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• British Gas to axe 680 jobs

  20-04-2016 22:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British Gas announces plans to close an office in Oldbury with the loss of more than 680 jobs.
  
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• Markets On Track For A Flat Open Amid Mixed Earnings

  20-04-2016 22:08
  
  The major indexes are on track for a flat open despite a parade of mixed Q1 earnings releases and weakness in oil prices . Stocks have made solid gains in recent sessions, pushing the S&P 500 index above the
  
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• Microsoft discontinues Xbox 360 console

  20-04-2016 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Microsoft says it is to stop manufacturing the Xbox 360 games console, 10 years after it launched.
  
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• Coca Cola shares fall as profits decline

  20-04-2016 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shares in fizzy drinks giant Coca-Cola fall more than 4% after the firm reports a fall in profits.
  
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• Distress Testing the Efficient Frontier

  20-04-2016 19:14
  
  Many historically inclined residents of White Plains, New York can recount the legend of Sleepy Hollow and what inspired it. The day was October 31, 1776 and our young Revolution raged on. One that day, so stirred by his witnessing of an incident on the Merrit Hill battlefield was American General William Heath
  
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• US criminal probe into Panama Papers

  20-04-2016 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US Justice Department opens a criminal investigation into tax avoidance schemes exposed by the Panama Papers.
  
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• Saudi in first foreign loan in 25 years

  20-04-2016 14:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Saudi Arabia is reported to be close to securing a $10bn (£6.9bn) loan deal from international banks - its first in 25 years - as it tries to recover from plunging oil revenues.
  
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• Brexit Starting to Take Toll on UK Economy

  20-04-2016 13:48
  
  Market Drivers April 20, 2016 UK Claimant Count rises for first time since August 2015 Wage growth slows Nikkei 0.19% Dax -0.1% Oil $41/bbl Gold $1249/oz. Europe and Asia : GBP UK Claimant Count 6.7K vs. -10K GBP Average Wage Gains 1.8% vs. 2.1% GBP Unemployment 5.1% vs. 5.1% North America : CAD Wholesale
  
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• Bulls' Charge Stalls, While Greenback Consolidates Losses

  20-04-2016 13:06
  
  The US dollar has been largely confined to yesterday's ranges against the major currencies.  China's yuan slipped lower for the first time in four sessions, while the Shanghai Composite fell 2.3%, the most since the end of February.   While a few equity markets in Asia managed to follow suit after US equity market
  
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• Biscuits and wipes shrinking report says

  20-04-2016 13:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Consumer group Which? has revealed its latest list of shrinking supermarket items that still cost the same, or more.
  
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• Mitsubishi admits falsifying fuel tests

  20-04-2016 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mitsubishi Motors admits falsifying fuel economy test data for more than 600,000 vehicles sold in Japan.
  
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• UK unemployment rises to 1.7m

  20-04-2016 11:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK unemployment rose by 21,000 to 1.7 million between December and February, the Office for National Statistics says.
  
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• VIDEO: A history of money in five objects

  20-04-2016 09:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ahead of the introduction of plastic £5 notes later this year, BBC News looks at objects used to represent money at the British Museum.
  
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• Help! My building has been hacked

  20-04-2016 08:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How vulnerable are net-connected buildings to cyber-attack?
  
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• VIDEO: Restoring the image of India's cricket league

  20-04-2016 03:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Indian Premier League is well underway, with two new cricket clubs to replace teams that were suspended for corruption. But are the organisers doing enough to restore the IPL's image?
  
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• How money has been made over the years

  20-04-2016 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Revealing the unexpected styles of currency in history
  
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• How Nasa is helping businesses to be greener

  20-04-2016 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four ways Nasa is teaching us to be greener
  
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• Attacks on teachers '25% extra jail'

  20-04-2016 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Teachers would get a special legal status under plans in Argentina
  
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• VIDEO: How would UK trade post-Brexit?

  20-04-2016 00:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Simon Jack reports on how the single market works and and the free trade zones that Michael Gove wants the UK to join.
  
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