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• How did Google get so big?

  01-02-2016 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ABC of Google's parent company
  
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• Forex - Will the RBA be Next to Ease?

  01-02-2016 22:04
  
  Currency traders are bracing for a busy week in the financial markets. There are 2 monetary policy announcements, 4 labor market reports and a handful of PMIs.We started with U.S. dollar weakness but the greenback could easily regain strength if the Reserve Bank of Australia or the Bank of England is dovish or if
  
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• Weak Chinese Data in Focus Again

  01-02-2016 19:18
  
  Weak data out of China and decline in oil prices are weighing on stocks at the open today. The factory sector ISM survey coming out a little later today and a deluge of economic and earnings data this week
  
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• China airlines to ban rowdy passengers

  01-02-2016 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five Chinese airlines are to blacklist unruly passengers amid increasing rowdy behaviour as the country's air travel market grows.
  
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• Does Diversification Trump Performance?

  01-02-2016 17:17
  
  Every good planner preaches the glory of diversification. It is a core investing philosophy and a committed approach, rather than a trendy tactic. But here’s a reality that is less pleasant to disclose to a client: A diversified portfolio will never be the best performer in any given year.The best performer over
  
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• The Week Ahead: 3 Rules for Trading Volatile Markets

  01-02-2016 16:20
  
  Rabbit, Rabbit! January is, thankfully in the opinion of most stock investors, in the rear view mirror. It has certainly felt bad, but after a strong rally on Friday the overall effect has not been as bad as it feels. The S&P 500 closed the month 5.07 percent lower than the December 31 stclose. That is not good for
  
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• Why does Sainsbury's want to buy Argos?

  01-02-2016 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why does Sainsbury's want to buy Argos?
  
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• Panda-monium at the box office

  01-02-2016 14:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why Hollywood is tailoring its panda for a Chinese audience
  
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• Dollar Mixed to Start the Week

  01-02-2016 13:55
  
  Investors continue wrestling with the implications of last week's surprise rate cut by the Bank of Japan. .  The yen is little changed against the dollar, near its 200-day moving average (~JPY121.50).  The euro moved from the upper end of its two-cent range last Thursday to the lower end on before the week.  The
  
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• Welsh banknotes 'for equal status'

  01-02-2016 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wales should have its own banknotes to give it equal status with Scotland and Northern Ireland, Plaid Cymru has said.
  
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• A Major Reset Of Central Bank Policies

  01-02-2016 12:48
  
  John M. Bland, MBA, CTAFed Policy "Reset" After a couple of days to digest the Fed statement on Wednesday, there is no doubt in my mind that the central bank has "reset" its policy. Some say equity markets were unhappy that the Fed did not clearly signal a policy easing. What they did was to leave their
  
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• Is Cable Carving Out A Bottom?

  01-02-2016 12:43
  
  Market Drivers February 01, 2016 Chinese PMI below 50 for lowest stretch on record UK PMI better Nikkei 1.98% Eurostoxx -0.62% Oil $33/bbl Gold $1121/oz Europe and Asia:CNY Manufacturing PMI 49.4 GBP UK PMI Manufacturing 52.9 vs. 51.8 EUR GE Final PMI 52,3 vs. 52.1 North America:USD CPI 08:30 CAD RBC
  
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• UK poll gives 'Brexit' campaign 4 point lead, biggest since October 2014

  01-02-2016 05:24
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The campaign for Britain to leave the European Union opened up its biggest lead in more than a year over the rival 'in' campaign, according to a poll conducted by YouGov to gauge public opinion ahead of a referendum.
  
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• VIDEO: Women-only transport grows in Indonesia

  01-02-2016 02:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, is seeing a growing number of transport services catering exclusively to women.
  
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• VIDEO: Females in FIFA: 'Now is our time'

  01-02-2016 01:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Isha Johansen, president of the Sierra Leone Football Association, offers the business advice she wishes she had had when she started out, as part of the BBC News series, CEO Secrets.
  
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• VIDEO: Buy buy love

  01-02-2016 01:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Valentine's Day is a key event in February - so what can you do to keep the costs under control?
  
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• The female friends who set up a gym chain

  01-02-2016 01:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The female friends who set up a growing gym empire
  
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• British broadcaster Terry Wogan dies of cancer - BBC

  01-02-2016 00:32
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British television and radio personality Terry Wogan died of cancer aged 77 on Sunday, his family said.
  
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• Tanzania launches manhunt after poachers kill British helicopter pilot

  01-02-2016 00:28
  
  DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian authorities have launched a manhunt after poachers shot down a helicopter and its British pilot during an operation to track down elephant killers, officials said on Sunday.British pilot Roger Gower was tracking poachers on Friday in the Maswa Game Reserve when his helicopter was hit by an AK-47 rifle fired from the ground, Tanzania's tourism and natural resources minister, Jumanne Maghembe, said.
  
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