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• Global Oil Prices In Focus

  04-01-2017 18:37
  
  Oil prices surprisingly sold off after hitting prices higher than have been seen since the big commodity sell off began in the summer of 2015 The WTI and Brent reads fell 2 6 and 2 4 respectively after getting to the mid high 50s at the start of the new year They have since inched back
  
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• Exec pay under fire on 'Fatcat Wednesday'

  04-01-2017 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Execs will have earned more by midday on January 4, than ordinary workers earn in the entire year, says the High Pay Centre think tank.
  
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• The Art of Trade Warfare

  04-01-2017 17:36
  
  For a moral compass, many look to the Bible. For political directives, Machiavelli’s succinct and directThe Prince . But for matters of war, the Chinese have a lock; they’ve literally raised the wisdom guiding generals engaged in battle to an art form. Here is a but a sampling from the Top 500 List of quotes
  
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• Winners And Losers Of The Fed's Second Rate Hike In A Decade

  04-01-2017 16:52
  
  In the last Federal Open Market Committee meeting of 2016, the Federal Reserve unanimously decided to raise interest rates for only the second time in nearly a decade. The move lifts the targetFed funds raterange 25 bpshigherto 50-75 bps. One hike won’t suddenly change the world economy but the process of
  
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• Will FOMC Minutes Push USD/JPY To 119.00?

  04-01-2017 13:12
  
  Market Drivers January 04, 2017Dollar Seesaws EZ data all better Nikkei 2.51% Dax -.17% Oil $52/bbl Gold $1166/oz.Europe and Asia:EUR EZ Composite PMI 54.4 vs. 53.9 GBP UK PMI Construction 54.2 vs. 52.8 EUR EZ CPI 1.1 vs. 1.0North America:USD FOMC Minutes 14:00It's been a seesaw night for the buck in
  
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• Next sales fall in run-up to Christmas

  04-01-2017 08:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Next says sales fell in the run-up to Christmas and predicts profits will be at the low end of expectations.
  
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• CES 2017: Faraday Future unveils super fast electric car

  04-01-2017 05:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Start-up Faraday Future unveils a self-driving electric car that it says can accelerate from zero to 60mph faster than Tesla's Model S
  
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• FoE must not repeat fracking claims

  04-01-2017 02:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Friends of the Earth must not repeat misleading claims about fracking it made in a leaflet, the advertising watchdog says.
  
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• The future of cannabis retail?

  04-01-2017 01:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As brands fight for a share of the Canadian cannabis market before the drug is fully legalised, one store wants to make "seedy" so-called head shops a thing of a the past.
  
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• Procrastination?

  04-01-2017 01:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many people will already have broken their new year's resolutions. A psychologist explains why we keep putting things off.
  
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• Syncing feeling

  04-01-2017 01:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bands used to be accused of "selling out" if a TV programme or commercial used their music, but now "sync licensing" is a big earner for them.
  
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• Having children carries big pay penalty, says think tank

  04-01-2017 01:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Female workers continue to face a "rapid rise" in pay inequality when they get into their 30s and 40s, according to the Resolution Foundation.
  
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• Executive pay: 'Fat Cat Wednesday' highlighted

  04-01-2017 01:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Top bosses will have earned more by the first Wednesday in January than typical workers earn in the entire year, according to a new calculation.
  
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• Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg takes up challenge to tour US

  04-01-2017 00:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg plans to spend 2017 touring the US - in his latest ambitious challenge.
  
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• Vinyl sales 'at all time high'

  04-01-2017 00:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Vinyl sales are the highest they've been in 25 years. More than 3.2 million records were sold last year.
  
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