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• Artist's Jane Austen fivers 'worth £20,000' to be found

  08-12-2016 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Artist Graham Short's tiny engravings of Jane Austen on four £5 notes could make anyone who finds one £20,000.
  
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• McDonald's to move non-US tax base to UK

  08-12-2016 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  McDonald's is to move its non-US tax base from Luxembourg to the UK, the firm says.
  
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• Capita shares plunge after profit warning

  08-12-2016 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Capita shares sink more than 14% after it issues another profit warning , but the FTSE 100 closes up.
  
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• Initial Claims, ECB and More

  08-12-2016 17:55
  
  The European Central Bank ECB this morning announced that it has decided to keep key interest rates unchanged as well as extend its asset buyback program through December of next year The central bank will begin to taper the amount bought back starting six months from now Call it a
  
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• ECB extends bond-buying scheme but at slower pace

  08-12-2016 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The European Central Bank will extend its bond-buying scheme by nine months but cut its purchases by €20bn a month.
  
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• Energy firms held £4bn in overpayments

  08-12-2016 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's energy firms have been holding on to nearly £4bn of their customers' money, according to figures obtained by the BBC.
  
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• Volkswagen emissions: UK and six other nations face legal action

  08-12-2016 14:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The EU is taking legal action against the UK and six other nations for failing to take - or consider taking - action against Volkswagen.
  
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• U.S. Shale Set To Kill Oil Price Rally

  08-12-2016 14:15
  
  The resurgence of U.S. shale will undermine the OPEC-fueled price rally, capping oil prices at roughly $50 per barrel through 2017. That is the conclusion from the EIA’s latestShort-Term Energy Outlook , which forecasts WTI to average $50.66 per barrel and Brent to average just $51.66 per barrel next year.The
  
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• MPs recommend clampdown on fixed-odds betting machines

  08-12-2016 14:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MPs say maximum stakes on fixed-odds betting terminals should be cut from £100 to £2.
  
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• National Grid sells majority stake in gas pipe network

  08-12-2016 14:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  National Grid agrees to sell a 61% stake in its gas pipe network to a global group of investors.
  
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• 'Tough' year for final salary pensions

  08-12-2016 13:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Conditions for final-salary pension schemes will be "tough" in 2017, a review of the sector suggests, with many currently "treading water".
  
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• Japan's third-quarter growth rate revised down sharply

  08-12-2016 12:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Japan's economy grew much slower than initially estimated in the third quarter of the year, as business investment fell.
  
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• 'Easy money' schemes a risk to young

  08-12-2016 11:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Young adults are increasingly tempted to become money mules - risking a fraud conviction for a few hundred pounds, a protection body says.
  
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• Sports Direct chairman lambasts critics as profits fall

  08-12-2016 11:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sports Direct's chairman says an "extreme" media campaign has harmed its reputation as profits fall.
  
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• Michael Jordan wins trademark case in China's top court

  08-12-2016 08:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  China's supreme court rules in favour of basketball legend Michael Jordan in a long-running trademark dispute.
  
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• Edible gardens take root in urban Singapore

  08-12-2016 03:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  On the island of Singapore, young urbanites are being shown how to grow their own tropical-friendly, edible gardens.
  
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• 'Toxic employee'

  08-12-2016 01:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Most of us have to deal with a disruptive colleague during our working lives, but how can a company best deal with such "toxic employees"?
  
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• Housing market faces slow start to 2017, says Rics

  08-12-2016 01:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A lack of homes for sale means that the housing market will get off to a slow start in 2017, according to surveyors.
  
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• Travel study reveals changing behaviour among young and old

  08-12-2016 01:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new study suggests that young people are shunning cars, while older people are driving more.
  
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• Brexit: French financial regulator wooing London banks

  08-12-2016 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Banks are in advanced stages of planning to shift some operations from London to Paris, says France's leading financial regulator.
  
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