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• Early Signs Of A Bottom In Global Pessimism

  14-04-2016 23:01
  
  Heading into today’s inflation data, the prospects of German 10-year government interest rates going negative had added to the heightened risk aversion in global markets.  And we’ve been talking this week about how markets are set up for a positive surprise on the inflation front, which could further support the
  
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• AUD Hits New Highs but Here's Why the Rally May Not Last

  14-04-2016 22:03
  
  At the start of the week, we said theCanadian and Australian dollars could hit new multi-month highsand now that these milestones have been reached, we are weary of a correction in both currencie s.  For the Canadian dollar, the Doha oil summit this weekend and while there's talk that key producers could
  
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• Focus On Bank Earnings

  14-04-2016 18:27
  
  More bank earnings are in the spotlight today, with the major indexes hovering flat ahead of the open after strong gains in the last few sessions. Market participants appear to like the bank results thus far not because they're
  
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• Lloyds warns of Brexit 'uncertainty'

  14-04-2016 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lloyds Banking Group has warned a UK vote to leave the EU would cause short term "economic uncertainty".
  
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• BP investors reject chief's £14m pay

  14-04-2016 15:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BP investors deliver a huge vote against a 20% rise in chief executive Bob Dudley's pay package, as chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg promises to listen and learn from the criticism.
  
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• US banks' profits hit by oil price fall

  14-04-2016 15:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bank of America and Wells Fargo both report a fall in first-quarter profits after they put aside more cash to cover bad loans to energy firms.
  
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• Data protection laws get EU shake-up

  14-04-2016 14:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What the EU's new rules involve
  
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• Bank warns EU vote may hit growth

  14-04-2016 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Bank of England has warned the EU referendum could hurt growth in the first half of this year as it held interest rates at 0.5%.
  
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• FX: AU Labor Meh, But Aussie Takes Off

  14-04-2016 13:25
  
  Market Drivers April 14, 2016 AUD Labor data mixed but it holds bid EZ CPI turns flay Nikkei 3.23% Dax 0.6% Oil $41/bbl Gold $1244/oz. Europe and Asia : AUD AU Labor 26K vs. 18K EUR CPI 0.0% vs. -0.2% North America :  GBP BOE Minutes 7:00 CAD HPI 08:30 USD CPI 8:30Australian dollar took off in early
  
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• UK airport sniffer dogs good at finding sausages, but not drugs

  14-04-2016 13:23
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - A team of sniffer dogs set up at a British airport at a cost of 1.25 million pounds have proved adept at discovering small amounts of cheese and sausages but not so good at finding smuggled drugs, a report said on Thursday.
  
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• Cameron's ratings fall, both campaigns level ahead of EU referendum - YouGov

  14-04-2016 13:14
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron's ratings have fallen 8 percentage points as he battles to keep Britain in the European Union ahead of a June referendum, according to a YouGov poll for The Times newspaper on Thursday.
  
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• Poundland sales fall amid major revamp

  14-04-2016 12:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Poundland reports a 4.9% fall in like-for-like sales in the six months to 27 March, which it blamed partly on the disruption caused by the takeover of 99p Stores.
  
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• Queen Elizabeth is still 'the boss' as she approaches 90th birthday

  14-04-2016 12:55
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth, the world's oldest monarch, turns 90 next Thursday showing no sign she will be retiring from the stage anytime soon.
  
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• RBS to axe 600 jobs, says union

  14-04-2016 12:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Royal Bank of Scotland is axing around 600 jobs at its retail bank Natwest and shutting 32 branches, trade union Unite says
  
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• Doubts raised over impact of oil summit

  14-04-2016 12:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A deal to freeze oil output, to be discussed by oil producers in Doha Qatar, would have a limited impact says the International Energy Agency.
  
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• Green Deal 'cost £17,000' per household

  14-04-2016 11:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Green Deal - the government's flagship energy-saving programme - cost taxpayers £17,000 for each home that was improved, a watchdog finds.
  
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• Burberry warns of 'challenging' year

  14-04-2016 10:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Luxury fashion firm Burberry warns of a "challenging" luxury market ahead, as sales 1% in the second half of its prior financial year.
  
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• UK's £3 billion green home scheme not value for money – watchdog

  14-04-2016 09:17
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - A British government scheme costing energy firms 3 billion pounds to help people save money on their bills and cut greenhouse gas emissions has not provided value for money, a parliamentary watchdog said.
  
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• PM Cameron's ratings fall, both campaigns level ahead of EU referendum - YouGov

  14-04-2016 08:55
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron's ratings have fallen 8 percentage points as he battles to keep Britain in the European Union ahead of a June referendum, according to a YouGov poll for The Times newspaper on Thursday.
  
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• A royal encounter for Britain's William and Kate in Bhutan

  14-04-2016 08:35
  
  THIMPHU (Reuters) - Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived on Thursday in the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, where they will meet its glamorous young royal couple for the first time.
  
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• Britain should stay in EU 'warts and all' - Corbyn

  14-04-2016 03:34
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should stay in the EU "warts and all", the opposition Labour leader will say on Thursday, making his first big intervention in the referendum campaign as he seeks to counter criticism he is not doing enough to persuade his voters to back the "In" campaign.
  
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• Music streaming boosts sales of vinyl

  14-04-2016 02:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Almost half of the people who bought a vinyl record in the last 12 months did so after hearing it on a streaming site like YouTube or SoundCloud, new research shows.
  
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• VIDEO: Why buy records if you don't have a player?

  14-04-2016 01:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sales of vinyl are up by more than 60% this year, but almost half of those who buy records never actually listen to them.
  
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• UK RICS house price index hits nine-month low in March as EU vote nears

  14-04-2016 01:18
  
  LONDON, April 14 (Reuters) - - Britain's housing market looks set for a soft patch in the run-up to June's referendum on European Union membership, surveyors said on Thursday, forecasting the slowest house price growth in almost a year.
  
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• UK advertising survey shows confidence falls

  14-04-2016 01:17
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Companies' confidence in Britain's financial prospects has fallen to the lowest level since early 2013, hit by uncertainty over the possibility of Brexit and concerns about global growth, a survey of marketing executives found.
  
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• House price growth 'set for slowdown'

  14-04-2016 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK house price inflation is set for a slowdown over the coming months, a survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors suggests.
  
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• Whistleblowers fear new European law

  14-04-2016 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The European Parliament is debating a bill later on Thursday that critics say threatens to turn whistleblowers into criminals
  
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• The sexism faced by female expats

  14-04-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The sexism that female expats are still having to endure
  
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• Is Wall Street a problem for Hillary Clinton?

  14-04-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Is Wall Street a problem for Hillary Clinton?
  
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• Cutting costs on gender neutral haircuts

  14-04-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Are haircuts still more expensive for women?
  
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