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• Wall Street ends lower after sell-off

  13-01-2016 22:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US shares turn sour after a strong start on Wednesday, with energy and consumer goods firms faring worst.
  
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• Al Jazeera America to shut news channel

  13-01-2016 22:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Al Jazeera America will shut down its cable news channel despite spending heavily to break into the US market.
  
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• Oil price briefly falls below $30

  13-01-2016 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Oil prices briefly fall below $30 a barrel on international markets for the first time since April 2004 before recovering again.
  
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• Hens culled after bird flu strain found on Scottish farm

  13-01-2016 21:37
  
  EDINBURGH (Reuters) - The Scottish government has ordered a cull of tens of thousands of hens after a mild strain of H5N1, or bird flu, was identified on a farm in Fife, it said on Wednesday.
  
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• Scientist argues her case for UK licence to 'edit' human embryos

  13-01-2016 21:00
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - A scientist set out her argument on Wednesday for being given a British licence to conduct controversial experiments which would alter the DNA of human embryos.
  
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• Homebase owner nears £340m sell-off

  13-01-2016 20:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The owner of Homebase says it is in advanced talks to sell the DIY chain to Australian retailer Wesfarmers for £340m.
  
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• BP to be sued in UK by families of Algerian gas plant attack victims

  13-01-2016 19:25
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The families of two BP employees killed in the 2013 In Amenas gas plant attack in Algeria have filed a lawsuit in London's High Court against the company, accusing it of failing to take reasonable steps to protect its workers.
  
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• Don't mention the Brexit: EU bans Plan B studies

  13-01-2016 19:17
  
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission economists have been banned from researching the impact of Britain leaving the 28-nation bloc, or even talking about it, for fear of getting embroiled in the heated British debate ahead of a referendum, officials said.
  
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• Africa exports to China 'down 40%'

  13-01-2016 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  African exports to China fell by almost 40% in 2015, China's customs office says, as China's economic slowdown has an impact on the continent.
  
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• Does the rise of English mean losing knowledge?

  13-01-2016 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Does the dominance of English risk losing knowledge?
  
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• Upbeat Data Out Of China Is Helping Market Sentiment

  13-01-2016 18:16
  
  Better looking data out of China is helping market sentiment in today's session, with oil off its multi year lows and the major indexes on track for a positive start. Hard to tell how long this mood will last
  
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• VW fix 'won't affect fuel consumption'

  13-01-2016 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK boss of VW says that the "fix" devised to clean up some 1.2 million vehicles in Britain after the emissions scandal will not affect fuel consumption.
  
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• General Motors raises profit outlook

  13-01-2016 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  General Motors shares jump after it raises its profit forecast for 2016 and promises to return more money to shareholders.
  
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• Premier Oil buys E.On North Sea assets

  13-01-2016 16:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Premier Oil says it has agreed to buy all of German utility E.On's UK North Sea assets in a deal worth $120m.
  
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• In pictures: The Detroit motor show

  13-01-2016 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Highlights from this year's North American motor show
  
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• Oxford head resists 'rewriting history' over Rhodes statue

  13-01-2016 15:17
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The chancellor of Oxford University has warned against rewriting history in his first public comments on a student campaign to remove a statue of 19th century colonialist Cecil Rhodes from one of the university's colleges.
  
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• Employers 'can read private messages'

  13-01-2016 14:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Judges in the European Court of Human Rights say an employer that read a worker's private messages and then sacked him was in the right.
  
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• This Big Coal Buyer Could Drive Coal Prices Even Lower

  13-01-2016 14:33
  
  By Dave Forest The coal market is in a dark place. With a 10 percent slide in prices during the last few months of 2015 having this week triggered the bankruptcy of America’s second-largest miner, Arch Coal.And it appears some of the world’s biggest insiders in the business think the market could go even lower.
  
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• GE to cut 6,500 Alstom jobs in Europe

  13-01-2016 14:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US giant General Electric plans to cut up to 6,500 jobs in Europe over the next two years in energy units it bought from Alstom.
  
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• MH370 searchers find second shipwreck

  13-01-2016 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Search teams looking for the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 think they have stumbled across a 19th-century shipwreck.
  
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• Lego changes policy after Ai backlash

  13-01-2016 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lego stops asking bulk buy customers what they want to use the bricks for, following a backlash over its refusal of bricks to Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
  
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• Sainsbury's sets out case for Argos bid

  13-01-2016 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sainsbury's lays out case for buying Argos-owner Home Retail Group, as the supermarket unveils a 0.4% fall in sales for the festive period.
  
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• Oil price may force new Russian budget

  13-01-2016 13:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tumbling oil prices could force Russia to revise its 2016 budget, prime minister Dmitry Medvedev warns.
  
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• Briton charged in carbon trading probe in Germany

  13-01-2016 12:23
  
  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Frankfurt prosecutors said they have charged a British man with having been a member of a gang involved in fraudulent trading of carbon permits and evading about 58 million euros (43.51 million pounds) of taxes.
  
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• Delay in tumble dryer fire risk repairs

  13-01-2016 12:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Millions of tumble dryers are still to be repaired in a fire safety campaign, but owners face a wait of weeks for an engineer.
  
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• Hackers bring down Thai websites over British murders verdict

  13-01-2016 12:18
  
  BANGKOK (Reuters) - International hacking movement Anonymous said it attacked hundreds of Thai government websites on Wednesday over death sentences handed down to two migrant workers for the murder of two British tourists.
  
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• Retail's 2015 Christmas winners and losers

  13-01-2016 11:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Christmas 2015 winners and losers
  
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• Scotland's Sturgeon says Britain could be heading for EU exit - report

  13-01-2016 10:43
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British voters may opt to leave the European Union if Prime Minister David Cameron holds a referendum on membership as early as June, Scottish nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon has said, The Scotsman newspaper reported on Wednesday.
  
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• Direct Line expects claims of £110-140 million from three storms

  13-01-2016 10:03
  
  (Reuters) - Direct Line Insurance Group Plc said it expected up to 140 million pounds of claims from customers affected by the three storms that hit Britain last month, lesser than analysts' estimates.
  
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• Amateur landlords under attack as British home ownership falls

  13-01-2016 09:56
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - They have pocketed some of the most lucrative returns available to investors in recent decades and been a staple of newspapers' personal finance pages, but tougher times now lie ahead for Britain's army of small-time landlords.
  
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• Daily Mail CEO Morgan to step down at end of 2016

  13-01-2016 08:53
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Daily Mail & General Trust said its chief executive Martin Morgan would step down by the end of 2016, bringing an end to a spell in which he turned the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper and website into a global media firm.
  
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• VIDEO: Luxury cars at the Detroit auto show

  13-01-2016 04:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Car enthusiasts and auto industry leaders are gathered in Detroit for the annual Northern American International Auto Show.
  
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• VIDEO: Charities get businesslike to gain cash

  13-01-2016 03:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As donations and legacies from Australian households hit billions a year, charities are having to become more professional to attract funds.
  
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• VIDEO: Cash calendar - tips for January

  13-01-2016 01:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andy Webb, from the Money Advice Service, offers tips on dealing with your finances in January.
  
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• Money calendar offers financial tips

  13-01-2016 01:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How to ensure your finances bloom this year
  
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• Who's afraid of the big bad rate rise?

  13-01-2016 01:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Are borrowers in for a shock when interest rates rise?
  
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