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• Sleep in a showroom

  15-12-2017 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Shops are using quirky events and experiences to lure us back to the High Street - but will it work?
  
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• Sky News faces uncertain future after Disney-Fox deal

  15-12-2017 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Will Disney want to keep pumping money into a loss-making news channel after the Fox deal?
  
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• Cash controversy: The High Streets with too many ATMs

  15-12-2017 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  The cash machine industry and the network are at loggerheads over closure plans.
  
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• Britvic confirms Norwich factory closure

  15-12-2017 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The manufacturer of Robinsons and Fruit Shoot is to move manufacturing to three other sites.
  
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• A Flurry Of Earnings Results

  15-12-2017 19:05
  Market participants are looking for a fourth straight up week today as the final trading day sees futures up across all major American indexes It does not appear equities trading is factoring in anything like a tax bill failure to passage regardless of headlines concerning Florida
  
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• Ryanair in union offer to avoid Christmas strikes

  15-12-2017 18:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The airline says it will recognise pilot unions as it seeks to avoid industrial action at Christmas.
  
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• Unilever sells margarine business to KKR for £6bn

  15-12-2017 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The Anglo-Dutch firm is selling brands including Flora and ProActiv to the private equity giant.
  
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• Treasury wants to regulate virtual currency Bitcoin

  15-12-2017 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Some MPs believe the government should help bring digital currencies into the mainstream, and say this could have advantages for public services.
  
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• Airbus chief Tom Enders to leave after power struggle

  15-12-2017 15:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Chief executive Tom Enders will stand down in 2019 and its chief operating officer will leave in February.
  
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• Sky and BT sign channel sharing deal

  15-12-2017 15:48 via bbc.co.uk
  BT will supply its sports channels to Sky, while selling Sky's Now TV service to its customers.
  
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• 2017 Year in Review: A Look at Americans' Financial Habits

  15-12-2017 14:52
  2017 was a momentous year for Americans and their finances, specifically in regards to household debt. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, household debt reached a new high of $12.96 trillion in the third quarter of 2017. That was $280 billion higher than the previous record set in 2008. What does this
  
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• Virgin Trains staff hold 24-hour strike

  15-12-2017 14:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The walkout by Virgin Trains West Coast workers is the first of a number of UK rail staff strikes.
  
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• Vodafone offers thousands early contract exit

  15-12-2017 13:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The mobile network was not clear enough about new fees, telecoms regulator Ofcom says.
  
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• Digitally preserving Africa's artefacts

  15-12-2017 12:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The National Museum of Kenya has started a new programme to digitally preserve African artefacts.
  
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• The Death Of Retail Employment Growth

  15-12-2017 12:48
  Retail sales are running at record levels - this week November retail sales  surged to around 6%  annual growth. Pundits continue to rejoice in the improving retail sales pointing to an improving economy. But consider this: inflation adjusted retail sales per capita is barely at the levels seen before the Great
  
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• Turning the cactus into a cash crop

  15-12-2017 12:42 via bbc.co.uk
  Food technologist and entrepreneur Dr Evelyn Okoth is turning cactus into a cash crop.
  
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• Families 'struggle' without washing machines

  15-12-2017 10:22 via bbc.co.uk
  A charity says some households face an "intolerable struggle" but help is available to replace white goods.
  
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• Minimum price 'would increase cost of 70% of alcohol'

  15-12-2017 09:32 via bbc.co.uk
  There will be sharp increase in the cost of alcohol if a minimum price is introduced, say researchers.
  
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• Japan expands unilateral sanctions against North Korea

  15-12-2017 05:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Nearly 20 entities have been targeted as Japan widens its blacklist of companies trading with Pyongyang.
  
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• How public relations became a million dollar idea

  15-12-2017 01:17 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst explains how public relations became a million dollar idea.
  
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• Locked out

  15-12-2017 01:12 via bbc.co.uk
  The internet of things poses new threats to our security, so how should we be fighting back?
  
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• HS2 redundancy pay 'shocking waste' of taxpayer cash

  15-12-2017 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  Overpayments totalling £1.76m were made to 94 people, a committee of MPs says.
  
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