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• Facebook reports jump in profits

  04-11-2015 23:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook reported a spike in profits on the back of increased advertising sales.
  
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• Markets fall after Yellen's comments

  04-11-2015 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shares fall after Janet Yellen, head of the Federal Reserve, announces rates may well rise in December.
  
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• US fines German bank $258m over Iran

  04-11-2015 20:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  German company Deutsche Bank is fined $285m by US regulators for working with US-sanctioned countries Syria and Iran.
  
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• Colorado votes on marijuana tax spending

  04-11-2015 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Colorado votes overwhelmingly in favour of spending taxes raised from the sale on marijuana and not returning the money to taxpayers.
  
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• National Grid gets back-up supply

  04-11-2015 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK power industry provides more electricity generation capacity after a request from the National Grid.
  
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• VW hit by falling sales as crisis deepens

  04-11-2015 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  First evidence of customer anger as VW, Seat and Skoda all see a dip in new car registrations.
  
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• ADP Jobs Reading Nearly In Line With Estimates

  04-11-2015 19:11
  The major indexes are on track to start today's session in the positive, with the in line ADP ( ADP ) jobs reading raising hopes of a similar outcome from the key government jobs report on Friday, which has
  
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• December US rate rise 'a possibility'

  04-11-2015 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A rise in US interest rates in December is a "live" possibility, Janet Yellen, chair of the Federal Reserve has told a Congressional committee.
  
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• Billionaires Make the Case For: GM, AMZN, HCA, BAX, VRX and Activism

  04-11-2015 19:01
  Last week we heard from three top billionaire investors, publicly, and for different reasons. In all cases, they gave us some valuable nuggets.On Friday, Bill Ackman held a conference call defending his multi-billion dollar position inValeant( VRX ). In the face of the scrutiny, he predicted Valeant shares
  
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• Bank report regulator 'lazy' say MPs

  04-11-2015 17:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The man who is leading the UK regulator's inquiry into bank accounts has been accused of 'laziness' by a group of MPs
  
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• National Grid requests extra power backup

  04-11-2015 16:52
  MILAN/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's energy system operator National Grid moved to increase the country's electricity supply backup on Wednesday after unnamed power plants broke down.
  
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• VIDEO: M&S merchandise sales fall again

  04-11-2015 16:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marks and Spencer's half-yearly overall profits are up by 6.1%, but the sales in general merchandise, which includes the trouble clothing division, were down by 1.2%
  
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• UK unveils new spying powers, raising privacy fears

  04-11-2015 15:33
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain unveiled plans for sweeping new surveillance powers on Wednesday, including the ability to find out which websites people visit, measures ministers say are vital to keep the country safe but which critics say are an assault on privacy.
  
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• HMRC 'still failing' UK taxpayers

  04-11-2015 15:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group of MPs says HM Revenue and Customs is still failing taxpayers, and only answering half the calls from the public.
  
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• Keystone XL Pipeline May Be Dead, At Least For Now

  04-11-2015 14:29
  By Andy Tully Rather than risk rejection by the President Obama, TransCanada Corp. has chosen to ask Washington to suspend its application to build the proposed Keystone XL pipeline through the United States and hope for a better reception from the next administration.The venture has been touted for years as a
  
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• Sales fall again at Marks and Spencer

  04-11-2015 13:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marks and Spencer reports another fall in sales as a revival in its women's fashion range fails to materialise.
  
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• UK tax agency must report full scale of tax avoidance-lawmakers

  04-11-2015 13:04
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British authorities must start reporting the full scale of aggressive legal tax avoidance and prosecute more people for evading tax by illegally moving money offshore, lawmakers said on Wednesday.
  
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• VIDEO: Breakfast's Steph tests Christmas toys

  04-11-2015 12:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Breakfast's Steph McGovern thinks all her Christmases have come at once as she is given an opportunity to play with some of the toys predicted to be the best-sellers this festive season.
  
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• Payday lender agrees to refund £1.7m

  04-11-2015 12:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The payday loan company behind Quick Quid and Pounds to Pocket agrees to refund customers who were able to take out loans they could not afford.
  
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• 'I'm a daughter - I'm not allowed to participate'

  04-11-2015 12:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The problems still faced by female business owners in India
  
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• BT upgrades exchanges to stop scammers

  04-11-2015 11:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BT has finished upgrading its exchanges as part of efforts to stop scammers exploiting telephone lines which are held open.
  
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• Online schools 'worse than traditional teachers'

  04-11-2015 11:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Online schools worse than traditional teachers
  
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• OECD warns high-priced drugs are stretching health budgets

  04-11-2015 11:05
  LONDON (Reuters) - Speciality medicines for which pharmaceutical companies demand high prices are straining wealthy nations' health budgets, the OECD said on Wednesday, with drugs accounting for some 20 percent of all health spending.
  
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• British police make fourth arrest in TalkTalk cyber attack

  04-11-2015 09:58
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British police have made a fourth arrest in connection with a cyber attack on telecoms company TalkTalk (TALK.L), which the company said leaked the bank details of more than 20,000 customers.
  
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• Forties at 40

  04-11-2015 07:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The past, present and future of North Sea oil
  
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• VIDEO: Women struggle in India's family firms

  04-11-2015 04:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is difficult for women to take over family businesses in India.
  
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• No women, no bonus - British financial firms urged to come clean on lack of diversity

  04-11-2015 03:35
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Bonuses paid to executives at financial services companies in Britain should depend on the number of women employed in senior roles at the company, a government report into women in finance will say on Wednesday.
  
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• VIDEO: Japan Post shares make big debut

  04-11-2015 02:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Japan Post shares start trading in Tokyo after they were priced at the top of their range.
  
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• VIDEO: Wi-fi can identify people through walls

  04-11-2015 01:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tech which uses wi-fi signals to identify and track people through walls
  
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• VIDEO: De Beers' boss shares his secrets

  04-11-2015 01:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Philippe Mellier, chief executive of De Beers Group, offers the business advice he wishes he'd had when he started out, as part of the BBC News series, CEO Secrets.
  
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• UK's NIESR nudges down growth forecasts for 2015 and 2016

  04-11-2015 01:17
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economy is likely to grow slower than previously expected this year and next, after posting the fastest expansion among major advanced economies last year, a think tank predicted on Wednesday.
  
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• Do Americans dream of longer holidays?

  04-11-2015 01:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can the travel industry get US workers to take more holidays?
  
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• UK shop prices drop again in October, more falls expected in Xmas run-up - BRC

  04-11-2015 01:09
  
  Prices in British shops in October were 1.8 percent lower than a year earlier, a slightly less marked rate of decline than in September, the British Retail Consortium said on Wednesday.
  
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• Mexico's new furniture revolutionaries

  04-11-2015 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mexico's new furniture revolutionaries
  
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• VIDEO: Bringing online furniture to Mexico

  04-11-2015 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How three friends set up a successful online furniture business in Mexico despite not being Mexican, and not having worked in the country before.
  
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• Internet firms must store usage data for one year - UK surveillance bill

  04-11-2015 00:22
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Internet companies will have to store customer usage data for up to a year according to a new bill the British government will present to parliament on Wednesday, local newspapers reported.
  
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