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• Presses to fall silent at Independent as paper goes online-only

  12-02-2016 22:54
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Independent is to disappear from news stands next month after its owner took the left-leaning title online only, one of the first national newspapers in the world to buckle under pressure from the internet.
  
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• Germany's Merkel says getting confident about UK deal with EU

  12-02-2016 22:50
  
  HAMBURG (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday she is becoming more confident a deal to keep Britain in the European Union will be reached, but she warned more compromises may be needed on both sides.
  
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• Oil prices soar on hopes of output cut

  12-02-2016 21:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Oil prices surged as much as 12% on Friday after fresh suggestions that Opec nations were set to cut oil production.
  
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• January Retail Sales: Let Them Eat Bacon

  12-02-2016 20:52
  
  Last June, Jeralean Talley, who had been the oldest known living person in the world, passed away in Detroit at the grand old age of 116.  That left Susanna Mushatt Jones, also 116 and the second known living person born in the 1800s, to assume the throne. When asked about the secret to her longevity, the sprightly
  
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• UK arrests teen suspected of hacking CIA chief

  12-02-2016 20:19
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A 16-year-old boy in Britain has been arrested on criminal charges related to the alleged hacking of email accounts used by CIA director John Brennan and other U.S. officials, according to U.S. and British sources familiar with the investigation.
  
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• Murdoch, Jerry Hall to celebrate marriage at 'journalists' church' St Bride's

  12-02-2016 19:04
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch and former supermodel Jerry Hall will hold a marriage service next month at St Bride's church on London's Fleet Street, the spiritual home of British journalism.
  
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• Independent to cease as print edition

  12-02-2016 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Independent and Independent on Sunday newspapers are to cease print editions in March, leaving an online-only edition, their owner says.
  
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• Stocks are on Track for a Positive Start to Today's Session

  12-02-2016 18:53
  
  Stocks are on track for a positive start to today's session, with gains in oil prices and optimism about the European banking industry giving sentiment a boost. The January Retail Sales report is helpful as well, though it's hard
  
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• Superdry share sale to fund divorce

  12-02-2016 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The founder of Superdry, Julian Dunkerton, sells just under £50m worth of shares to fund his divorce.
  
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• FTSE rebounds as Rolls-Royce surges

  12-02-2016 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  London's leading share index closes 3.06% higher, rallying after Thursday's big losses.
  
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• Streetmap loses Google court challenge

  12-02-2016 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A website that accused Google of abusing its "dominant position" in the online search market by "driving traffic" to Google Maps has lost its High Court action.
  
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• VIDEO: Low copper prices cripple Zambian towns

  12-02-2016 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How life is getting harder in Zambia's copper mining towns.
  
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• VIDEO: Marching ahead with mining technology

  12-02-2016 17:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The latest technology is finding uses in some of the world's biggest mines.
  
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• Rolls-Royce shares climb 14% on results

  12-02-2016 17:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shares in aero engine giant Rolls-Royce climbed 14% on Friday despite a 50% dividend cut and profits at the lower end of forecasts.
  
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• Spaniard pulls six-year sickie

  12-02-2016 17:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Spanish civil servant is fined after not going to work for at least six years, which was only noticed when he became eligible for a long service award.
  
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• Stocks: Time To Play Offense, Not Defense

  12-02-2016 16:37
  
  With the constant barrage of market analysis and opinion on financial television, in newspapers, or through the Internet - it’s easy to get sucked into the narratives of the day and drama played out in the media. And none are more intense than when stocks are falling.We often hear interviews of money managers
  
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• Deutsche Bank announces bond buyback

  12-02-2016 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Deutsche Bank announces that it is to buy back more than $5bn (£3.5bn) of its own debt.
  
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• RBS boss supports EU membership

  12-02-2016 16:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland tells BBC Newsnight he believes the UK financial sector would be better off inside the European Union.
  
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• Entertainer Rolf Harris to face further sex crime charges

  12-02-2016 14:48
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris, currently serving a six-year jail term for child sex crimes, is to be charged with seven more indecent assault offences dating back 45 years, Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Friday.
  
