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• VIDEO: Can Canada's EU trade deal work for UK?

  13-04-2016 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Vote Leave and Britain Stronger in Europe have been chosen as the official campaigns in the EU referendum.
  
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• Has the Fed Bankrupted the Nation?

  13-04-2016 20:44
  
  Volcker, Greenspan, Bernanke and Yellen. Which one does not belong? Logic dictates that Volcker should have been odd man out. After all, there is no legendary “Volcker Put.”The towering monetarist made no bones about never being bound by the financial markets. The same can certainly not be said of his three
  
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• Drone hunt for Loch Ness Monster finds its film double

  13-04-2016 19:29
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - A high-tech marine drone scouring the depths of Scotland's Loch Ness for one of nature's most elusive beasts has found a "monster" - but not the one it was looking for.
  
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• Stocks On Track

  13-04-2016 19:05
  
  Stocks are on track for another strong open, with positive data out of China and the better than expected J.P. Morgan ( JPM ) report offsetting the soft Retail Sales report. Market participants likely see a silver lining in
  
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• 'Vote Leave' named lead 'Out' campaign for EU referendum

  13-04-2016 18:58
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's electoral watchdog has picked the "Vote Leave" group, backed by London Mayor Boris Johnson, to be the official "Out" campaign ahead of a referendum on June 23 on whether Britain should remain in the European Union.
  
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• EU to harvest more air passenger data

  13-04-2016 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  EU to boost air passenger data collection
  
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• Record number of UK energy users switch to small suppliers

  13-04-2016 17:51
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - A record number of British energy users have switched from large to independent electricity and gas suppliers, Britain's energy lobby group said on Wednesday, showing that smaller providers are continuing grow retail market share.
  
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• Crisis plans of big US banks rejected

  13-04-2016 17:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US regulators reject the plans of five big US banks for shutting down their operations in the event on a crisis.
  
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• Cameron wants parliament to consider criminalising doping

  13-04-2016 17:33
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - MPs should consider making doping in sport a criminal offence, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday, after a series of scandals that have raised the issue's profile high on the political agenda.
  
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• UKIP's 'Che Guevara in tweed' sees close Scottish EU vote

  13-04-2016 16:16
  
  EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Britain's in-out European Union vote will be much closer in Scotland than polls have indicated, the head of British political party UKIP's Scottish branch predicted.
  
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• Globalization is Dead; Long Live Globalization

  13-04-2016 15:51
  
  Modern research suggests globalization is coming is coming to an end. The World Trade Organizationestimatesinternational volume trade will grow by just 2.8% this year, marking the fifth consecutive year of subpar growth. The unusual patterns in cross-border flow since the financial crisis have undermined
  
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• Brexit vote would damage UK economy, may push BoE to cut rates - Reuters poll

  13-04-2016 15:08
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - A British vote to leave the European Union on June 23 would hurt the economy, an overwhelming majority of economists said in a Reuters poll, and could push the Bank of England to cut interest rates for the first time since the financial crisis.
  
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• British academic killed in China - Hong Kong police

  13-04-2016 14:57
  
  HONG KONG (Reuters) - A 60-year-old British man who went missing for several weeks in late March, was confirmed to have been killed in China, the Hong Kong police said in a statement after being notified by Chinese authorities.
  
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• Job prospects not welfare draw migrants to UK - study

  13-04-2016 14:38
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's high wages and low unemployment, rather than welfare benefits, have been the main economic draw for hundreds of thousands of migrants who moved to the country from southern and eastern European, a study said on Wednesday.
  
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• Have We Seen The Bottom In Oil Prices?

  13-04-2016 14:23
  
  Just days ahead of the Doha meeting, oil is surging to 5 month highs as the U.S. rig count continues to fall.• Despite being synonymous with coal, West Virginia’s coal output pales in comparison to that of Wyoming. In 2014, West Virginiaproduced70 million short tons of coal, a fraction of the nearly 400 million
  
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• Can the U.S. consumer continue to hold up the world?

  13-04-2016 13:59
  
  Seven years into the recovery, a key driver of economic growth continues to demonstrate a frustrating conundrum Consumer spending remains respectable, providing a much needed pillar to the global economy, but it has consistently failed to accelerate out
  
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• UK minister who knew press had sex worker story on him denies it influenced policy

  13-04-2016 11:28
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - A British minister has denied that his decisions on press regulation were in any way influenced by the fact that he had found out that several newspapers had information about his past relationship with a sex worker.
  
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• VIDEO: Facebook takes steps to stop bot abuse

  13-04-2016 09:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook says it is taking steps to prevent hackers taking advantage of its new shop-by-bots facility on Messenger.
  
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• VIDEO: Myanmar to be taught how to fish

  13-04-2016 01:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An international research organisation, WorldFish, has set up a training program for small-scale fish farming in the hope of improving livelihoods.
  
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• Sunshine's droppings could shed light on panda diet mystery

  13-04-2016 01:26
  
  EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Britain's only giant pandas, Tian Tian and Yang Guang, are taking part in an experiment to find out whether the famously faddy breed really does only eat shoots and leaves.
  
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• UK would face tough choices after a Brexit vote

  13-04-2016 01:23
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will need to make choices on trade, labour laws and the environment that could be unpopular with voters if it wants to offset the hit to its economy from any decision to leave the European Union, a think tank said on Wednesday.
  
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• Investor interest in UK rental property slumps ahead of tax change - Rightmove

  13-04-2016 01:06
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Investor interest in British rental property declined by more than a quarter last month compared with a year ago, dampened by new tax changes aimed at cooling the booming buy-to-let market, according to survey results on Wednesday.
  
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• When learning is all at sea

  13-04-2016 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How do you provide online training for seafarers without internet?
  
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• Tesco: Business hits and misses

  13-04-2016 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tesco's failed efforts to diversify
  
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• How did Donald Trump make his fortune?

  13-04-2016 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How did Donald Trump make his fortune?
  
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• Build your own house via the internet

  13-04-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How tech can help you afford a house
  
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