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• Why the top 10 tax havens don't include Panama

  08-04-2016 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why the top 10 tax havens don't include Panama
  
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• VIDEO: The yacht with its own bar and lift

  08-04-2016 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Leisha Chi reports from the Singapore Yacht Show and tours a mega yacht so plush, it even has its own lift.
  
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• Labour: PM losing trust over shares row

  08-04-2016 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour says David Cameron's admission he owned shares in an offshore fund set up by his late father has undermined trust in him and he must be "straight" with people.
  
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• How Men and Women Invest Differently

  08-04-2016 21:02
  
  Men are from Mars, women are from Venus, but we all invest on Earth. Gone are the days when men controlled the finances and women raised the children. Today both genders have equal say in major household decisions, including financial planning and investing. However, there is still a large degree of parity of
  
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• Libor accused says he was obeying boss

  08-04-2016 20:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A former Barclays banker accused of manipulating Libor, a key benchmark interest rate only did what he was told to do by his boss without realising it was wrong, a court has heard/
  
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• Romania sells ex-dictator's luxuries

  08-04-2016 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Romania sells off more luxuries from the vast collection of communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, executed in 1989.
  
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• Offshore trust admission deepens British PM's problems

  08-04-2016 19:19
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - David Cameron had hoped to focus on campaigning to keep Britain in the EU before a referendum in June, but questions about his wealth, government spending and a steel crisis have blurred the prime minister's message.
  
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• Investors approve Marriott Starwood deal

  08-04-2016 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shareholders of both Marriott and Starwood Hotels - owner of the Sheraton and W brand hotels - approve the tie-up of the two hotel chains.
  
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• Pre-Open Sentiment Indicates A Positive Open

  08-04-2016 19:04
  
  The major indexes have been see sawing this week, with not much to show for all that movement. Pre open sentiment indicates a positive open for today's session, with stability in the currency markets and momentum in oil prices
  
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• Oil surge sends FTSE 100 higher

  08-04-2016 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  London's leading share index closes up more than 1%, with oil firms getting a boost from rising crude prices.
  
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• Tata windfall from carbon permits

  08-04-2016 17:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tata Steel is refusing to comment on claims it has made £700m windfall profits from a policy designed to protect the climate.
  
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• Sam Woods appointed as new PRA chief

  08-04-2016 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sam Woods is appointed as a Bank of England deputy governor and head of the Prudential Regulatory Authority, which oversees the banking sector.
  
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• Could Trump really save the US $19tn?

  08-04-2016 16:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Could Trump wipe out US government debt in eight years?
  
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• Weak industrial data raises growth fears

  08-04-2016 16:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK industrial output fell 0.5% in February from a year earlier, official figures show, the biggest decline since August 2013.
  
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• Martha Lane Fox to join Twitter board

  08-04-2016 16:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Digital pioneer Martha Lane Fox tweets that she will be joining the board of Twitter.
  
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• EU reschedules summit for five days after UK referendum

  08-04-2016 15:49
  
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders have rescheduled their regular mid-year summit so that they meet five days after Britain's referendum in June on whether to leave the bloc, the EU confirmed on Friday.
  
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• Scotland moves against wealthy gentry dominating land

  08-04-2016 15:39
  
  RIO DE JANEIRO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Centuries-old traditions that led to 430 people owning half of Scotland's privately held land are soon to become history as local communities seek to double their ownership in the nation known for its rugged landscape, sheep, and fine whisky.
  
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• VIDEO: How Tata made millions from EU permits

  08-04-2016 14:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tata Steel made hundreds of millions of pounds selling carbon emissions permits given for free under a European Union emissions trading scheme, experts say.
  
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• What's the deal with offshore funds?

  08-04-2016 14:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What's the deal with offshore funds?
  
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• VIDEO: 'We don't know when the rain will come'

  08-04-2016 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Much of southern and eastern Africa is currently in the grip of a devastating drought due to the effects of El Nino.
  
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• Sweeping Wealth Under The Mat

  08-04-2016 13:31
  
  I wish I had the answer to correct the wealth imbalance between the average Joe and the ultra-rich. Personally I see no evidence that disproportionately taxing the rich to gift the poor will do anything to correct the imbalance.The rich have the wherewithal to avoid, recoup, reorganize .... any solution to create
  
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• Hammond says bookseller removed from Hong Kong under duress

  08-04-2016 12:31
  
  HONG KONG (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Friday that a Hong Kong bookseller who disappeared from the Chinese-controlled city under mysterious circumstances last year had been removed under duress, and that the business community was "unnerved".
  
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• Bank of England fines QIB's UK arm £1.4m

  08-04-2016 12:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Bank of England imposes a fine of £1.385m on Qatar Islamic Bank's UK arm, QIB (UK), for failing to meet "some of the most basic regulatory standards".
  
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• Brighton Pier sold in £18m deal

  08-04-2016 12:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of the south coast's most famous landmarks, Brighton Pier is being sold for £18m.
  
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• Bollore's London electric car club scheme faces delay

  08-04-2016 12:05
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - An electric carsharing scheme being rolled out in London by French firm Bollore is taking longer than expected to set up fully because contract talks with the capital's local councils are dragging on.
  
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• Spot gas prices drift lower on oversupply

  08-04-2016 11:28
  
  (Reuters) - British spot gas prices fell slightly on Friday on a slightly oversupplied network, while falling wind power output boosted demand for gas-fired electricity generation.
  
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• Bonmarche shares drop on retail caution

  08-04-2016 10:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Women's fashion chain Bonmarche's shares fall 10% in early trading after becoming the latest retailer to warn conditions are "challenging".
  
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• Scunthorpe steelworks deal nears

  08-04-2016 06:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A deal to save Tata Steel's Scunthorpe plant could be signed as soon as Monday, the BBC understands.
  
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• SFO initiates investigation into Tata Steel's operations - Telegraph

  08-04-2016 02:13
  
  (Reuters) - UK's Serious Fraud Office has initiated a criminal investigation into Tata Steel's operations, the Telegraph reported on Thursday.
  
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• Panama Papers: How Jersey-based oil firm avoided taxes in Uganda

  08-04-2016 02:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How a UK firm tried to avoid taxes in Uganda
  
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• VIDEO: Luxury boat builders target Asia's rich

  08-04-2016 01:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Luxury boat-makers are hoping for new customers in Asia. Leisha Chi reports from the Singapore Yacht show.
  
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• UK employers ease permanent staff hiring as EU vote unsettles - REC

  08-04-2016 01:10
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Hiring of permanent staff via British recruitment firms increased at the slowest pace in six months in March, with employers perturbed by Britain's approaching European Union referendum and the global economy, a survey showed on Friday.
  
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• How old banks are learning from a new breed of tech start-ups

  08-04-2016 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How old banks are learning from a new breed of tech start-ups
  
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