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• Virgin presses 747 into space action

  03-12-2015 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir Richard Branson is going to use one of his old Virgin Atlantic 747-400 jumbos to act as a platform to launch rockets into orbit.
  
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• Airbus leads on £14m wing research

  03-12-2015 21:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bristol's Airbus site will lead on two new aerospace research projects, after £14m funding was announced by Business Secretary Sajid Javid.
  
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• ECB, Fed And The ISM Service Sector Survey To Determine Markets Movements

  03-12-2015 19:10
  
  Pre open sentiment took a hit following the ECB announcement, with the major indexes losing ground in solidarity with the market sell off in Europe. Headlines coming out of the Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen's Congressional testimony and the service
  
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• Yellen signals US interest rate rise

  03-12-2015 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen tells the US Congress that the economy is reaching a point where it can handle an interest rate rise.
  
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• PM Cameron says does not expect EU reform deal in December

  03-12-2015 18:05
  
  SOFIA/LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Thursday he did not expect to reach a deal on his planned EU reforms at December's European Council meeting but would use it to "focus minds" on the changes he is seeking.
  
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• ECB moves to boost eurozone economy

  03-12-2015 16:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The European Central Bank cuts its rate on bank overnight deposits, in an effort to encourage lending by banks, and extends its bond-buying stimulus programme.
  
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• Britain joins Syria air war; Putin vows more sanctions on Turkey

  03-12-2015 15:31
  
  LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Britain joined U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State in Syria on Thursday, but Vladimir Putin issued bitter new denunciations of Turkey for shooting down a Russian plane, demonstrating the limits to international solidarity.
  
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• UK wartime leader Winston Churchill refused to pay his tailor's bills

  03-12-2015 15:29
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Refusal to pay the bills of one's tailor was famously almost a point of honour among English gentlemen in past centuries and Winston Churchill was no exception, newly released archives show.
  
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• Selfies under scrutiny at London show

  03-12-2015 14:42
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - People in London smile the least in their selfies while Moscow's selfie takers are predominantly women dressed to the nines, says a researcher involved in setting up a London show about selfies.
  
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• Is Grexit Back on the Table?

  03-12-2015 14:22
  
  Defying the expectations a few months ago, Greece remained in the Economic and Monetary Union. It recently succeeded in implementing sufficient reforms toearn  another tranche of aid.   However, the entire exercise exhausted whatever trust there may have been.  It has also further soured Greece's attitude toward
  
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• UK says seeks release of British-Iranian citizen jailed in Iran

  03-12-2015 12:25
  DUBAI (Reuters) - Britain's foreign ministry has said it is seeking the release of a British-Iranian citizen from jail in Iran, where he has been held for four years on espionage charges.
  
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• VIDEO: Fire risks from imitation hoverboards

  03-12-2015 11:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In the last year, hoverboards have gone from being something from Back to the Future to the number one item on many children's Christmas lists.
  
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• Parliament votes to bomb Islamic State in Syria

  03-12-2015 06:07
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Parliament voted on Wednesday to launch bombing raids against Islamic State in Syria, supporting Prime Minister David Cameron's case that the country needs to help destroy militants who are "plotting to kill us".
  
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• British bombers conduct first air strikes on Syria - government source

  03-12-2015 05:14
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Tornado bombers conducted their first air strikes on Syria just hours after parliament approved Prime Minister David Cameron's plan to strike at Islamic State militants in Syria, a government source said on Thursday.
  
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• Bookworms flock to Latin America's biggest literary fair

  03-12-2015 05:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bookworms flock to Latin America's biggest book fair
  
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• VIDEO: One of India's wealthiest on tax reforms

  03-12-2015 02:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sunil Mittal, founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises, talks about potential changes to his country's tax system.
  
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• VIDEO: Chinese workers adapting to Africa

  03-12-2015 02:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Chinese husband and wife team tell us how they are settling in to working in Nairobi, while their children remain in China.
  
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• Is China a brake on Africa's progress?

  03-12-2015 01:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What does China's slowing economy mean for Africa?
  
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• The rise of the student entrepreneurs

  03-12-2015 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The uni undergrads bucking the stereotype
  
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• Alexion's 366,912 pound bone drug too expensive for Britain

  03-12-2015 01:10
  LONDON (Reuters) - A new drug to treat a rare inherited bone disorder from Alexion Pharmaceuticals ALXN.O that costs £366,912 a year for each patient has been deemed too expensive by Britain's health cost watchdog NICE.
  
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