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• Growing Confidence That Oil Will Rebound

  12-02-2016 14:15
  
  By Rakesh Upadhyay With the world’s largest energy trader predicting $45-$50 oil by year’s end, Goldman Sachs and UBS jumping on the bandwagon, and CitiGroup calling oil “the trade of the year,” many believe that now is finally the time for traders to start nibbling into oil on any new fall.So far, all calls for
  
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• VIDEO: What's the point of an expensive MBA?

  12-02-2016 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all made fortunes despite being college dropouts. So why bother with the time and cost of a business degree if you can make it without one?
  
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• Guessing At Employment Growth - ADP Vs. BLS

  12-02-2016 13:11
  
  Last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) re-estimated their historical employment growth. This allows an analysis of the monthly job growth estimates by the BLS and ADP - as well as the opportunity to continue bashing the way we estimate employment.You cannot manage anything when the information one is seeing
  
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• Is Google feeling unloved?

  12-02-2016 13:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Is Google finding it difficult to stick to its principles?
  
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• VIDEO: India's big top in big trouble

  12-02-2016 12:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Sameer Hashmi finds out why India's circuses are struggling.
  
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• VIDEO: Cyber crime: Can technology keep up?

  12-02-2016 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Colm O'Regan looks at the race to design technology with security in mind.
  
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• EU probes cheap Chinese steel imports

  12-02-2016 12:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The European Commission is opening three investigations into steel products made in China as cheap imports add to the woes of the UK steel industry.
  
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• VIDEO: 'A tumble dryer destroyed our home'

  12-02-2016 11:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of owners are waiting for their tumble dryers to be repaired following a major product alert by Whirlpool.
  
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• GSK fined for deals with competitors

  12-02-2016 09:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and some generic drugs firms have been fined for being anti-competitive.
  
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• Deal or no deal?

  12-02-2016 09:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  When does a "special offer" or "cheap" deal get in the way of a real bargain? You've been sending in your best examples.
  
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• With prize in sight, Brexit camp risks dashing its dream

  12-02-2016 09:37
  
  WITHAM, England - Striding through a housing estate in the drizzle to hand out leaflets, 52-year-old builder Kevin Lovett throws up his arms in despair as he rails against the deceit he sees at the heart of the European Union.
  
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• IMF boss Lagarde set for second term

  12-02-2016 04:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde, the first woman to hold the position, has been nominated for a second term at the helm.
  
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• Britain says missing Hong Kong bookseller 'involuntarily removed' to China

  12-02-2016 04:02
  
  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday that a missing Hong Kong seller of gossipy books on China's leaders had likely been "involuntarily removed" to China from Hong Kong, constituting a "serious breach" of a longstanding bilateral treaty between the U.K. and China.
  
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• Japanese shares plunge in early trade

  12-02-2016 02:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Japanese shares open sharply lower on Friday amid concerns over the global economy and following falls in the US and Europe.
  
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• Is Germany dragging down the eurozone?

  12-02-2016 01:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Is Germany dragging down the eurozone?
  
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• First-time buyers' £50,000 rent bill

  12-02-2016 01:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  First-time buyers who purchase a house this year will have already spent £52,900 on rent, research for a landlords' trade body suggests.
  
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• Firms forced to reveal gender pay gap

  12-02-2016 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Companies that fail to address pay differences between male and female employees will be highlighted in new league tables.
  
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• 'Lack of interest' in rail franchises

  12-02-2016 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Taxpayers could end up out of pocket because not enough companies want to bid to run rail franchises in England and Wales, a group of MPs warn.
  
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• VIDEO: UK's gender pay gap explained

  12-02-2016 00:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Large businesses will have to provide details of how much they pay men and women, in an attempt to tackle the gender pay gap.
  
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• VIDEO: EU: A brief history of UK-Europe trade

  12-02-2016 00:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC's Allan Little considers how Britain's trading history with its European neighbours has shaped what has proved a controversial political relationship.
  
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• EU refines UK offer, up to Cameron now to clinch deal

  12-02-2016 00:08
  
  By Jan Strupczewski, Alastair Macdonald and Gabriela Baczynska
  
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