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• Aviation giants fly high even as airliner orders go into freefall

  17-01-2016 21:51 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Airlines are buying fewer aircraft, but a backlog in production is going to last nearly a decade, writes Alan Tovey
  
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• The odds are on FTSE 250 place for GVC chief

  17-01-2016 21:46 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Betting firm boss Kenny Alexander likes a flutter on the horses and footballm but don't bet against him achieving his aim of a FTSE 100 listing, writes Ben Martin
  
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• Salaries in Leeds grew twice as fast as in London last year

  17-01-2016 21:33 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  London still has the highest overall salary - but Leeds, Sheffield and Bristol are catching up the quickest as CV-Library declares 2016 "the year of the candidate" with job hunters holding more power than recruiters
  
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• The search for a better battery

  17-01-2016 21:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Our batteries have failed to keep up with the technology they power. But is a solution near?
  
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• Dog food fit for humans proves a hit with pet lovers

  17-01-2016 21:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Pet owners are feeding their furry friends 'cold-pressed' food made by new start-up, Guru
  
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• Neyber raises £6m to take on credit rivals

  17-01-2016 21:14 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The business is hoping to lend £100m in unsecured loans to UK employees within the next 12 months
  
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• Green & Smart announce plans to float on AIM

  17-01-2016 21:14 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The renewable energy group plans to raise about £5m through an initial public offering
  
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• The smart home needs to be a lot smarter

  17-01-2016 21:12 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Companies have raced too far ahead of consumers in trying to bring our everyday objects online
  
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• Osborne's stamp duty rises threaten to tip property market over the edge

  17-01-2016 21:11 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  We still desperately need affordable new homes, the Chancellor must concentrate on this, argues Bruce Ritchie
  
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• Why worries about public borrowing may be misplaced

  17-01-2016 20:39 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The forthcoming borrowing figures may not be as gloomy as expected, says Roger Bootle
  
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• Nisa boss calls for more consolidation of convenience chains

  17-01-2016 20:31 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Nick Read has said the market is "too crowded" despite the convenience chain enjoyed a better Christmas
  
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• Bernard Matthews sales fall amid turnaround

  17-01-2016 20:31 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Sales fall at Europe's biggest turkey producer while pre-tax losses narrow after further £10m injection to fund an overhaul of the company
  
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• Faltering euro will force ECB to slash inflation target, warn UBS

  17-01-2016 20:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Central bank's credibility is at stake as permanently depressed growth will force a cut to its inflation target to 1pc within the next two years
  
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• History repeats itself as Cameron risks party schism over EU vote

  17-01-2016 19:21
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Hoping to hold together a party with a small majority in parliament and facing resignations, the prime minister takes the unusual step of letting members of his cabinet oppose the government ahead of a referendum on Europe.
  
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• Million-pound former toilet for sale in London's Spitalfields

  17-01-2016 16:44
  
  At just 600 sq ft, ‘charming and quirky premises’ is minimum size of a newly built one-bedroom flat in the capitalA former public toilet is being sold for £1m in Spitalfields, one of London’s trendiest shopping and nightlife areas.The underground convenience has already been converted into a nightclub, albeit with room for no more than 60 customers.Continue reading...
  
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• Iran sanctions: Middle East stock crash wipes £27bn off markets as Tehran enters oil war

  17-01-2016 16:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Prospect of the Islamic Republic pumping an additional 500,000 barrels a day sends stock markets in Dubai and Saudi Arabia into tailspin
  
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• Tamara Mellon defeats trio of City backers in bankruptcy court

  17-01-2016 15:53 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Tamara Mellon has said she is "no Marie Antoinette" while accusing her trio of City figures of "not knowing a stiletto from a Cornetto"
  
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• Tata Steel UK unit buyer may get government loan - Financial Express

  17-01-2016 15:12
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  Tata Steel UK unit buyer may get government loan
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  The UK government is considering to offer a loan to the potential buyer of a Tata Steel plant in the east of England to help support the crisis-hit British steel industry, according to a media report today. By: PTI | January 17, 2016 7:42 PM ...en meer »
  

• Archie Norman plans ITV exit after six years at broadcaster

  17-01-2016 14:06 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Former Conservative MP and Asda boss will step down once a replacement has been found
  
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• Russian oligarchs lose $11bn in just 10 days during oil price crash

  17-01-2016 14:02 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The gilded generation of Russia's richest men have suffered drastic losses during the market turmoil this year, hastening the end of an era of world dominance
  
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• Showtime's Billions enters tricky world of Wall Street drama and delivers

  17-01-2016 14:00
  
  Insider jokes, hedge fund titans, financial jargon – creators have all the ingredients of a compelling financial suspense storylineIn Showtime’s new drama series, Billions, a grim-faced procession of FBI agents and other law enforcement personnel march down the glass-walled hallways of a top hedge fund, brandishing subpoenas and ordering the firm’s traders to step away from their computers.In the last decade or so, in the real world, that kind of scene has become all too famili
  
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• Corbyn invites Trump to visit London mosque

  17-01-2016 13:46
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition leader invited U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who sparked an outcry by calling for a ban on Muslims from entering the United States, to join him on a visit to a London mosque.
  
