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• Red button

  20-01-2017 23:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bankruptcy is now available online rather than in court. Is this the end of the stigma?
  
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• Empathy and education

  20-01-2017 22:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Davos cocktail party may not, at first, seem like the ideal place to teach people to understand those with whom they disagree, but that's what some academics are doing.
  
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• Prospect Capital: Big Dividend, Big Risks

  20-01-2017 19:39
  
  By Blue Harbinger ByBlue Harbinger Prospect Capital PSEC is an income investor favorite because it offers an outsized 11 6 dividend yield paid monthly However we believe Prospect is considerably less attractive than it was just one year ago In fact we sold our shares of
  
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• Q4 Earnings To Look At

  20-01-2017 18:37
  
  The day has finally arrived nearly 12 weeks after his surprise victory in the 2016 Presidential election Donald J Trump will today be sworn in as the 45th President of the Untied States A new era is surely here Trump is the first U S President never to have held public office before and
  
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• Sterling falls on weak retail sales data

  20-01-2017 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  News of a sharp fall in UK retail sales last month hits the value of the pound, while the FTSE 100 ends slightly lower.
  
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• Crunch time for Fox's Biscuits after takeover approach

  20-01-2017 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fox's Biscuits could be bought for £350m after owner confirms takeover approach.
  
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• Osborne lands job at investment giant

  20-01-2017 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former chancellor George Osborne is hired to advise the world's largest fund manager, BlackRock.
  
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• BT announces price hikes for broadband, landline and sport

  20-01-2017 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Broadband costs will rise by between 5% and 6% while free BT Sport is to end for TV customers.
  
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• Davos: Hammond admits 'Brexit fog' impact on investment

  20-01-2017 16:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The chancellor says Brexit uncertainty may delay some investment, but the pound's fall is attracting foreign firms.
  
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• President Trump's Economy: Winners, Losers, And Strategies For Investors

  20-01-2017 15:51
  
  Donald Trump (Shutterstock photo)Today marks the inauguration of the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. No matter how you feel about that from a political perspective, traders and investors should take this opportunity to look at their portfolios and maybe make some adjustments to suit the
  
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• Hammond: UK-US ties to 'prosper' under Trump

  20-01-2017 15:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Philip Hammond says the UK's relationship with the Trump administration will "prosper", but he warns against short-term thinking.
  
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• The Destruction of the Existing Workforce

  20-01-2017 15:13
  
  All of us have opinions on the affects of automation. My university education stressed that there was nothing to fear from automation, as historically automation created at least as many jobs as destroyed. The Mainstream View From McKinsey Global Institute:While much of the current debate about automation
  
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• UK looks for HS2 train-builder

  20-01-2017 14:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A company is needed to take on a £2.75bn contract to build 60 high speed trains.
  
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• Taxes, Jobs and Investments: How Trump's Presidency Could Affect Your Wallet

  20-01-2017 14:29
  
  Donald Trump (Shutterstock photo)So far, many Americans are loving the proposed Donald Trump tax plan. If you have any money in the U.S. stock market, either in your 401k or investment account, you’re probably already richer due to the end of year Trump bull market, aka, the “Trump Bump.” With the Donald Trump
  
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• Donald Trump Inauguration: How Trump, GOP Policies Could Affect Economy

  20-01-2017 14:09
  
  Donald Trump (Shutterstock photo)Every 4 years the American public go to the polls to settle an age-old debate of whether Republicans or Democrats make more sense for the economy. This time around Republicans emerged victorious and at the end of the week Donald Trump takes the oath of office to become 45th
  
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• Tempering Trump

  20-01-2017 13:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump's hand-picked policy advisers have indicated that some of his most controversial campaign promises may never be fully implemented.
  
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• Nigeria's kids' clothing seamstress-turned-entrepreneur

  20-01-2017 13:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Adenike Ogunlesi found an exciting market for kids' clothing through her fashion label Ruff 'n' Tumble.
  
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• Davos 2017: Business leaders prepare to temper Trump

  20-01-2017 13:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump's hand-picked policy advisers have indicated that some of his most controversial campaign promises may never be fully implemented.
  
