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• UK flight ban on electronic devices announced

  21-03-2017 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Laptops and tablets will not be allowed on some inbound routes from the Middle East and North Africa.
  
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• Q1 Earnings in Focus

  21-03-2017 18:07
  
  Each quarter existing as almost a blip on the earnings radar screen there is a week of earnings activity from a number of companies that report fiscal quarters This is that week in what we call for convenience sake early Q1 The reason this is significant in fact is less for the amount
  
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• Goldman Sachs to expand EU presence ahead of Brexit

  21-03-2017 16:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The bank plans to move jobs from London and bulk up its European presence by "hundreds of people".
  
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• Abellio deal: Japanese firm Mitsui completes 40% Greater Anglia sale

  21-03-2017 14:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mitsui is the first Japanese company to have taken a stake in a British train operator.
  
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• Carney defends Bank of England over Hogg resignation

  21-03-2017 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mark Carney says the Bank's former deputy governor made a serious but "honest mistake".
  
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• Pound jumps on UK inflation figures

  21-03-2017 13:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sterling rises sharply as UK inflation jumps above the Bank of England's target rate.
  
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• Waitrose coffee change gives grounds for complaint

  21-03-2017 13:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Waitrose loyalty scheme members will have to buy something before they can claim a free coffee.
  
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• Government borrowing falls in February

  21-03-2017 13:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The amount borrowed last month was the lowest February monthly figure since 2007.
  
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• UK inflation rate leaps to 2.3%

  21-03-2017 12:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rising fuel and food prices help to push the inflation rate to the highest since September 2013.
  
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• Contrasting fortunes for island property

  21-03-2017 12:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK house prices rose in the last year - but the gap between values in two Scottish isles widened.
  
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• Euro Recovery Continues, Posting New Six-Week High

  21-03-2017 12:09
  
  Growing confidence that Le Pen will not be the next president of France following the televised debate for which two polls showed Macron doing best has lifted the euro and reduced the French interest rate premium over Germany.      The euro pushed through $1.0800 after initially dipping below yesterday's lows. 
  
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• FX: Macron Debates Well; EUR/USD Pops 1.0800

  21-03-2017 12:05
  
  Market Drivers March 21, 2017Euro clears 1.0800 UK CPI hotter, cable runs through 1.2450 Nikkei -0.34% Dax -0.04% Oil $50/bbl Gold $1231/oz.Europe and Asia:GBP UK CPI 2.3% vs. 2.1%North America:CAD Retail Sales 8:30UK inflation data printed much hotter than anticipated pushing cable through the 1.2450
  
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• K-Drama

  21-03-2017 10:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The feuding family members who built up South Korea's Lotte Group empire are reunited in court.
  
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• Google and Facebook now paying full tax, Australia says

  21-03-2017 09:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Multinational companies are paying full taxes due in Australia after a change in the law.
  
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• Google promises to take action on 'hateful' content

  21-03-2017 09:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Company says it will also tighten advertising safeguards and revisit guidelines on YouTube videos.
  
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• Fake data threat

  21-03-2017 01:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Not all cyber-attacks are about theft, some seek to undermine the trust placed in data and documents.
  
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• Advertising control

  21-03-2017 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The technology behemoth Google may be in the spotlight with concerns over adverts ending up on extremist websites, but the wider UK advertising industry itself is facing numerous other challenges.
  
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• AkzoNobel wins Dutch political support against possible bid

  21-03-2017 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A possible bid for the maker of Dulux paint faces growing opposition in the company's Dutch homeland.
  
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