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• How drought is making it harder to sell in rural India

  18-12-2015 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How drought is making it harder to sell in rural India
  
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• Revenue rise boosts Blackberry revival

  18-12-2015 22:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Blackberry reports revenues of $548m for the three months to November - 12% higher than the previous quarter.
  
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• USD/JPY Moves & Top 10 Consequences of a Strong Dollar

  18-12-2015 22:03
  
  Daily FX Market Roundup 12.18.15 By Kathy Lien, Managing Director of FX Strategy for BK Asset ManagementDecember has been a busy month for central banks. First the ECB expanded Quantitative Easing, then the Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut interest rates by 25bp and this week the Federal Reserve raised interest
  
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• Why the Fed’s Rate Increase is Good (Not Bad) News

  18-12-2015 21:01
  
  The Federal Reserve's (Fed) widely anticipated decision this week to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade  has garnered plenty of attention, especially from those concerned over the possible negative economic impact of rate
  
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• US lifts 40-year ban on oil exports

  18-12-2015 20:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US politicians have approved a measure to lift the ban on exports of crude oil that has stood for four decades.
  
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• Martin Shkreli quits Turing after arrest

  18-12-2015 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Martin Shkreli resigns as chief executive of Turing Pharmaceuticals following his arrest on Thursday on securities fraud charges.
  
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• Decline In Oil Prices To Weigh On Markets

  18-12-2015 19:17
  
  The major indexes are on track to start today's session in weak territory, building on an oil inspired Thursday sell off. Investors found their peace with the Fed, with the rate hike reassuring the economy's health. But declining oil
  
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• Britain's last deep coal mine Kellingley Colliery closes

  18-12-2015 18:53
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - UK Coal closed Britain's last deep-cast coal mine Kellingley Colliery on Friday, 50 years after it opened.
  
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• MPs criticise government for solar cuts

  18-12-2015 18:52
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - MPs criticised the government's decision to reduce renewable energy subsidies on Friday in a letter to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, saying it would damage investor confidence.
  
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• 'Fix it': Cameron, EU chiefs hand UK puzzle to technocrats

  18-12-2015 18:51
  
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Christmas came early for Brussels lawyers and policy wonks who relish nothing better than a brain-teasing multidimensional constitutional puzzle to while away the dark days of winter.
  
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• Shell to face Nigeria oil spill lawsuit

  18-12-2015 17:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Dutch court has ruled that a judge in the Netherlands should hear a case against Royal Dutch Shell brought by four Nigerian farmers.
  
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• US proposes tanning ban for minors

  18-12-2015 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US health officials have proposed a ban on tanning beds for minors to help address the risk of skin cancer.
  
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• Most UK-based economists disagree with Osborne's fiscal plans - survey

  18-12-2015 16:18
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Only a minority of British-based academic economists back Chancellor George Osborne's goal of reaching a budget surplus within the next four years, a survey showed on Friday.
  
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• Cameron suggests he wants EU referendum next year

  18-12-2015 16:16
  
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron gave his strongest suggestion yet on Friday that he hopes to hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union in 2016, before a self-imposed two-year deadline.
  
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• Ex-champ chomps his way back to world pie-eating title

  18-12-2015 15:25
  
  (Reuters) - At a pub in northern England, a group of men surround a table of meat pies, ready for action. One takes out his dentures and exercises his facial muscles, another eyes the competition around him carefully.
  
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• Jobless in Germany: Migrants' next challenge

  18-12-2015 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The next challenge for refugees and migrants
  
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• Storm Desmond bill 'to be £520m'

  18-12-2015 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The insurance bill for the floods in Cumbria and the North earlier this month is likely to hit £520m, the industry believes.
  
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• VIDEO: Tanzania's 'innovative' bike mechanic

  18-12-2015 14:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  While repairing bicycles in Tanzania, Bernard Kiwia discovered his passion for new inventions.
  
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• VIDEO: South Africa's finance minister fiasco

  18-12-2015 13:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How South Africa got three finance ministers in just one week.
  