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• UK retail sales fall sharply in December

  20-01-2017 12:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Retail sales in December saw the biggest monthly fall for more than four and a half years.
  
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• HSBC to refund £4m to shoppers who fell into debt

  20-01-2017 12:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  HSBC will compensate thousands of shoppers who were overcharged when they fell behind with debt payments.
  
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• Will Trump's corporate 'tax holiday' plans hit Ireland?

  20-01-2017 11:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Proposed tax incentives could encourage some US companies to leave Ireland and return home.
  
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• First fall in home-movers for five years, Lloyds says

  20-01-2017 11:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The drop in the number of Britons moving house was partly due to rising prices, Lloyds Bank says.
  
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• Hedge fund boss Ray Dalio says Trump will boost growth

  20-01-2017 10:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio says Trump is good for business, but worries about the populist tide.
  
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• Heineken in talks to buy Kirin's Brazilian beer brewer

  20-01-2017 10:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Heineken says it is in negotiations with Japanese group Kirin to buy its Brazilian beer business.
  
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• China's economy grows 6.7% in 2016

  20-01-2017 09:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The figure meets Beijing's forecasts, but some say growth is slower than the official data suggests.
  
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• Colony NorthStar Delivered A 50% Return - What's Next?

  20-01-2017 01:37
  
  By John Sheehy ByJohn Sheehy Colony NorthStar NYSE CLNS management did an admirable job of bringing its three way merger to completion NorthStar Asset Management s NSAM shareholders have earned a total return of more than 50 since I wrote last July
  
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• Happy hookah

  20-01-2017 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lebanon's capital Beirut has had a troubled past, but it's now becoming the Middle East's tech hub.
  
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• Davos 2017: The bosses obsessed with exercise

  20-01-2017 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many of the bosses at the World Economic Forum in Davos are not just obsessed by corporate success, but also physical fitness.
  
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• Greetings cards for children show 'damaging stereotypes'

  20-01-2017 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former MP sparks Twitter debate over the fairies and footballers stereotypes on Waitrose's greetings cards.
  
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• Will Facebook's VR Efforts Be Derailed by ZeniMax?

  20-01-2017 00:37
  
  Facebook NASDAQ FB and video game publisher ZeniMax Media are clashing in court over allegations that the social network s Oculus VR subsidiary stole ZeniMax s intellectual property prior to being acquired by Facebook in 2014 The case revolves around John Carmack who co
  
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• Why NXP Semiconductors NV Rose 16% in 2016

  20-01-2017 00:37
  
  What happened Shares of NXP Semiconductors NASDAQ NXPI rose 16 4 in 2016 according to data from S amp P Global Market Intelligence So what 2016 was supposed to be a transformative year for NXP as the company was digesting a game changing acquisition
  
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• Telecom Stock Roundup: AT&T to Raise Unlimited Data Plan Price, Qualcomm Faces Anti-Trust Suit

  20-01-2017 00:37
  
  Last week has been pretty eventful for the telecom industry Qualcomm Inc QCOM the largest globally mobile chipset manufacturer using baseband technology faced an anti trust lawsuit from the U S Federal Trade Commission FTC The regulator filed a lawsuit with the U S District Court for
  
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• How Silicon Laboratories Gained 37% in 2016

  20-01-2017 00:37
  
  SLAB data by YCharts What happened Shares of Silicon Laboratories NASDAQ SLAB rose 36 3 in 2016 according to data from S amp P Global Market Intelligence So what The maker of mixed signal chips for Internet of Things devices put together a
  
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• How Big Is the Automotive Opportunity at Ambarella Inc?

  20-01-2017 00:37
  
  Ambarella NASDAQ AMBA CEO Fermi Wang and CFO George Laplante recently spoke at the 19th Annual Needham Growth Conference During a wide ranging discussion they touched on the topic of Ambarella s advances in the automotive industry and the possible role they may play in
  
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• How HP Inc. Gained 26% in 2016

  20-01-2017 00:36
  
  What happened Shares of HP Inc NYSE HPQ rose 26 2 in 2016 according to data from S amp P Global Market Intelligence So what Recently separated from the business minded Hewlett Packard Enterprise NYSE HPE the more consumer oriented half of the old
  
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