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• New 'leaking' London to Cardiff trains taken out of service

  19-10-2017 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  New trains running from London to Cardiff were called "the biggest fleet upgrade in a generation".
  
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• Southern drivers to be balloted to end dispute

  19-10-2017 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Train drivers are to consider a deal to end their long-running action, Aslef says.
  
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• Markets Avert Black Thursday Fall

  19-10-2017 18:44
  As we discussed earlier this week today is the 30th anniversary of the stock market crash in 1987 which would later be referred to as Black Monday A heavy sell off overseas particularly in Hong Kong and rippling out to smaller places on the Pacific Rim most notably New Zealand came
  
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• The end of Australia's car-making industry

  19-10-2017 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The final vehicle left the production line on Friday, in what many consider a symbolic moment.
  
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• Australian carmaking runs out of road

  19-10-2017 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The final vehicle left the production line on Friday, in what many consider a symbolic moment.
  
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• Goldman Sachs chief Lloyd Blankfein hints at Frankfurt move

  19-10-2017 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Lloyd Blankfein tweets he intends to spend more time in Frankfurt, a hint of a post-Brexit move.
  
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• Black Monday 1987: 'Our jaws hit the desk'

  19-10-2017 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  On Black Monday 30 years ago investors were stunned by a global stock markets crash. What's its legacy?
  
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• Remembering Black Monday

  19-10-2017 17:19
  Thirty years ago today, the stock market had its worst day ever in percentage terms when the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 22.6% in one session. To put that in context, it would be the equivalent of the index losing 5,233 points in today’s trading. That is not just unthinkable today, it is also impossible.
  
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• Amazon: More than 100 cities bid for new headquarters

  19-10-2017 16:46 via bbc.co.uk
  The deadline is approaching for US cities to submit proposals to host Amazon's new headquarters.
  
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• How does this look? Be your own virtual make-up artist

  19-10-2017 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  French cosmetics chain Sephora is using augmented reality so that customers can try on make-up virtually, before buying it.
  
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• The investment fraud costing victims £26,000 each

  19-10-2017 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Police say scams involving share price bets called "binary options" are a growing problem in the UK.
  
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• Trump's Iran Decision Haunts Big Oil

  19-10-2017 14:48
  United States President Donald Trump’s decision to “decertify” the Iran nuclear deal probably won’t have an immediate impact on oil prices, but the decision could plant the seeds of problems further down the road.That is because nothing happens right away—Trump kicked the  decision to Congress . But he still
  
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• Kiwi Drop and Sterling Losses Punctuate Subdued FX Market

  19-10-2017 14:36
  The 30th anniversary of the 1987 equity market crash the major US benchmarks at record highs. The drop in the market was at least partly a function of the lack of capacity, sufficient instruments, andregulatory regime.  Each of these factors has been addressed to some extent.  Circuit breakers have been introduced,
  
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• Office provider IWG sees shares plunge after profit warning

  19-10-2017 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  IWG says investment will lead to extra costs while sales have been weaker than expected.
  
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• UK banks 'exposed to money laundering in South Africa'

  19-10-2017 13:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Lord Hain says up to £400m may inadvertently have been laundered by HSBC and Standard Chartered.
  
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• Fear the deer

  19-10-2017 13:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Milwaukee is historically famous for its beer and its motorcycles, but now its basketball team is hoping to fly the flag for the US city.
  
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• Banks consider 555 fraud 'hotline'

  19-10-2017 12:01 via bbc.co.uk
  The financial industry thinks an emergency phone number could stop some bank fraud.
  
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• UK retail sales in sharp fall in September, ONS says

  19-10-2017 11:49 via bbc.co.uk
  The Office for National Statistics says retail sales dropped last month, reversing a jump in August.
  
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• Rubbish dump

  19-10-2017 01:22 via bbc.co.uk
  A ban on the import of waste in China is about create a major blockage backing up through the global waste disposal system
  
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• One in four people 'trapped in low paid jobs'

  19-10-2017 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  The Social Mobility Commission says low pay is "endemic" in the UK.
  
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