  
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• VIDEO: Drone flies over sea to deliver package

  08-10-2015 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Singaporean package delivery firm flies a t-shirt and letter to a small island - but how long will it be before the tech is ready for regular use?
  
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• LNG Bust Could Last For Years

  08-10-2015 14:04
  By James Stafford Commodity prices have crashed over the past year, and the market for LNG is no different.Over the past five years or so, there has been a flurry of construction for LNG export terminals, as natural gas exporters hoped to take advantage of the sky-high prices for LNG in Asia. LNG prices jumped
  
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• 5 Steps to Help You Avoid Retirement-Planning Pitfalls

  08-10-2015 13:42
  BySteven ElwellLearn more about Steven on NerdWallet’sAsk an AdvisorAs with most transitions, the key to smoothly moving into retirement is preparation. As you make the shift from accumulating wealth to spending down your savings, it can be hard to juggle the many moving pieces of your strategy. But
  
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• Which jobs could a 100-year-old do?

  08-10-2015 10:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Which jobs could you do if you worked to 100?
  
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• Russia must use influence to protect civilians in Syria - Britain

  08-10-2015 08:50
  
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia must use its influence to stop the Assad regime from bombing civilians, Britain's defence minister Michael Fallon said on Thursday, telling Moscow its involvement in the Syrian civil war had made the conflict more dangerous.
  
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• UK surveyors says house price growth slows in Sept, home shortage is a worry

  08-10-2015 02:58
  
  LONDON, (Reuters) - British house prices rose more slowly in September as the number of deals grew, though the market remained hampered by a shortage of properties for sale, a body representing property valuers said on Thursday.
  
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• Britain's tech community links up with charities to help migrants with mobiles

  08-10-2015 02:23
  LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Frustrated by the lack of technological solutions to the European refugee crisis, a group of London-based techies has started working with charities to find ways to help people on the move, most of whom have mobile phones.
  
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• Opening the books on Christmas sales

  08-10-2015 01:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Opening the books on Christmas sales
  
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• Are pop-ups the answer for small firms?

  08-10-2015 01:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Are pop-ups the best way to establish a business?
  
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• New UK minimum wage weighing on hiring - REC survey

  08-10-2015 01:06
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Concerns among British employers about a new, higher minimum wage are contributing to a sharp slowdown in hiring via recruitment firms, according to a survey published on Thursday.
  
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• Scientists call for urgent trials to judge flu drugs for pandemics

  08-10-2015 01:04
  
  LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - - Scientists still don't know if two commonly-used flu drugs -- Roche's Tamiflu and GlaxoSmithKline's Relenza -- really work in seasonal or pandemic flu outbreaks and say robust clinical trials are urgently needed to find out.
  
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• Rugby blossoms for 2019 hosts Japan

  08-10-2015 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rugby can blossom for 2019 World Cup hosts Japan
  
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• VIDEO: Japan on a 2019 hosting mission

  08-10-2015 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After its strong showing this year, Japan is already looking forward to hosting what it hopes will be a successful Rugby World Cup in 2019.
  
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