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• Star Wars in global box office record

  21-12-2015 23:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Star Wars: The Force Awakens smashes the record for the biggest box office debut weekend globally with tickets sales of $529m (£355m).
  
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• Apple worried by UK surveillance bill

  21-12-2015 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple tells politicians scrutinising the UK's draft Investigatory Powers Bill about its concerns regarding the proposed law.
  
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• Martin Shkreli fired from drug firm

  21-12-2015 20:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Drug company, KaloBios fires its embattled chief executive Martin Shkreli, following his arrest on charges of securities fraud.
  
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• FTSE closes lower but ITV shares rise

  21-12-2015 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The FTSE 100 closes lower, but shares in ITV rise on speculation that it could be a takeover target.
  
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• Market's To Start In The Green Despite Weakness In Oil Prices

  21-12-2015 18:16
  
  Stocks are on track to start today's session in positive territory despite further weakness in oil prices . But the gains at the open may not have much staying power in the current backdrop of heightened volatility, particularly for
  
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• Oil price hits lowest level since 2004

  21-12-2015 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The price of Brent crude oil has fallen to levels not seen since 2004, surpassing the lows seen during the recession of 2008.
  
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• Trader has rate-rigging sentence cut

  21-12-2015 16:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former City trader Tom Hayes has his 14-year jail sentence for rigging global Libor interest rates cut to 11 years.
  
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• Coryton oil storage to open in 2016 with global glut boost

  21-12-2015 16:03
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The Thames Oilport terminal near London will open next spring, its operator Greenergy said on Monday, as a rising glut in oil supplies has made storage one of the industry's most attractive investments.
  
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• VIDEO: Christmas sales show signs of weakness

  21-12-2015 15:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK retail sales grew more weakly than retailers expected in December and the outlook for January sales figures is not strong, according to a survey by the business lobby group, the CBI.
  
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• VIDEO: Rail regulator receives super-complaint

  21-12-2015 15:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Train companies are making it too difficult for delayed rail passengers to receive compensation, consumer group Which? has argued.
  
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• Dovish Fed At Lift-Off

  21-12-2015 14:15
  
  John M. Bland Fed Funds Rise By 25bpWith a 25bp hike in the Fed Funds rate already a given on Wednesday, the focus of trade after that announcement was on the Fed policy statement and Chair Yellen's press conference. Financial markets are always looking ahead and were already looking to the next policy move
  
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• Rail delays: How to get your money back

  21-12-2015 12:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How can you get your money back if your train is delayed?
  
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• UK retail sales show signs of weakness

  21-12-2015 12:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK retail sales grew more weakly than expected in December and the outlook for January sales figures is not strong, according to a survey by the CBI.
  
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• Venezuela releases Pepsi workers

  21-12-2015 11:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Employees at a Venezuelan Pepsi-Cola plant are released days after being detained by government inspectors for allegedly hoarding goods and halting production.
  
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• Netplay eyes Football Pools takeover

  21-12-2015 11:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Football Pools could be about to change hands after Netplay TV says it is in talks to buy the business from current owner Sportech.
  
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• VIDEO: Government accused of failing steel industry

  21-12-2015 10:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government is being accused of failing to respond early enough to warnings about a crisis in the steel industry, where thousands of jobs have been lost in recent months.
  
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• Toshiba predicts record $4.5bn loss

  21-12-2015 09:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Troubled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba says it will report a record $4.5bn annual loss and cut nearly 7,000 jobs as it carries out a restructuring.
  
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• Rail delay refunds 'should be easier'

  21-12-2015 09:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Train companies are making it too hard for delayed passengers to receive compensation, the consumer group Which? has argued.
  
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• 'Little action' taken to help UK steel

  21-12-2015 08:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A committee of MPs criticises the government for not being alert enough to a crisis in the UK steel industry, with too little action taken.
  
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• VIDEO: The store testing shopping technology

  21-12-2015 07:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How technology fitted in a London store could personalise how you shop.
  
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• Are shops discounting too soon?

  21-12-2015 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Could this be the worst ever festive season for retailers?
  
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• The yoga guru turned company boss

  21-12-2015 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Selling consumption in India on the back of spiritualism
  
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