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• County Cork villagers' scheme to create their only shop

  17-06-2016 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Residents in a seaside village in County Cork have joined forces to turn an old Post Office into a village store - after going a year with no shop at all.
  
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• Housing Data Mostly Came in Line with Estimates

  17-06-2016 19:08
  Ahead of the bell this Friday morning, U.S. Housing Starts and Building Permits for May results were released, and came generally in line with expectations. With a read of 0.3 percent for the month, Housing Starts are currently at
  
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• China rules against Apple over iPhone patent claim

  17-06-2016 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Beijing's Intellectual Property Office has ruled against Apple in a patent dispute brought by a Chinese handset maker.
  
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• What will the UK's EU referendum result mean to S Africa?

  17-06-2016 15:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Matthew Davies looks at the potential impact of the UK's EU referendum result on its trade with South Africa.
  
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• HSBC to pay $1.6bn to settle lawsuit

  17-06-2016 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The British bank agrees a $1.6bn settlement to end a 14-year lawsuit by Household International shareholders.
  
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• Judge orders DiCaprio to testify in Wall Street case

  17-06-2016 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The producers of Oscar-nominated film The Wolf of Wall Street face a $25m (£15m) legal action from a former stockbroker who alleges he is depicted as a "depraved" drug-fuelled criminal.
  
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• What Dynamic Is Affecting Economic Growth?

  17-06-2016 14:05
  The housing sector, both new and used homes, is well below peaks from before the Great Recession. Is this an effect of weak economic growth or simply reflecting demographic change?Existing home sales appear to be plateauing roughly 2/3's to 3/4's of the pre-recession peak. New one family homes sold (not
  
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• Revlon to buy Elizabeth Arden for $870m

  17-06-2016 14:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The company which first introduced American women to eye make-up and makeovers, is being sold to hair care and cosmetics giant, Revlon.
  
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• Increase In U.S. Rig Count Will Not Cap Oil Prices

  17-06-2016 13:56
  By David Yager The impact of rising oil prices on North American light tight oil (LTO) production is said to be a “Catch 22”, the title of Joseph Heller’s popular 1961 novel set in WWII. The premise was you could get out of the army if you were crazy but you weren’t crazy to try to get out of the army. So this
  
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• Leave: 'I don't think Brexit would mean tariffs'

  17-06-2016 13:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Despite Robert Pouget's French heritage and his European business, he wants the UK to vote to leave the European Union.
  
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• Stay: 'EU subsidies help to support our farming income'

  17-06-2016 12:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Managing director of Delamere Dairy, Ed Salt, is concerned about the loss of subsidies if the UK votes to leave the EU.
  
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• Leave: Cut import VAT and 'transform' London art scene

  17-06-2016 12:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Import VAT on artworks from outside Europe is putting collectors off selling in London, argues gallery owner Guy Sainty.
  
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• Stay: 'I'm scared of what will happen if we leave EU'

  17-06-2016 12:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The founder of Imara Couture, Mariama Mulamba Bah, fears import tariffs will hit her business if the UK leaves the EU.
  
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• Eurozone releases Greece bailout money

  17-06-2016 11:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A fresh tranche of money for debt ridden Greece is approved by the eurozone's bailout fund.
  
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• Euro 2016 boosts sales at JD Sports

  17-06-2016 11:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK sports fashion retailer JD Sports has said it has received a sales boost from the Euro 2016 football tournament in recent weeks.
  
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• The Chinese brands of tomorrow

  17-06-2016 11:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Colm O'Regan takes a look at the up-and-coming Chinese brands that may soon become household names.
  
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• Tesco sells Dobbies Garden Centres for £217m

  17-06-2016 09:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tesco sells garden centre chain Dobbies for £217m as the retailer continues its strategy of focusing on its supermarket business.
  
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• China's Cheetah Mobile leads way in creative innovation

  17-06-2016 09:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Growth is slowing in the world's second largest economy, China. So what's the fix? Karishma Vaswani finds out if it could be the nation's creative side.
  
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• National Grid 'should be broken up'

  17-06-2016 08:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's energy system needs major reform, with the National Grid replaced by a US-style independent operator, says a committee of MPs.
  
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• Convenience store openings up by 20%

  17-06-2016 05:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The total number of convenience stores in the UK rises by more than a fifth in the five years to the end of 2015 as fewer people do a big weekly shop.
  
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• Microsoft to help track legalised marijuana sales

  17-06-2016 03:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Microsoft teams up with Californian technology start-up Kind Financial to help track legalised marijuana sales
  
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• War on waste

  17-06-2016 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reducing global food waste by a quarter would mean there was enough to feed all the malnourished people in the world. Can tech help reach this goal?
  
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• Striding ahead

  17-06-2016 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  China has always been a country that copies its way to success, not a place where creativity thrives. So are China's plans to turn into an innovation superpower realistic?
  
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• Redstone seeks to oust Viacom directors and CEO from board

  17-06-2016 00:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone seeks to remove CEO Philippe Dauman and four other directors from its board as part of a bitter battle for control of the Paramount and MTV owner.
  
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