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• Close Update: Oil Weighs on Stocks, but Wall Street Ends the Week Higher

  23-09-2016 23:21
  
  Wall Street limped into the close on Friday but still ended the week on a high note as a sell off in oil compounded by pressure on component stock Apple AAPL and hawkish comments from Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren left the Dow Jones Industrial Average with a triple digit loss and
  
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• South African shops salvaging 'expired' goods

  23-09-2016 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Cape Town supermarket owner selling food past its "sell-by" date.
  
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• Leadership goals

  23-09-2016 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fifa secretary general Fatma Samoura says more must be done to make all elements of the football industry more open to women and minorities.
  
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• Clothes by the kilo

  23-09-2016 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Anyone over thirty-five might look at you blankly if you mention vintage kilo sales, but they are increasingly popular with teenagers and students looking for cheap, fashionable clothing.
  
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• Baby-sized pension?

  23-09-2016 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many stay-at-home parents have no proper pension provision - so what can they do to maximise their retirement savings?
  
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• Fed Pivot Should Juice The Economy And Stocks

  23-09-2016 21:47
  
  Yesterday we parsed the Fed's message from this week and concluded a strategy pivot has indeed take place.  If we block out all of the chatter from those Fed members not named Yellen, since March, it’s been a 180.Instead of promoting optimism about the future, and telegraphing rate hikes to accommodate that view,
  
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• Easyjet pilots suspend strike action pending further talks

  23-09-2016 20:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Easyjet pilots suspend strike action while new proposals on tackling fatigue are considered.
  
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• What if Yahoo hackers have my details?

  23-09-2016 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's technology reporter Chris Foxx explains how you can stay safe following the Yahoo hack.
  
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• Twitter, Yahoo and More

  23-09-2016 18:24
  
  Market futures are down ahead of the bell on this final trading day of the week This follows two days of solid gains including an all time high on the Nasdaq The S amp P 500 is currently down 2 5 points the Dow down 9 and the Nasdaq off 5 25 from Thursday s close Reports this morning
  
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• Court slashes damages to be paid by ex-trader Kerviel

  23-09-2016 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A French appeals court has slashed the amount that rogue trader Jerome Kerviel has to pay his former employer Societe Generale to €1m.
  
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• Amazon has been fined £65,000 for trying to fly dangerous goods

  23-09-2016 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Online giant Amazon has been fined £65,000 after being found guilty of attempting to ship dangerous goods by air.
  
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• Twitter shares soar almost 20% on takeover talk

  23-09-2016 16:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shares in Twitter jump almost 20% after a report that it has received takeover approaches, including from Google and Salesforce.com.
  
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• Plane crew douse smoking Samsung phone

  23-09-2016 16:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cabin crew on an Indian passenger aircraft have used a fire extinguisher to tackle a smoking Samsung handset.
  
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• South Africa's bittersweet sugar tax

  23-09-2016 15:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The impending sugar tax in South Africa is causing concern in the soft drinks industry.
  
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• BlackRock CEO: Markets Could Fall 15% Without Gov't Intervention

  23-09-2016 15:39
  
  Speaking with Bloomberg earlier today, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said that financial markets could soon correct by up to 15% without significant fiscal accommodation. Both at home in the U.S. as well as in Europe, he sees big problems to solve. “We’re in more dangerous water in Europe than we have been in years,”
  
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• Sports Direct: Ashley steps in as chief executive resigns

  23-09-2016 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The founder and majority owner of Sports Direct, Mike Ashley, becomes chief executive after the surprise resignation of Dave Forsey.
  
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• Russia And Saudi Arabia Playing A Risky Game Ahead Of OPEC's Meeting

  23-09-2016 14:25
  
  Having suffered massive oil revenue shortages and budget deficits since the oil price collapse in 2014, Russia and Saudi Arabia have now agreed to cooperate on stabilizing the oil market. What this “cooperation” will actually mean - freezing production levels, cutting them, ramping them up or keeping the status quo,
  
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• EU Commission refuses to revise Canada CETA trade deal

  23-09-2016 14:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The European Commission says the controversial EU-Canada free trade deal - CETA - cannot be renegotiated, despite much opposition in Europe.
  
