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• How small businesses are dealing with online giants

  01-12-2017 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Many UK independent shops are coming out fighting when it comes to the big online players.
  
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• How much of your salary is spent on rent?

  01-12-2017 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Tenants living in London see twice as much of their salary going to their landlord than those in the North.
  
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• Cheesy idea

  01-12-2017 22:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Food businesses serving up cheesy dishes are thriving, but is the trend bad for our health?
  
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• Toys R Us prepares to shut 25 stores

  01-12-2017 22:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The toy retailer is to begin debt negotiations that may also lead to job losses, the BBC understands.
  
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• What If Tax Bill Fails?

  01-12-2017 18:21
  If the GOP tax bill fails how far over its skis is the current stock market CNBC s Jim Cramer says 500 points will come off the Dow instantly Others more or less concur Even Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin warned that if a tax bill is not passed market participants can expect a major
  
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• Coping methods

  01-12-2017 18:15 via bbc.co.uk
  What do US central bankers do during a financial crisis?
  
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• Debt And Deficits: What Investors Need To Know

  01-12-2017 17:50
  Last night, after looking certain to proceed earlier in the day, the Senate tax bill stalled. That raised fears that, as unthinkable as it seemed at the start of this administration, we could get to the end of the first year of a Republican White House, Senate and House without any major legislation enacted. More
  
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• US regulator approves Bitcoin trading

  01-12-2017 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will let investors trade Bitcoin-related financial contracts.
  
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• Driving-style fines system for late tax filing planned by HMRC

  01-12-2017 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Anyone missing the tax return deadline would get points on their record rather than an automatic fine.
  
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• Supermarkets 'raise the price of Christmas biscuits'

  01-12-2017 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Supermarkets hike the price of Christmas biscuit selections as butter prices soar, according to a report.
  
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• London: Banks and passporting rights after Brexit

  01-12-2017 15:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Could the City of London remain the financial centre of Europe after Brexit?
  
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• Unreleased carbon poses ethical dilemma in DR Congo

  01-12-2017 14:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Carbon-rich peatlands in the Democratic Republic of Congo are thwarting economic progress.
  
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• Africa's frustrated communications firms

  01-12-2017 13:29 via bbc.co.uk
  Although the mobile phone industry in Africa is thriving, telecoms providers face a number of challenges.
  
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• GDP Is Not Measuring Much

  01-12-2017 13:24
  I hate using GDP as a metric for economic growth. It does not measure how Jane and Joe Sixpack are doing. Even disposable personal income is a metric which includes a lot elements that the relatively poor Sixpacks do not see reflected in income gains. This is aggravated because disposable income is an average
  
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• RBS to close one in four branches and shed 680 jobs

  01-12-2017 11:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The state-backed bank says there has been a big drop in branch use as more people bank online.
  
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• Tesla mega-battery in Australia activated

  01-12-2017 07:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The world's biggest lithium ion battery was installed to help solve electricity problems.
  
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• Joseph Stiglitz says UK trade talks with US a 'waste of time'

  01-12-2017 07:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says the UK should not trust President Trump on trade talks.
  
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• Billabong gets $150m takeover bid from Quiksilver

  01-12-2017 05:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Quiksilver's $150m offer for Billabong could rescue the Australian company from troubled waters.
  
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• How the drinking straw became a million dollar idea

  01-12-2017 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst explains how the drinking straw became a million dollar idea.
  
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• Is cash still king?

  01-12-2017 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  As mobile payment apps become increasingly popular, and some societies are aiming to become cashless, how has money fared over the last decade?
  
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• Powering up

  01-12-2017 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  They won't give you superhuman strength, but exoskeletons are making physical tasks easier.
  
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• Labour leader calls bankers speculators and gamblers

  01-12-2017 00:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Jeremy Corbyn retaliates after Morgan Stanley says a Labour government could be a bigger risk than Brexit.
  
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