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• Hotel giants strike $12bn tie-up

  16-11-2015 23:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US hoteliers Marriott International and Starwood Hotels agree to create world's biggest hotel company with a $12.2bn deal.
  
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• Major Indexes To Start Today's Session Modestly In The Green

  16-11-2015 18:46
  The major indexes are on track to start today's session modestly in the green despite the Paris events over the weekend. We have a relatively light data docket today, but the rest of this week packs a lot of
  
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• Savers suffer as Isa rates tumble

  16-11-2015 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From Monday, life gets even tougher for savers, as NS&I brings in lower returns on its Individual Savings Accounts (Isas).
  
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• Defiant French businesses carry on

  16-11-2015 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  French businesses are largely continuing to operate as usual after the attacks in Paris.
  
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• VIDEO: Pauline Ng, 29, Singapore

  16-11-2015 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The award winning spa owner on how being a woman has helped her establish her beauty business
  
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• VIDEO: Zuzanna Stanska, 27, Poland

  16-11-2015 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The art app creator talks about what it felt like the first time she saw a stranger using her app in a museum.
  
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• VIDEO: Antonia Albert, 25, Germany

  16-11-2015 16:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The founder of an online marketplace for elderly care discusses how how her experience with her grandmother inspired the business.
  
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• VIDEO: Jana Tepe, 29, Germany

  16-11-2015 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jana Tepe explains how she raised money for her job-sharing business
  
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• UK investigates car emissions tests

  16-11-2015 16:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parliament's Transport Committee is to investigate if the way the UK approves the road worthiness of cars is "fit for purpose".
  
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• FX Markets Stabilize After Paris Attack

  16-11-2015 16:01
  Market Drivers November 16, 2015Markets stabilize post Paris attacksUSD/JPY reverses earlier losses to test 123.00Nikkei -1.04% Eurostoxx 0.34%Oil $41/bblGold $1092/oz Europe and Asia: NZD Retail Sales 1.6% vs. 1.1%JPY Preliminary GDP -0.2% vs. -0.1%EUR EU CPI North America: CAD Manufacturing
  
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• The Week Ahead: Further Weakness Looks Likely

  16-11-2015 15:52
  There are times when writing about financial markets seems somewhat shallow, pointless even, and this is one of them. The events in Paris on Friday night have scarred all of us and uppermost in our thoughts and prayers are the victims and their friends and families. That is only right, but even so we must carry on. I
  
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• VIDEO: Rasha Shehada, 29, UAE

  16-11-2015 15:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The business woman talks about the challenge of taking on a family business as a woman.
  
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• VIDEO: Brit Morin, 29, USA

  16-11-2015 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new media pioneer talks about the challenges of starting a business young and the importance of mentors
  
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• VIDEO: Cristina Randall, 29, Mexico

  16-11-2015 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The online payment system company boss talks about the experience of being a female founder in the technology sector.
  
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• VIDEO: Victoria Alonsoperez, 28, Uruguay

  16-11-2015 15:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Victoria Alonsoperez on how an outbreak of mad cow disease when she was a teenager inspired her latest venture.
  
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• Workplace bullying 'on the rise' in UK

  16-11-2015 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bullying in the workplace is growing, and many people are too afraid to speak up about it, according to the conciliation service, Acas.
  
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• How Interest Rates Are Driving Forex Valuations

  16-11-2015 12:24
  John M. BlandForex Markets Interest Rate DrivenForeign Exchange is all about the value of one currency against another, and the cost (or return) on a given currency is its interest rate. Traditionally, forex values have been driven by relative interest rates, but in the wake of the "Great Recession", we
  
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• VIDEO: Xian Xu, 28, China

  16-11-2015 12:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Restaurant founder Xian Xu on the importance of finding the right partner to build her business with.
  
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• VIDEO: Microsoft pulls plug on Zune music

  16-11-2015 12:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Microsoft's failed Zune music service is quietly put to rest.
  
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• VIDEO: Sara Jane Ho, 29, Hong Kong

  16-11-2015 12:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sara Jane Ho on the philosophy behind her business, China's first "finishing school" Institute Sarita.
  
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• VIDEO: Michelle Sun, 28, Hong Kong

  16-11-2015 11:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Michelle Sun, 28, the founder of First Code Academy on how she made the leap from investment banking to starting her own business
  
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• VIDEO: Who's heard of the Northern Powerhouse?

  16-11-2015 10:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two-thirds of people in the North of England have either never heard of, or know nothing about, the Northern Powerhouse, according to a BBC-commissioned survey.
  
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• VIDEO: Kickstarter boss on success secrets

  16-11-2015 07:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yancey Strickler, cofounder of Kickstarter, 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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• VIDEO: Taking Indian whisky upmarket

  16-11-2015 03:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Indian whisky producers choosing to compete on quality rather than price.
  
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• 'I just wanted to get out of school and get on'

  16-11-2015 01:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Six steps that built a multi-million dollar auctioneers
  
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• Society 'to be hit by climate change'

  16-11-2015 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Human societies will soon start to experience adverse effects from manmade climate change, a prominent economist has warned.
  
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