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• Obama proposes $10 a barrel oil tax

  04-02-2016 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Obama plans a tax of $10 (£6.85) on every barrel of oil from US producers to help fund green transportation projects.
  
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• WikiLeaks' Assange 'arbitrarily detained' in embassy, U.N. panel to say

  04-02-2016 20:03
  
  STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's three-and-a-half-year stay in the Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid rape investigation in Sweden amounts to 'arbitrary detention', a United Nations panel will rule on Friday.
  
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• Iran says good commercial relations with Britain can resume

  04-02-2016 20:01
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday that good economic and commercial relations could resume with Britain.
  
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• GPS error caused 'havoc' for companies

  04-02-2016 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Several companies were hit by hours of system warnings after 15 GPS satellites broadcast the wrong time, according to time-monitoring company Chronos.
  
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• WikiLeaks' Assange 'arbitrarily detained' in Ecuador's London embassy, U.N. panel to say

  04-02-2016 18:28
  
  STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's three-and-a-half-year stay in the Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid rape investigation in Sweden amounts to 'arbitrary detention', a United Nations panel will rule on Friday.
  
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• Britain's pro-EU campaign predicts big victory in vote

  04-02-2016 18:09
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will vote to stay in the EU by a "substantial margin" predicted the leader of a campaign to keep the world's fifth-largest economy in the trading bloc, slating the opposing "out" movement for what he said was failure to present an alternative to membership.
  
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• VIDEO: Oil prices: A pipeline in history

  04-02-2016 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Follow our pipeline from the 1860s, the birth of the modern oil industry, to see the ups and downs that oil prices have undergone.
  
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• VIDEO: Interest rates: 'An easy decision'

  04-02-2016 15:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bank of England governor Mark Carney said it was an "easy decision" not to raise interest rates this month.
  
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• Former BoE boss King, specialist in crisis management, joins Villa board

  04-02-2016 14:17
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Mervyn King, who headed the Bank of England as the country suffered one of its biggest-ever economic downturns, is about to take his turnaround skills to another ailing institution: soccer club Aston Villa.
  
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• Crises spoil Chinese, Russian appetite for luxury London property

  04-02-2016 14:16
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Crises at home and turmoil on world markets may have taken the shine off London's luxury property market for Chinese, Russian and Middle Eastern investors: some are even looking to sell up.
  
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• Billions pledged for Syria as tens of thousands flee bombardments

  04-02-2016 14:13
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Donor nations pledged on Thursday to give billions of dollars in aid to Syrians as world leaders gathered for a conference to tackle the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with Turkey reporting a new exodus of tens of thousands fleeing air strikes.
  
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• Sometimes 'Buy and Hold' Isn't the Right Investment Strategy

  04-02-2016 14:11
  
  ByScott LeonardLearn more about Scott on NerdWallet’sAsk an AdvisorIt’s that time of year — you’re looking at your investment returns from last year and, most likely, not feeling too great. Add the large losses already sustained this year, and you’re probably turning a little green.We all know the
  
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• UK energy watchdog starts probe of E.ON-Age UK partnership

  04-02-2016 13:37
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's energy regulator said on Thursday it has started gathering information about E.ON's practices in gaining new customers through a partnership with charity Age UK, following a request from the energy minister.
  
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• Lord King joins Aston Villa board

  04-02-2016 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Governor of the Bank of England Lord King joins the board of directors at Premier League strugglers Aston Villa.
  
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• Former 'Friends' star Matt LeBlanc joins BBC's 'Top Gear'

  04-02-2016 12:58
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's BBC said Matt LeBlanc, former star of 1990s U.S. hit comedy "Friends", will join the new presenting line-up for its popular car show "Top Gear" when it returns in May.
  
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• UK says Assange is avoiding arrest, to extradite him to Sweden

  04-02-2016 12:48
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had avoided arrest by fleeing to the Ecuadorian embassy and that it was under obligation to extradite him to Sweden over an outstanding rape allegation.
  
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• WikiLeaks' Assange 'unlawfully detained' in Ecuador embassy, U.N. panel to rule, BBC says

  04-02-2016 12:22
  
  SYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's three-and-a-half-year stay in the Ecuadorian embassy in London amounts to 'unlawful detention', a United Nations panel examining his appeal will rule on Friday, the BBC reported.
  
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• UK house price growth surges again in January - Halifax

  04-02-2016 09:45
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British house prices rose at a much stronger pace than expected last month, fuelled by a shortage of new homes coming to the market, mortgage lender Halifax said on Thursday.
  
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• Number of anti-Semitic incidents in Britain falls

  04-02-2016 08:58
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The number of anti-Semitic incidents reported in Britain dropped by a fifth last year, although the figure was still the third-highest on record, a Jewish advisory body said on Thursday.
  
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• Cameron deflects criticism from party eurosceptics over EU plan

  04-02-2016 03:24
  
  LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron stood firm on Wednesday against eurosceptic members of his own party who criticised a plan to keep Britain in the European Union as a watered down "thin gruel" of broken promises.
  
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• ETF Trends For 2016: Part 2, Robo-Advisors

  04-02-2016 02:16
  
  By SA Editor Carolyn Pairitz In part 1 of this series we reviewed the growth of the ETF market in 2015 and introduced the series by covering currency hedged products. In part 2, we are going to take a
  
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• What do trade agreements do?

  04-02-2016 01:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How trade agreements work
  
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• Making decent burials affordable

  04-02-2016 01:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Zimbabwe's growing market for coffins
  
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• Cow poo powers up to 6,000 homes

  04-02-2016 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The dairy farm turning manure into methane.
  
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