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• MG ends car assembly at historic UK plant

  23-09-2016 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MG announces it is to stop making cars at its Longbridge plant and will be moving production to China - ending manufacturing in the UK.
  
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• Iceland supermarket's battle with country over name

  23-09-2016 13:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British supermarket Iceland could face a legal battle to save its name after the Icelandic government confirms it is considering launching a lawsuit.
  
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• Facebook 'overestimated' video viewing time

  23-09-2016 13:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook has overestimated how much video people have watched for the last two years, the company has admitted.
  
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• Treasury minister Lord O'Neill quits government

  23-09-2016 13:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Treasury minister Lord O'Neill, a key figure in pushing the Conservatives' Northern Powerhouse agenda, has resigned from the government.
  
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• 2015 Household Income Up 5.2% Is Just Spin

  23-09-2016 13:34
  
  The media spread  US Census ' good news:Median household income in the United States was $56,516 in 2015, an increase in real terms of 5.2 percent from the 2014 median of $53,718. This is the first annual increase in median household income since 2007, the year before the most recent recession.5.2% is a big
  
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• 'I sold three new fivers for £460'

  23-09-2016 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A collector who sold three new plastic £5 notes for £460 on the Ebay auction site says he will reinvest the money in his hobby.
  
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• Dollar Steadies, Pound Wobbles

  23-09-2016 12:46
  
  Market Drivers September 23, 2016 EZ PMIs slightly mixed Johnson - Article 50 in 2017 Nikkei -0.32% Dax -0.19% Oil $45/bbl Gold $1340/oz. Europe and Asia:JPY Manufacturing PMI 50.3 vs. 49.3 EUR EZ PMI Manufacturing 52.6 vs. 51.5 EUR EZ PMI Services 52.1 vs. 52.8 North America:CAD CPI 8:30 CAD Retail Sales
  
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• It's Friday Again And The Dollar Is Firmer Again

  23-09-2016 12:44
  
  As Nassim Taleb instructed, we should not be fooled by randomness. If  you see six red results in a row at a roulette table, do not conclude the game is rigged.  If you flip a coin, and it is tails six consecutive times, the contest is not necessarily rigged.  Today has the making of the sixth consecutive
  
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• Co-op Group says it 'planned' for a 50% profits drop

  23-09-2016 12:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Profits at the Co-op Group more than halve to £17m in the first six months of the year, hit by the group's three-year plan to rebuild the business.
  
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• China spends more in the world than the world spends in China

  23-09-2016 11:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  For the first time, Chinese companies invest more abroad than foreign companies invest in China, data for 2015 shows.
  
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• The costs and challenges of an ageing population

  23-09-2016 11:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Being positive may be key to successful ageing but the economic challenge of an ageing population is a huge global predicament.
  
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• Protect bank transfer scam victims, demands Which?

  23-09-2016 10:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People who are tricked into transferring money to a fraudster deserve better protection, says consumer group Which?
  
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• Ex-Hanjin Shipping chairwoman investigated over insider trading

  23-09-2016 09:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former chairwoman of bankrupt Hanjin Shipping is under investigation for alleged insider trading.
  
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• Yahoo 'state' hackers stole data from 500 million users

  23-09-2016 09:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yahoo says 'state-sponsored' hackers stole information from about 500 million users in 2014 in what appears to be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in history.
  
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• Bonanza for Bosnia

  23-09-2016 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bosnia's biggest foreign investment by a Dubai-based property developer is causing some unease amongst locals. But the country needs all the help it can get.
  
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• Get off my land!

  23-09-2016 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Up to a billion people in Africa derive their main income from farming, but many get embroiled in disputes over whether they really own their land. Can tech help?
  
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• Why don't UK tech firms lead the world?

  23-09-2016 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Are the Americans just more determined when it comes to producing world-beating tech firms?
  
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• Brexit talks 'probably early 2017'

  23-09-2016 00:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said that formal negotiations for Britain to Leave the European Union will "probably" begin in early 2017.
  
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• Yahoo breach: Troy Hunt gives tips to protect yourself

  23-09-2016 00:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Security expert Troy Hunt discusses the scale of the Yahoo breach and what steps its users should take to protect their data.
  
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