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• Is the UK-Nigeria pact to fight corruption effective?

  06-01-2017 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The landmark agreement between the UK and Nigeria to return stolen cash is put to the test.
  
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• 'Beautiful accident'

  06-01-2017 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Su-Man Hsu runs a skincare company, but she started life in a mud hut in Taiwan. How did she make her journey from there to facialist to Hollywood celebrities?
  
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• The Labor Market: The End of the Innocence?

  06-01-2017 21:47
  
  One of the first of life’s lessons we all learned is that we need not rush life; it will do that for us and in the end against our will.The inspiration for this wisdom could well have sprung from Ecclesiastes wherein we read these peaceful words: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under
  
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• CES 2017: Ford sticks by self-driving cars by 2021 pledge

  06-01-2017 21:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ford insists it will have a fully autonomous car, without steering wheel or brake pedals, on the road by 2021.
  
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• Bike courier wins 'gig' economy employment rights case

  06-01-2017 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A bicycle courier has won a case over employment rights which could have major implications for the 'gig economy'.
  
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• Look At Job Data

  06-01-2017 19:36
  
  The Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS has released its monthly non farm payroll report the final one of President Obama s tenure and results are again a bit lower than expected 156K new jobs non farm related were created in the month of December and the unemployment rate rose 10 basis
  
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• Sainsbury's in Singhbury's Aylesbury shop name sign row

  06-01-2017 19:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A shopkeeper removes his shop sign after supermarket giant Sainsbury's said customers "raised concerns".
  
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• December Employment Report: Highlights from The Liscio Report

  06-01-2017 19:02
  
  This morning’s report was further evidence of a loss of momentum in the job market, though earnings showed strength. * Employers added 156,000 jobs in December, 144,000 of them in the private sector. Manufacturing was up 17,000, mostly in durables (and quite a turnaround from the sector’s average loss of 4,000 over
  
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• FTSE 100 recovers to reach another record close

  06-01-2017 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  London's leading shares recover from early falls to close at yet another all-time high.
  
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• Apple boss's salary and bonuses fall

  06-01-2017 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple chief executive Tim Cook sees his salary and bonus slide in the last financial year, as his income from the sale of shares jumps dramatically.
  
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• US jobs growth slows to 156,000 during December

  06-01-2017 16:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US businesses added 156,000 jobs in December in the last release of key economic data before Donald Trump is sworn in.
  
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• The Market's Shift in Focus Makes A Correction Look Likely

  06-01-2017 15:24
  
  Market pricing is, at the same time, both simple and complex. It is simple in that the price of an asset such as a stock is just a reflection of where a buyer and a seller last agreed to transact. The complexity comes from the wide array of factors that both parties could have considered when coming to the decision
  
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• Strike will not stop BA passenger trips

  06-01-2017 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BA says customers will be able to fly to their destinations normally despite proposed strike action.
  
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• 'Blueberries pay 10 times more than tobacco'

  06-01-2017 15:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Zimbabwe's farmers are concentrating on high value crops to sustain businesses.
  
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• Crash 'was crisis moment for economists'

  06-01-2017 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Bank of England's chief economist says his profession is "in crisis" after the financial crash and Brexit vote.
  
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• Has U.S. Gasoline Demand Peaked?

  06-01-2017 14:23
  
  Several years of low gasoline prices have upended a decade-long shift towards more fuel efficient vehicles in the United States. For two years in a row, the U.S. auto industry broke new records for total sales, as an improving labor market and cheap gas induced more motorists to take to the roads.Car and trucks
  
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• What Should Trump Do With Free Trade?

  06-01-2017 13:47
  
  Water is necessary for your health. Drink too much water and you can get hyponatremia. It is very serious, and can be fatal. Too much of anything is not good. President-elect Trump believes one of the problems in the economy is free trade.Here is President-elect Trump's7 point planon free trade:1. Withdraw
  
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• First man hired as face of beauty brand Maybelline

  06-01-2017 13:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manny Gutierrez is the first man to star in an advertising campaign for the beauty brand Maybelline.
  
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• Productivity gap yawns across the UK

  06-01-2017 13:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There are mammoth variations in the rate of productivity across the UK - the Office for National Statistics is trying to understand why.
  
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• Dollar Consolidates Losses, Peso Firms While Yuan Reverses

  06-01-2017 12:53
  
  The US dollar is consolidating yesterday's losses against the major currencies, giving it an apparently firmer tone today ahead of the monthly employment report.    Even though the Turkish lira continues to be sold to new record lows, the focus in the emerging markets in recent days has been the Mexican peso and
  
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• FX: Pre-NFPs, China Makes Some Moves

  06-01-2017 12:50
  
  Market Drivers January 06, 2017PBOC revals yuan the most in 11 years AU Trade turns to surplus Nikkei -0.34% Dax -.26% Oil $54/bbl Gold $1178/oz.Europe and Asia:AUD Trade Balance 1.24B vs. -0.55B EUR Retail Sales -0.4% vs. -0.3%North America:USD NFPs 08:30 CAD Employment 08:30It was an
  
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• Tesco shrugs off pyjama complaint

  06-01-2017 11:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tesco says shoppers wearing nightclothes in its stores is "not a big issue" after one customer objected.
  
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• Jamie Oliver closes six Jamie's Italian UK restaurants

  06-01-2017 11:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is closing six of his 42 UK Jamie's Italian restaurants but is expanding the chain overseas.
  
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• What is 'deep learning'?

  06-01-2017 11:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Colm O'Regan explores a branch of "machine learning", used to develop artificial intelligence.
  
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• Digital minister defends support for tech

  06-01-2017 09:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK digital and culture minister says the CES tech show's chief was wrong to claim the government is doing too little to support its start-ups at the event.
  
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• Trump says Toyota will face tariffs on cars made in Mexico

  06-01-2017 08:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President-elect Trump tweets that Toyota will face hefty tariffs on cars imported from Mexico.
  
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• S Korean exec jailed over toxic humidifier disinfectant

  06-01-2017 08:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A former executive of Reckitt Benckiser receives a maximum jail sentence over the firm's toxic disinfectant linked to more than 100 deaths.
  
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• CES 2017: Sony chief pledges to detangle confusing TV tech

  06-01-2017 05:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sony's chief executive says his firm must do more to help customers understand 4K, HDR, OLED and other TV terms.
  
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• Samsung profit estimate surges despite Note 7 battery fiasco

  06-01-2017 03:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Samsung Electronics sees its profit in the fourth quarter surge 50% despite the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco.
  
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• High Street Christmas sales figures fail to sparkle

  06-01-2017 03:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shoppers bought less on the UK High Street this Christmas for the fourth consecutive year.
  
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• 'A major bank will fail'

  06-01-2017 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cybersecurity promises to be major tech theme for 2017, but what are the others?
  
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• Career tips

  06-01-2017 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How do you go about making sure that your online professional profile is helping rather than hindering your career?
  
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