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• Amazon sees profits and sales surge

  28-04-2016 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amazon reports a profit of $513m in its first quarter, helped by a 28% jump in sales.
  
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• Rebellion over executive pay grows

  28-04-2016 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A shareholder revolt over excessive executive pay hits Weir Group, Shire, Standard Chartered and Reckitt Benckiser.
  
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• The Trade Of The Decade

  28-04-2016 22:01
  
  We've talked a lot about oil, the rebound of which has probably led to the trade of the year.  If you recall back on February 8th, we said policymakers finally got the wake up call on the systemic threat of the oil price bust when Chesapeake Energy, the second largest oil and gas producer, was rumored to be pursuing
  
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• VIDEO: Steel at heart of Wales election

  28-04-2016 21:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With one week of polling left in the Welsh Assembly Elections the steel industry is dominating the campaign.
  
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• VIDEO: City views on the EU referendum

  28-04-2016 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Breakfast's Steph McGovern takes a look at where the financial services industry stands on Britain's membership of the EU.
  
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• Q1 GDP Weaker Than Expected

  28-04-2016 19:11
  
  The first read on first quarter Gross Domestic Product (Q1 GDP) was just released this morning, and results were weaker than expected at +0.5 percent (0.7 percent had been expected). This follows an unrevised +1.4 percent in Q4. This
  
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• Wanted: Monetary policy Plan B

  28-04-2016 18:02
  
  Central banks have been the only game in town for years now, driving asset prices higher with the help of interest rate cuts and quantitative easing ( QE ) programs. But all these policies were meant to do
  
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• VIDEO: Workers on National Living Wage worse off

  28-04-2016 16:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some companies are reforming their "pay and reward structures" to offset the cost of introducing the National Living Wage, leaving their workers worse off.
  
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• Stock Buybacks: Their Benefits and Drawbacks

  28-04-2016 15:37
  
  We are right in the thick of another earnings season and will soon have a good idea of the state of Corporate America. Unfortunately, this season has been filled with duds, with Microsoft, Google and Apple all falling short over the past week. This week, the spotlight remains on technology when Facebook and LinkedIn
  
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• VIDEO: Sorrell 'not embarrassed' by success

  28-04-2016 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell has defended his pay package and the success of WPP, the advertising giant he founded in 1985.
  
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• VIDEO: Heading to a road near you: Driverless cars

  28-04-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Vehicle manufacturers in China are hoping to introduce the self-drive car within two or three years.
  
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• The rise of the middle-aged intern

  28-04-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The growing number of people switching careers in later life
  
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• China's push for driverless cars accelerates

  28-04-2016 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  China's push for driverless cars accelerates
  
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