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• I want my brother to come home - sister of suspected UK jihadi

  19-01-2016 19:38
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The sister of a Briton suspected of being the masked militant fronting an Islamic State execution video said on Tuesday she believed her brother had been brainwashed but she wanted him to come home and hoped he could still be rehabilitated.
  
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• BoE's Carney says has no timetable for raising record-low UK rates

  19-01-2016 19:19
  
  LONDON - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Tuesday he had no timetable for raising interest rates and avoided giving one of his trademark steers on what was likely to happen to them against a backdrop of a weakening global economy.
  
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• UK should tighten rules for non-EU skilled migrants - government advisers

  19-01-2016 18:44
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should make it harder for companies to hire skilled workers from outside the European Union in order to boost the pay and training of local workers, advisers to the government said, prompting protests from employers groups.
  
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• Benchmarks Are On Track For A Bounce-Back Today

  19-01-2016 18:17
  
  The major indexes are on track for a bounce back in today's session, reversing some of the losses from Friday's indiscriminate sell off. It is hard to make sense of these day to day market swings, though some folks
  
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• British spy agency hailed as best gay-friendly employer

  19-01-2016 17:21
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Just over 25 years since Britain's powerful domestic spy agency dropped a ban on hiring homosexuals, MI5 was hailed on Tuesday as the country's most gay-friendly employer.
  
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• Ten for '16

  19-01-2016 16:54
  
  Our Investment Strategy Group identifies trends to watch over the next 12 months. As the U.S. enters into its seventh year of economic recovery, we believe the current economic cycle is aging, but by no means over. Our outlook is that economic activity in the U.S. will chug along, while developed non-U.S.
  
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• Britain to cap 'excessive' pension early-exit fees

  19-01-2016 15:12
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's finance ministry said on Tuesday it would introduce legislation to cap "excessive" exit fees charged to pension-holders who choose to withdraw their cash early, following pensions reform designed to allow easier access to the cash.
  
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• Whistleblower gets £137k payout

  19-01-2016 14:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK contractor Balfour Beatty pays out a six-figure sum to a whistleblower who accused the firm of ripping off taxpayers.
  
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• Why is the pound falling so much?

  19-01-2016 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why is sterling falling so sharply?
  
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• UK junior doctors suspend second strike after talks progress

  19-01-2016 14:14
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's junior doctors said on Tuesday they would suspend a threatened 48-hour strike planned for next week after making progress in conciliation talks with the government over pay and conditions for working anti-social hours.
  
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• Thousands of children evacuated in school bomb hoaxes

  19-01-2016 14:09
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly 4,000 children were evacuated after four secondary schools in the Sandwell area of west Birmingham received hoax bomb calls on Tuesday.
  
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• A Tale Of Two Economies: Washington Vs. Investors

  19-01-2016 13:03
  
  John M. Bland Washington Vs. Wall Street Last week saw the State of the Union Speech before the U.S. Congress by the President. In this speech, Mr Obama touted the current strength the U.S. economy. The Fed also has been spouting a similar narrative as a justification for its 2016 four interest rate hike
  
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• MPs debate banning Trump after Muslim comments

  19-01-2016 11:13
  
  LONDON - MPs on Monday debated a petition to ban U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump from Britain over remarks on Muslims, but while describing his comments as "crazy" and "offensive", most said the ban would go against free speech.
  
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• Why did British pollsters get election wrong? Sampling methods blamed

  19-01-2016 01:09
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - A post-mortem into why opinion polls failed spectacularly to predict a Conservative Party victory in Britain's 2015 parliamentary election has blamed sample recruitment methods and, potentially, unintended herd behaviour by pollsters.
  
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• Why it's good to be a geek

  19-01-2016 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tech know-how that'll get you to the top
  
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