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• Should we be giving away our personal data for free?

  29-01-2016 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Should we be giving away our personal info for free?
  
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• Three defends mobile 'price hike'

  29-01-2016 21:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mobile network Three has defended its decision to end a popular "all you can eat" phone contract, offering an automatic upgrade to a more expensive plan.
  
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• British mother convicted of joining IS in Syria with young child

  29-01-2016 19:32
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - A 26-year-old mother who took her toddler son to Syria and posted pictures of him next to a weapon has been convicted of belonging to Islamic State (IS).
  
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• Bank Of Japan Giving Sentiment A Big Lift

  29-01-2016 19:26
  
  Stocks are indicated to start today's session firmly in positive territory, with the surprise announcement from the Bank of Japan giving sentiment a big lift. Gains in oil prices and the broadly in line GDP report are helping matters
  
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• Xerox to split into two companies

  29-01-2016 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Technology firm Xerox will split into two companies after pressure from activist investor Carl Icahn.
  
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• Cameron plays hard to get as EU pushes reform offer

  29-01-2016 18:32
  
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - David Cameron told Brussels on Friday that a proposed "emergency brake" to curb European immigration to Britain was "not good enough" but he saw progress on a deal to persuade British voters to back continued EU membership.
  
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• After 68 years, last classic Land Rover Defender 4x4 rolls off production line

  29-01-2016 18:21
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The last classic Land Rover Defender, the 4x4 known the world over and with famous owners including Queen Elizabeth, rolled off the production line on Friday, 68 years since first being built.
  
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• UK Maoist cult leader jailed for 23 years for raping followers

  29-01-2016 18:05
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - A Maoist cult leader, convicted of raping and beating his brainwashed British female followers and keeping his own daughter a fearful prisoner for more than three decades, was jailed for 23 years on Friday.
  
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• 'Robust' domestic probes would pre-empt ICC charges against UK soldiers - minister

  29-01-2016 17:43
  
  THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Britain's legal system is robust enough to avoid the risk of British soldiers being prosecuted by the International Criminal Court over alleged human rights abuses in Iraq, a senior British government official said.
  
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• The tech giving people power to deal with disability

  29-01-2016 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How tech is giving disabled people more power
  
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• Tesco ends 24-hour trade in 76 stores

  29-01-2016 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tesco is stopping offering 24-hour shopping at 76 of its stores - around one in five - as online shopping hits customer numbers.
  
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• HSBC online banking is 'attacked'

  29-01-2016 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  HSBC says it "'successfully defended" an attack on its online banking system but services are affected on a key day for many people's personal finances.
  
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• VIDEO: Land Rover Defender production ends

  29-01-2016 15:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James Bond has driven one, and so has the Queen, but the manufacture of one of Britain's best-loved vehicles will come to an end today.
  
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• VIDEO: Drumming up enthusiasm for djembe

  29-01-2016 15:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Playing the African djembe drum is growing in popularity outside of its native continent.
  
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• Poland against 'emergency brake' solution on UK migrant workers

  29-01-2016 15:13
  
  WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland does not support "emergency brake" proposals that could help curb immigration from other European Union states to Britain, Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said on Friday.
  
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• VIDEO: Reversing Africa's brain drain

  29-01-2016 15:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The growing trend for African overseas students to utilise their acquired skills in their home countries.
  
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• A Recession Is On My Mind

  29-01-2016 13:11
  
  I must confess that a recession is on my mind. It is the decline in the markets coupled with the recession currently occurring in the goods producing sectors which has me looking harder for a decline in the service sector (which continues to grow).  Likely, if a slowing begins in the service sector in the next few
  
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• VIDEO: A dab hand at digital advertising?

  29-01-2016 13:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Comedian Colm O'Regan considers the future of advertising in a digital world.
  
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• Brexit threat hangs over London-based EU medicines agency

  29-01-2016 13:05
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Fears of a British exit from the European Union are growing in a corner of London's Canary Wharf financial district - but this time it is pharmaceutical executives rather than bankers who are worried.
  
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• BoJ Surprises, Introduces Negative Rates, Sinks Yen

  29-01-2016 12:31
  
  The Bank of Japan surprised the market.  It did not expand its asset purchase plan, which was the main focus of many market participants, including ourselves.  Instead, following a rash of disappointing data, the BOJ introduced negative interest rates on some excess reserves and vowed to do more if necessary.  
  
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• Britain leaving EU would hurt its football clubs, chairwoman says

  29-01-2016 12:25
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British soccer teams could find it harder to sign top European players and some players may be forced to leave if the country exits the European Union, one of the leading women in the sport said on Friday.
  
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• James Murdoch takes over at Sky

  29-01-2016 12:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four years after his resignation at the height of the phone hacking scandal, Rupert Murdoch's son retakes top job at the European broadcaster.
  
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• Exclusive: EU offers UK migrant worker 'emergency brake' - sources

  29-01-2016 11:58
  
  BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union is offering Britain a new "emergency brake" rule that could help curb immigration from other EU states in a reform package before a British referendum on EU membership, sources close to the negotiations told Reuters on Thursday.
  
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• Oxford keeps statue of colonialist Rhodes, angering some students

  29-01-2016 11:21
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - An Oxford University college has announced it will keep a statue of 19th century colonialist Cecil Rhodes on display, resisting pressure to remove it from student campaigners who say it glorifies a brutal racist.
  
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• BT completes EE takeover, leaving Openreach as the final hurdle

  29-01-2016 07:30
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - BT Group completes the acquisition of the country's biggest mobile network operator EE on Friday, opening the way to creating a single integrated network offering a combination of telecoms and TV services that competitors are scrabbling to match.
  
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• Fizzing or flat: A tale of two cider mills

  29-01-2016 07:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why one cider mill is closing as the other expands
  
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• VIDEO: Barbie becomes curvy and changes race

  29-01-2016 03:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barbie has finally had a makeover and will be sold in three new body shapes in response to falling sales and longstanding criticism.
  
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• Microsoft boosted by cloud services

  29-01-2016 03:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Microsoft shares rise in after-hours trading as the software giant reports strong growth in its cloud computing and mobile applications divisions.
  
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• How would EU exit affect football?

  29-01-2016 03:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Would Brexit leave UK football out of Europe too?
  
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• VIDEO: How high fashion helps good causes

  29-01-2016 01:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Indonesian designer Anne Avantie is channelling profits from her glamorous creations into good causes.
  
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• The tech giving people power to rise above disability

  29-01-2016 01:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How tech is giving disabled people more power
  
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• London's first driverless cars revealed

  29-01-2016 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A driverless 'pod' that will take to the streets of London in July has been shown off for the first time.
  
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