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• Week Ahead: The Dow At 20,000?

  09-01-2017 21:00
  
  For many people the focus this week will be on the question of whether or not the Dow Jones Industrial Average can break the 20,000 mark. My training in dealing rooms leaves me usually dismissive of round numbers such as this, but in this case the degree of public interest will give the Dow 20k narrative some
  
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• ETF Demand Hits Record Level In 2016

  09-01-2017 21:00
  
  Drew VorosETF.com Editor-in-Chief For 2016 as a whole, $287.5 billion in new assets came into U.S.-listed ETFs, the most ever. The month of December alone saw inflows of $61.5 billion, also a record. Total U.S.-listed ETF assets now stand at $2.56 trillion.Of 2016's record inflows, the majority went into
  
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• The chief executive of Rolls-Royce cars calls for Brexit 'clarity'

  09-01-2017 20:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The chief executive of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Torsten Muller-Otvos, wants "clarity and security" from the UK government in its Brexit negotiations.
  
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• Unofficial Start of Quarterly Earnings Season

  09-01-2017 18:49
  
  For some reason today still marks the unofficial start of quarterly earnings season generally because aluminum giant Alcoa AA reports its Q4 2016 earnings after the bell But if you think about it this is a rather 20th century mentality at work back in the old days if you wanted to find
  
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• Pound falls on May's Brexit comments

  09-01-2017 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The pound hits a two-month low after Theresa May signals the UK will pursue a so-called "hard Brexit".
  
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• FTSE 100 index closes at another record high

  09-01-2017 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Share prices in London rose on Monday to a new record high point, with the FTSE 100 index closing 28 points up at 7,238.
  
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• VW chiefs 'hushed up emission cheating'

  09-01-2017 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  VW bosses knew of emissions cheating before the scandal broke, but kept it quiet, court papers say.
  
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• Tesco announces 1,000 job losses

  09-01-2017 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tesco says 1,000 people are to be made redundant as part of a shake-up of its distribution network.
  
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• Toyota plans to invest $10bn in US

  09-01-2017 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Japanese car giant Toyota says will invest $10bn (£8.2bn) in the US over the next five years - the latest car giant to announce major investment plans.
  
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• A Rosy Future For U.S. LNG

  09-01-2017 17:05
  
  American LNG exports for 2016,accordingto the Department of Energy, totaled 109 Bcf through December, averaging about 0.3 Bcf per day. But contrary to expectations when Cheniere Energy first opened its LNG terminal at Sabine Pass, Louisiana at the start of the year, the bulk of those energy exports have not gone
  
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• Workers at nuclear sites to be balloted

  09-01-2017 15:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 16,000 workers at UK nuclear sites are to be balloted on strike action in a dispute over pensions.
  
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• Sterling Pounded by May's Hard Brexit

  09-01-2017 14:34
  
  Sterling has stolen the US dollar's spotlight.   The issue facing market participants was if the rise in hourly earnings reported as part of the pre-weekend release of US December jobs data was sufficient to end the dollar's downside correction.  Instead, May's comments over the weekend indicating not just a desire
  
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• Cable Crumbles Early

  09-01-2017 14:33
  
  Market Drivers January 09, 2017 Brexit rhetoric heats up and cable suffersJPY triggers stops below 117.00Nikkei closed Dax -.45%Oil $53/bblGold $1177/oz. Europe and Asia: AUD New Building Approvals 7.0% vs. 4.6%EUR GE Industrial Production 0.4% vs. 0.6%EUR EZ Unemployment 9.8% vs. 9.8% North
  
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• Aldi reports record Christmas sales

  09-01-2017 13:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Discount supermarket Aldi reports record Christmas trading ahead of a big week for retailers.
  
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• Amazon Echos activated by TV comment

  09-01-2017 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A comment on a US TV news show activates Amazon Echo gadgets in viewers' homes.
  
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• Lloyds Bank: UK government no longer top shareholder

  09-01-2017 11:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK government is no longer the biggest stakeholder in Lloyds Banking Group, after it cut its stake to less than 6%.
  
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• House price inflation picks up with Luton the 2016 hotspot, Halifax says

  09-01-2017 11:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Luton was the UK's property hotspot in 2016, according to the Halifax.
  
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• East Timor axes Australia border treaty over oil reserves

  09-01-2017 10:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  East Timor axes a maritime border treaty with Australia to renegotiate access to lucrative oil reserves.
  
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• William Hill profits hit by 'customer friendly' results

  09-01-2017 09:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK bookmaker William Hill says profits will be at the low end of forecasts after a run of "customer friendly" football and horseracing results.
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover and Rolls-Royce car sales rise

  09-01-2017 08:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jaguar Land Rover and Rolls-Royce report strong rises in sales as the luxury market recovers.
  
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• Samsung execs quizzed over government corruption scandal

  09-01-2017 04:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Senior Samsung execs are questioned over the corruption scandal around the country's impeached president.
  
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• Muesli queen

  09-01-2017 01:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How not wanting to lose her job started an Australian teenager on the path to creating a breakfast cereal empire.
  
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• Boxing clever

  09-01-2017 01:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  By slashing international transportation costs, the shipping container stimulated a global trade boom.
  
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• Earthworms heal soil on parched South African farms

  09-01-2017 01:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Earthworms help South Africa's farmers - Nicholas Ing tells the BBC about his agribusiness.
  
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• What used to stress Sainsbury's boss?

  09-01-2017 01:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Mike Coupe, the head of the Sainsbury's supermarket chain, shares the business advice he wishes he had been given when he started out.
  
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• What used to stress out Sainsbury's boss?

  09-01-2017 01:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mike Coupe, the head of the Sainsbury's supermarket chain, shares the business advice he wishes he had been given when he started out.
  
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• Tech's bad bromance

  09-01-2017 01:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can a new system of artificial intelligence mean more women are recruited into IT?
  
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• Battling the 'brogrammers'

  09-01-2017 01:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can a new AI system mean more women are recruited into IT?
  
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• UK superyacht industry sales rise to highest since 2008

  09-01-2017 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sales in the UK's superyacht industry reach their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis.
  
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