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• Tax payment deadline is looming

  28-07-2017 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Nearly five million self-employed people may have to pay tax by 31 July, or face fines.
  
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• Cancer debt

  28-07-2017 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  One of Britain's biggest banks is launching a new support service for cancer patients
  
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• Busy Week Ahead, Will Dollar Hit Fresh Multiyear Lows?

  28-07-2017 22:45
  Friday's U.S. GDP report sealed the dollar's fate with weaker than expected growth sending the currency tumbling.The greenback ended the week lower against every major currency except for the Swiss Franc. The U.S. economy expanded by only 2.6% in the second quarter slightly less than the 2.7% consensus forecast. 
  
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• 'People had nowhere to sell their mangoes'

  28-07-2017 22:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Gambian entrepreneur Momarr Taal has created a business processing, drying and exporting mangoes.
  
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• US plans to curb nicotine in tobacco

  28-07-2017 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  For the first time the US health agency will seek to limit the nicotine levels in tobacco products.
  
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• Q2 GDP In Focus

  28-07-2017 19:03
  The first look at Q2 Gross Domestic Product GDP growth perhaps the main signifier of a growing economy ratcheted up to 2 6 putting the U S economy in 2017 pretty much exactly where we expected it 2 growth averaged in with the Q1 number Consumer spending rose 2 8 and
  
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• Tobacco firms lead FTSE 100 lower

  28-07-2017 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  British American Tobacco and Imperial Brands shares fall after US proposal to cut cigarette nicotine.
  
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• Brexit transition must end by 2022, says Hammond

  28-07-2017 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Chancellor Philip Hammond says "many things will look similar" for up to three years after Brexit.
  
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• Tampon tax: Call for abolition timetable as Tesco cuts price

  28-07-2017 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Women should be told now when the VAT on women's sanitary products will be abolished, an MP says.
  
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• How to start your own music festival

  28-07-2017 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Newsbeat speaks to the people behind three festivals which have sprung up from nothing in the past decade.
  
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• US second-quarter growth accelerates to 2.6%

  28-07-2017 15:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Higher consumer spending and business investment helped to boost the US economy.
  
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• XIV Starting To Crack And The VIX Ends Its Streak

  28-07-2017 14:10
  By Mike Golembesky,ElliottWaveTrader.net Recent Price Action This week the XIV continued to grind higher finally reaching a high of 96.98 on Wednesday afternoon. This high was followed by a very small move to the downside late in the day on Wednesday.Thursday morning saw a slight recovery but by the noon
  
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• Never Again: Big Oil Is Back And Practicing Caution

  28-07-2017 14:08
  Royal Dutch Shell posted much better-than-expected earnings for the second quarter, a sign that the oil majors are adapting to a low oil price environment. Net profit jumped to $3.6 billion, more than triple the earnings for the same quarter in 2016.Some analysts saw a lot to like in Shell’s financials. “They
  
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• Dollar and Equities Closing Week on Heavy Note

  28-07-2017 13:51
  The US dollar is mostly lower, though one of the features of recent days has been the dramatic slide of the Swiss franc, and that is continuing today.  The franc is off another 0.5% today, to bring its weekly loss to a sharp 2.5%. The euro finished last week near CHF1.1030 and is now near CHF1.1370; its highest
  
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• Spanish economy back to pre-crisis size

  28-07-2017 13:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Spain's economy grew 0.9% in the second quarter on higher exports and household spending.
  
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• Gambia's punt on the gambling industry

  28-07-2017 13:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Could lifting The Gambia's gambling ban really boost its economy?
  
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• Even With Low Mortgage Rates, Homes Are Not Affordable

  28-07-2017 12:52
  This past week we were treated to slowing existing home sales data with the authors saying " Closings were down in most of the country last month because interested buyers are being tripped up by supply that remains stuck at a meager level and price growth that's straining their budget". Yes, homes for sale
  
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• Barclays sets aside extra £700m for PPI

  28-07-2017 12:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Barclays provides an extra £700m to meet claims for the mis-selling of payment protection insurance.
  
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• British Airways owner IAG says IT chaos cost £58m

  28-07-2017 11:03 via bbc.co.uk
  The airline says May's IT failure led to additional costs for compensation fees and baggage claims.
  
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• BT takes £225m hit over Italy accounting scandal

  28-07-2017 10:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Payouts to Orange and Deutsche Telekom hit profits at the telecoms group.
  
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• North Korea hackers 'want cash not secrets'

  28-07-2017 10:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Banks in South Korea and elsewhere are being targeted for foreign currency, a report says.
  
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• Using cheap magnet, hacker beats protections on a "smart" handgun.

  28-07-2017 07:38 via bbc.co.uk
  A hacker circumvents protections on a gun designed to limit who can shoot it.
  
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• Starbucks to own 100% of its China stores after buyout deal

  28-07-2017 03:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The US coffee giant is buying out its China partner for $1.3bn - the firm's biggest ever acquisition.
  
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• Clean garbage?

  28-07-2017 01:21 via bbc.co.uk
  The clock is ticking for petrol and diesel-powered cars, but electric vans, trucks and buses could reduce pollution quicker.
  
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• How the Slinky became a million dollar idea

  28-07-2017 01:13 via bbc.co.uk
  The Slinky - a favourite Christmas stocking-filler for over 60 years - was never designed to be a toy.
  
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• Amazon profits fall sharply as it invests overseas

  28-07-2017 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Sales grew 25% but the firm's expenses rose as it invested in expansion, video and other products.
  
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• London's underground post train back on track

  28-07-2017 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  A hundred years after it was first built, trains are running again on the underground railway designed to transport London's letters.
  
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