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• Passive Investors Unite: We Blind Mice

  28-09-2016 19:05
  
  Throughout man’s bloody history of conflict, time and again it is the hand defending the faith that lights a fuse. Is this because, by its very nature, faith is blind and can only promise abundant spiritual rewards for the here and now, while saving its true rewards to bestow in the afterlife? Does it take the
  
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• Durable Goods Orders & OPEC in Focus

  28-09-2016 18:24
  
  Durable Goods Orders an important metric determining business spending and capital investment in general were unchanged in August This is better than the negative number analysts had been expecting but less than what is expected to be needed to assist economic growth Strip
  
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• UK car industry 'needs EU single market'

  28-09-2016 16:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The success of the UK motor industry could be "jeopardised" if the UK leaves the EU single market, a senior industry figure tells the BBC.
  
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• Memory keepers

  28-09-2016 14:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The child of two Holocaust survivors talks about being the keeper of their memories – and projects working with children of survivors of massacres in Rwanda and Bosnia talk about the impact handed down through families.
  
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• Where Will Oil Prices Go After Algiers?

  28-09-2016 14:23
  
  Saudi Arabia and Iran may yet come to terms onsome sort of production arrangement , but the outcome of the negotiations in Algeria this week may not do much to rescue oil prices. Following the media spectacle, the oil markets may have to shift their attention back to the supply and demand fundamentals, which are
  
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• Blackberry stops designing its own phones

  28-09-2016 13:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Blackberry is to stop designing smartphones in-house after 14 years.
  
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• Germany 'prepares Deutsche Bank rescue'

  28-09-2016 13:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The German government is working on a rescue plan for Deutsche Bank in case it cannot pay US fines, according to Die Zeit newspaper.
  
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• FTSE 100 rises but Sainsbury's hit as sales slide

  28-09-2016 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The London market rises, helped by a rally in commodity-related stocks, but shares in Sainsbury's drop as its sales slide.
  
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• Will Yellen Move the Market?

  28-09-2016 13:10
  
  Market Drivers September 28, 2016Shafiq drives pound lower on dovish comments Yellen testifies on regulation Nikkei -1.31% Dax 1.18% Oil $45/bbl Gold $1327/oz. Europe and Asia:EUR GFK Consumer Climate 10 vs. 10.2North America:USD Durable Goods 8:30 USD Yellen Testimony 10:00 EUR Draghi Testimony 10:30
  
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• Deutsche Post agrees to buy UK Mail

  28-09-2016 12:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  German firm Deutsche Post agrees a deal to buy UK Mail and go head-to-head with Royal Mail.
  
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• AB InBev-SAB Miller deal approved by shareholders

  28-09-2016 12:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Budweiser owner Anheuser-Busch InBev's £79bn takeover of rival SAB Miller is set to go ahead after the shareholders of both firms approved the mega-deal.
  
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• Absent brands

  28-09-2016 12:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With big name brands like Ford, Volvo, Rolls Royce, Bentley, Lamborghini and Aston Martin staying away from this year's Paris Motor Show, should the organisers be getting worried?
  
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• Yanis Varoufakis hits out at 'inept' George Osborne

  28-09-2016 11:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Greece finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has said George Osborne was an "inept" chancellor and urged Philip Hammond to increase public spending.
  
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• Sainsbury's sales slip as food prices continue to fall

  28-09-2016 09:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sainsbury's reports a second consecutive quarter of falling sales, blaming falling food prices.
  
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• Canada approves giant LNG project on British Columbia coast

  28-09-2016 08:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Canada authorises the construction of a CA$11.4bn energy project on British Columbia's northern coast despite opposition from environmental groups.
  
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• Chinese investors pay A$88.88m for Sydney property

  28-09-2016 07:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese investors pay a "lucky" A$88,888,888.88 for a Sydney property, as new warnings emerge about a property bubble in the Australian city.
  
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• Can't Afford Retirement: Financial Advisors' Daily Digest

  28-09-2016 06:21
  
  By SA Gil Weinreich BySA Gil Weinreich American Funds discusses five retirement realities on today s SA that it recommends investors address with their advisors These realities a euphemism for bad news included running out of money falling markets inflation the high costs
  
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• Wells Fargo chief forfeits $41m amid corruption probe

  28-09-2016 03:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wells Fargo chief executive John Stumpf forfeits $41m (£31.5m) in share bonuses as the bank giant tries to stem a scandal over its sales practices.
  
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• The business of 'Muslim friendly' travel

  28-09-2016 02:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Malaysian firm TripFez is a bit like TripAdvisor - except it is focussing on serving global Muslim travellers.
  
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• Enter the dragon

  28-09-2016 02:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  China's desire to become a footballing superpower could provide a big business opportunity for British firms and clubs.
  
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• RBS to pay $1.1bn to settle certain US mis-selling claims

  28-09-2016 02:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Royal Bank of Scotland agrees to pay $1.1bn (£846m) to settle two mis-selling claims in the US.
  
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• Switzerland tops competitiveness league around globe

  28-09-2016 01:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Switzerland has again been ranked as the world's most competitive economy by the World Economic Forum.
  
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• Street UK short-term lender expands to London and Manchester

  28-09-2016 01:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Street UK, which says it is the first ethical provider of online short-term loans in the UK, expands its operation to borrowers in London and Manchester.
  
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• Retailer George Davies: 'Promote more women to top fashion jobs'

  28-09-2016 01:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Veteran retailer George Davies - founder of clothing retailer Next - says more women should be in top fashion jobs.
  
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