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• Ukraine halts Russia debt repayments

  18-12-2015 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ukraine has put a moratorium on $3bn debt owed to Russia, claiming the country has refused to accept repayment terms already offered to other international creditors.
  
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• Richest Britons piling up wealth three times faster than poorest

  18-12-2015 13:46
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The richest Britons are accumulating wealth three times as fast as the poorest, according to new official data likely to heighten concerns Britain is becoming an increasingly unequal society.
  
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• VIDEO: From yoga guru to business boss

  18-12-2015 13:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of India's most famous yoga gurus is using his brand to sell a wide range of products.
  
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• VIDEO: Selling Indian food to new consumers

  18-12-2015 13:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some restaurateurs in India and abroad are trying to modernise Indian cuisine.
  
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• UKIP needs new leader, says MP Carswell

  18-12-2015 13:16
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The anti-EU UK Independence Party needs a fresh face as leader, its only MP said on Friday, highlighting divisions in a party which will play a key role in the campaign for Britain to leave the bloc at an upcoming membership referendum.
  
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• Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley to review workers' conditions

  18-12-2015 13:10
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Sports Direct, Britain's biggest sportswear retailer, responded to critics of its employment practices on Friday with the launch of a review of conditions for its thousands of agency warehouse workers, to be overseen by its billionaire founder and majority shareholder, Mike Ashley.
  
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• Goodbye 2015 - You Generally Sucked

  18-12-2015 13:07
  
  All pundits need something really good or really bad to write about. Few want to read analysis sayingthe porridge is just right . 2015 was not overall a good year for USA investors. Economically, the USA saw only weak growth.In 2014, stocks, home prices, industrial production, and consumer spending annual growth
  
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• London Santa says leap of faith is part of Christmas magic

  18-12-2015 12:31
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - When Father Christmas is not at home with the reindeer preparing for his big sleigh-ride, he likes to play practical jokes on the children who visit him asking for presents.
  
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• Sports Direct to review worker rights

  18-12-2015 12:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sports Direct is to review all agency worker terms and conditions after the firm was criticised for its employment practices.
  
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• Britain's Prince George to start at nursery in new year

  18-12-2015 11:19
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Prince George, the young son of Britain's Prince William and wife Kate, is to start at nursery school in the new year, his father's office said on Friday.
  
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• Temporary power firm Aggreko pulls out of 2016 Olympics tender

  18-12-2015 11:00
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British temporary power provider Aggreko has pulled out of a tender to supply generators to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next year, dealing a blow to organisers rushing to secure an energy source for the world's largest sporting event.
  
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• Npower fined 26 million pounds for billing, complaints failings

  18-12-2015 10:22
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Npower has been fined 26 million pounds in the largest ever fine for a British power utility after overcharging customers and improperly handling customer complaints, regulator Ofgem said on Friday.
  
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• Npower to pay £26m over billing errors

  18-12-2015 10:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Energy firm Npower is to pay £26m "for failing to treat customers fairly" after an investigation by Ofgem into billing errors and complaints handling.
  
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• Apple Pay to launch in China

  18-12-2015 08:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  China's state-owned bankcard association, China UnionPay, has joined forces with Apple to bring Apple Pay to the mainland.
  
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• VIDEO: 'It's a different, alien environment'

  18-12-2015 01:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As the UK's last deep coal mine closes, Chris Kitchen, general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers recalls what it was like working at Kellingley colliery.
  
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• How to avoid 'death by PowerPoint'

  18-12-2015 01:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How can we jazz up dull business presentations?
  
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• VIDEO: Inside a rollercoaster factory

  18-12-2015 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rollercoaster company Mack Rides has allowed cameras inside its factory for the first time.
  
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• VIDEO: Should India spend more on flood defence?

  18-12-2015 00:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tamil Nadu's floods have killed hundreds over past weeks - and the economic cost is vast. So, should India spend more on defence?
  
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