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• Google self-driving car hits a bus

  29-02-2016 22:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of Google's self-driving cars crashed into a bus in California last month. There were no injuries.
  
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• AUD, EUR, GBP - In Play for Next 24 Hours

  29-02-2016 22:12
  
  This is an important week for the U.S. dollar but it starts with very little consistency in the performance of the greenback.Softer manufacturing activity in the Chicago region took USD/JPY slightly lower but the majority of the pair's losses were incurred during the Asian trading session. We don't expect any
  
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• Warren Buffett's Million Dollar Advice

  29-02-2016 21:56
  
  As we head into March, global financial markets continue to be troubled.  Stocks have opened the year, now two months in, down 8% (globally). The world is hampered by systemic risks from cheap oil, and fears about a slowdown in China, negative interest rates (i.e. policy mistakes) and rising fears of the UK exiting
  
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• How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile Market

  29-02-2016 21:33
  
  It’s difficult to stay calm when the markets are highly volatile, as they have been in 2016. The S&P 500 index is off to its worst start in history, down 9 percent from its high in May 2015. Don’t fret. Fortunes can still be made in highly volatile times like these. Rather than hide your head in the sand, follow
  
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• VIDEO: New Day newspaper: Hit or a miss?

  29-02-2016 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Trinity Mirror, the publisher of the Daily and Sunday Mirror, has launched a new daily title.
  
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• VIDEO: The power station inside a mountain

  29-02-2016 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scottish Power is planning to double the size of its hydro-electric power plant which creates and stores energy.
  
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• Cameron hits back at critics with 'Project Fact'

  29-02-2016 18:55
  
  IPSWICH, England (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron hit back on Monday at critics who accuse him of using scare tactics to keep Britain in the European Union, saying he was behind "Project Fact" not "Project Fear".
  
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• China Falls and Crude Slumps

  29-02-2016 18:37
  
  Stock markets in China fell again to kick off a new week, despite the country's central bank deciding to add more liquidity by lowering the amount of capital its banks need to hold in reserve. The move just 0.5
  
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• Greece's 'erratic Marxist' Varoufakis advises Britain's Labour Party, Corbyn says

  29-02-2016 14:37
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Yanis Varoufakis, the self-described "erratic Marxist" who took Greece to the brink of a euro zone exit by battling creditors over the conditions for a bailout, has got a new role: advising Britain's opposition Labour Party.
  
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• UK government says EU exit could lead to decade of uncertainty

  29-02-2016 14:32
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - A British exit from the European Union could lead to 10 years or more of damaging uncertainty while a new relationship with both the bloc and other countries is negotiated, the British government said on Monday.
  
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• UK regulators say won't apply EU bonus cap to all banks

  29-02-2016 14:24
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British financial regulators have said they won't apply the European Union's cap on banker bonuses to smaller lenders that pose fewer risks to the financial system.
  
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• Why Volatility Is an Opportunity for Long-Term Growth

  29-02-2016 14:14
  
  ByBrad ShermanLearn more about Brad on NerdWallet’sAsk An AdvisorThe market has been on a wild ride lately, which has provided a wake-up call for investors who rode the six-year bull market — and its low volatility — without a care in the world. Now reality has set in.As with all market corrections,
  
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• Cameron's EU deal may disappoint wavering British voters - Sturgeon

  29-02-2016 14:10
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron's renegotiation of Britain's relationship with the European Union might not have done enough to persuade undecided voters to back staying in the bloc, the nationalist leader of Scotland said on Monday.
  
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• China's Central Bank Cuts Reserve Requirement Ratio (RRR), Spurs Risk on Trades

  29-02-2016 13:52
  
  Market Drivers February 29, 2016 China sells off and drives USD/JPY lower but then PBOC cuts RRR EZ GE Retail Sales surprise to the upside Nikkei -1.00% Dax -1.60% Oil $32/bbl Gold $1233/oz Europe and Asia : AUD Private Sector Credit 0.5% vs. 0.5% EUR GE Retail Sales 0.7% vs. 0.3% GBP UK Mortgage Approvals 74.6K
  
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• Runway at London's Gatwick Airport re-opens after spillage

  29-02-2016 13:41
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - London's Gatwick Airport said its runway had reopened after a spillage caused its temporary closure on Monday, leading some flights to be delayed or diverted.
  
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• Andy Murray backs five UK start-ups

  29-02-2016 13:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tennis star Andy Murray makes his first investments of 2016 in UK start-up firms through the crowdfunding platform Seedrs.
  
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• Britain's EU deal - hollow or substantial?

  29-02-2016 12:52
  
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - As Britons prepare to vote in a June referendum on whether to stay in the European Union, some of the argument turns on the significance of a package of EU reforms secured by Prime Minister David Cameron.
  
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• Viewpoint: Why Narendra Modi's budget looks strangely familiar

  29-02-2016 12:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Why Modi's plan looks strangely familiar
  
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• UK mortgage approvals hit two-year high, consumer credit growth strongest in a decade

  29-02-2016 10:39
  
  LONDON, Feb 29 (Reuters) - - British mortgage approvals hit a two-year high in January and consumer credit expanded at the fastest pace in a decade, according to Bank of England data that is likely to add to the case for a tightening of lending requirements by the central bank.
  
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• Finland: The sick man of Europe?

  29-02-2016 09:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Is Finland now 'the sick man of Europe'?
  
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• VIDEO: India's budget explained - in 5 seconds

  29-02-2016 01:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Yogita Limaye tries to explain the importance of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second full budget - against the clock.
  
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• India's business turnaround king

  29-02-2016 01:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How one man transformed a company's fortunes
  
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