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• Pensioner's shock £400 bill from new supplier

  17-01-2016 13:16 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  POOR service from new power supplier Extraenergy cancelled out any savings made by customer Roger Downing, who spent more than a year trying to get a bill only to be eventually asked to pay a hefty £400.
  
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• Corbyn's plans to curb company dividends 'completely potty', business leaders say

  17-01-2016 12:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Businesses react with anger to Labour leader's plans to cap executive pay and restrict shareholder dividends
  
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• Former minister sets up pro-EU Conservative group

  17-01-2016 12:08
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - A former minister in Prime Minister David Cameron's government has set up a group to back Britain's renegotiation of its European Union membership and warned of the dangers of leaving the trading bloc.
  
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• UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Trade Association Roundtable on MiFID II ... - The National Law Review

  17-01-2016 11:52
  UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Trade Association Roundtable on MiFID II ...
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  On January 6, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) held a roundtable (Roundtable) with trade associations to discuss the implementation of the revised and recast Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and the associated Markets in Financial ...en meer »
  

• Iran sanctions: Middle East stock markets crash as Tehran enters oil war

  17-01-2016 11:28 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Prospect of the Islamic Republic pumping an additional 500,000 barrels a day sends stock markets in Dubai and Saudi Arabia into tailspin
  
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• Spend, spend, spend – it’s what the chancellor is praying for

  17-01-2016 10:00
  
  Personal debt and the booming property market have become the main drivers of growth in Osborne’s economyGeorge Osborne has already put in place legislation to prevent future governments racking up more debt, but consumer borrowing? Well, that’s another matter. Consumers who spend all their wages and then a bit more on top are George Osborne’s best friend.Figures last week from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) documents a 17% surge in new consumer borrowing during th
  
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• 'Where's my TSB shares bonus?'

  17-01-2016 09:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Moving accounts, after the imposition of a monthly fee, means that our reader loses out on £300
  
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• 'Extraenergy took my money'

  17-01-2016 09:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  But when our reader cancelled his direct debit it caused more problems than it resolved
  
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• Labour gears up for new battle - on nuclear arms

  17-01-2016 09:13
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The leader of the main opposition Labour Party says a reshuffle of his top team has brought the unity needed to "win elections and change our country for the better" - but he faces a struggle to convince his own lawmakers.
  
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• O2 and Three braced for tough merger conditions from Brussels

  17-01-2016 09:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  European officials expected to lay down tough rules this week before allowing proposed £10.25bn deal go ahead
  
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• Why the FTSE won't fall by 30pc

  17-01-2016 08:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  If, as some predict, the FTSE falls another third, it will yield about 6pc: that is income to kill for
  
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• How the personal savings allowance will shake up your financial planning

  17-01-2016 08:12 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Starting from April the personal savings allowance is set to rebalance the personal finance landscape, here's how you will be affected
  
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• David Lloyd: 'I turned £10k into £1m in 10 years - then built a home for Sir Cliff'

  17-01-2016 08:05 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The former tennis player learnt from his dad's bankruptcy before making a 9,900pc return from his leisure clubs business
  
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• Thousands of TalkTalk fraud victims denied compensation

  17-01-2016 08:01 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The mobile giant has offered the chance to leave for free to some, but excluded others
  
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• ‘Secret hotel’ booked on Lastminute.com was anything but four-star

  17-01-2016 08:00
  
  We took advantage of its ‘top secret hotels’ service, but the Memphis Hotel Museum Square in Amsterdam is undergoing a major renovationI booked a four-star hotel in Amsterdam using Lastminute.com’s Top Secret Hotels service – taking the risk of blind booking in return for a discount. When we received confirmation we would be staying at the Memphis Hotel Museum Square, Amsterdam, we checked its website and discovered it was undergoing a major renovation. Continue reading..
  
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• 'I've been transferred from ING to Barclays, now I can't access my money'

  17-01-2016 02:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A new customer of the bank is frustrated at not being able to log on to his account
  
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• Stock market crash could burst property bubble

  17-01-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GLOBAL stock markets may be crashing around our ears but the UK housing market continues to soar upwards.
  
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• Slowdown on the cards as Government spending cuts sink in

  17-01-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITAIN faces two years of slowing growth due to rising inflation and the impact of Government spending cuts, according to think tank EY Item Club.
  
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• Netflix suffering after demanding expansion programme

  17-01-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NETFLIX is set to announce that its full-year profits have crashed because of losses caused by its international expansion and its costly investment in original programming.
  
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• Motorists ripped off as refineries refuse to drop petrol prices

  17-01-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MOTORISTS are being forced to overpay for petrol at the pumps because of commodities market traders and oil refiners, the AA claims.
  
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• Five-minute guide to: Completing your self assessment tax return

  17-01-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THERE is no time to lose if you have to submit a self-assessment tax return for 2014/15 as the deadline is now just a fortnight away.
  
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• Business news: InsureWithMax, pensions, Chichester Biltong, Connexity

  17-01-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PARENTS will be able to protect themselves from the costs of taking unpaid leave to care for a sick child with a pioneering form of insurance from Tuesday.
  
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