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• Migrants storm French port of Calais and board British ferry

  23-01-2016 20:30
  
  PARIS (Reuters) - Around 200 refugees managed to break into the port of Calais in northern France on Saturday after a demonstration of support for migrants living in a slum nearby ended, enabling some of them to board the front deck of a British ferry, an official said.
  
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• Treasury faces row over future of carbon tax

  23-01-2016 20:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Energy giants EDF and Centrica are understood to be calling for the green levy to be increased from 2020, but manufacturers want it scrapped
  
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• Top investors warn Sainsbury's not to overpay in Home Retail takeover bid

  23-01-2016 20:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Supermarket's board has been touring the City to drum up support for the deal
  
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• Tobacco chief's new £10m pay-plan leaves shareholders fuming

  23-01-2016 20:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  British American Tobacco has angered its big investors by proposing performance-related share awards for chief executive Nicandro Durante
  
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• Tesco planning £1.4bn debt repayment after sales turnaround

  23-01-2016 20:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Britain's largest grocer is preparing to tackle its growing debt pile after the sale of the South Korean business last year
  
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• Tata faces further UK pain as Port Talbot plant racks up losses of £1?million a day

  23-01-2016 20:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  UK operating loss for the year to March 31 posted by Tata was £306m, followed by a £850m write-down in November
  
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• Shell confident of backing for BG takeover as crucial vote looms

  23-01-2016 20:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Despite worries that Shell is overpaying for its smaller rival, most of investor are expected to vote in favour of the tie-up this week.
  
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• Shawbrook bank to launch interest-only mortgages for pensioners

  23-01-2016 20:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The once-popular loans fell out of favour with regulators, but Shawbrook wants to fill the gap in the market for low-cost loans for retired homeowners
  
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• Pay bank chiefs more money to fill posts, says top investor

  23-01-2016 20:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Both Standard Chartered and HSBC could struggle to find suitable chairmen to replace their incumbents
  
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• Virgin Hotels to check into Britain following US roll-out

  23-01-2016 19:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Virgin Hotels launched in America in 2014 and could be present in Britain later this year
  
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• Stem cell research drives Thorn to seek LSE backing

  23-01-2016 19:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The founder of Thorn Medical says the possibilites created from stem cell research are 'endless'
  
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• Sky to reveal new set-top box for TV addicts

  23-01-2016 19:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Sky Q will be priced above the satellite operator's current most expensive £90 per month packages
  
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• Guernsey and 3M in legal fight over fire extinguisher chemicals

  23-01-2016 19:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Channel Island is claiming £20m for the cost of treating soil and groundwater
  
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• Debt headache for plans to privatise Green Investment Bank

  23-01-2016 19:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Government wants to get bank off the public balance sheet while safeguarding its legally-binding green mission
  
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• Paris, Cologne attacks show why UK needs to leave EU - Farage

  23-01-2016 18:51
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Deadly militant attacks in Paris and a string of New Year's Eve sex assaults in Cologne have increased the need for Britain to leave the European Union, one of the leading 'Out' campaigners said on Saturday, citing the need to control national borders.
  
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• 'We are vital to the security of the nation' says Banham boss

  23-01-2016 18:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  In the wake of police cuts, private companies are stepping into the breach
  
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• Investors are right to fume over BAT chief's pay rise demands

  23-01-2016 18:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  BAT wants to award its boss Nicandro Durante another pay rise but investors remain unconvinced
  
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• £10 to have a friend to stay? The hidden costs facing generation rent

  23-01-2016 17:59
  
  Landlords and agents are cashing in on the shortfall in property by charging fees for everyday livingA new sitcom began on Channel 4 this month about a group of young people who are forced to live together because they can’t afford to pay sky-high rents for their own places.Crashing has been described as the comic voice of generation rent but, out in the real world, the joke has worn thin as tenants are hit with increasingly ridiculous demands for cash to secure properties in a highly comp
  
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• Questor share tip: Buy Braemar as shares look cheap given profit recovery

  23-01-2016 17:45 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The well diversified shipping group is enjoying a jump in profits from strong demand for oil tankers, says Questor
  
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• It's time for the UK to do business with Argentina

  23-01-2016 17:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Election of the centre-Right Mauricio Macri promises a new beginning for the country and Britain should revive its historical trading relationships
  
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• Innovation Plan will underpin a new industrial revolution in UK

  23-01-2016 17:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Britain has the talent, skills and potential to be a dominant force in the "fourth industrial revolution" writes Sajid Javid
  
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• Forging a new relationship between business and society

  23-01-2016 17:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  More diverse leadership helps shape a company's priorities to better reflect the broader population it serves
  
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• Don't blame China, key to turmoil lies closer to home

  23-01-2016 17:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Views of a global economy that is either strong enough to bounce back or where options are running out if quantitative easing fails
  
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• Beware giving human traits to the markets - they offer a current consensus

  23-01-2016 17:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  We should learn to use the market's tendency to overshoot, not allow it to control us
  
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• Steeled for a bleak future: on the streets of Port Talbot

  23-01-2016 16:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  As the town digests news the giant steel plant it depends on is the latest victim of crisis in the industry, The Telegraph takes the temperature on the streets
  
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• Hard and hurting: what now for Twitter?

  23-01-2016 16:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The return to the fold of its co-founder has failed to revive the networking giants fortunes
  
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• Julian Metcalfe plans US and European assault

  23-01-2016 16:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The man who taught us how to eat lunch with Pret a Manger is busily expanding his food businesses
  
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• Britain needs to settle 'uncomfortable relationship' with EU, warns Osborne

  23-01-2016 16:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Chancellor pushes for renegotiation to completed next month as IMF raises concerns over Brexit
  
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• How China became the global threat everyone saw coming

  23-01-2016 15:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  No-one believed sky-high Chinese growth rates would continue forever - but their recent decline has nonetheless caught investors offguard
  
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• In from the cold: Davos elite revel in the high life as global markets falter

  23-01-2016 14:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  It's bumpy days in the markets but you do have to look at some underlying things in a long-term way
  
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• Why Buhari's Economic Policies Are Foolish – Financial Times UK - NAIJ.COM

  23-01-2016 10:18
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• City News: Petroceltic, Close Brothers, Hightstreet, Amazon

  23-01-2016 09:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PETROCELTIC International shares soared as its biggest investor said it might bid for the oil explorer.
  
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• Barclays silent over my 'lost' £2,264 dividend payments

  23-01-2016 09:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A customer of the bank seeks help in tracing dividend payments that have gone missing
  
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• 52 days left of 66pc pension boost: This is what you need to do now

  23-01-2016 09:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Chancellor is expected to axe generous tax breaks on March 16 - with immediate effect
  
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• 52 days left of 66pc pension boost: This is what you need to do

  23-01-2016 09:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  George Osborne is expected to axe the most generous tax breaks on March 16 - with immediate effect
  
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• Final boarding call nears for Boeing's ageing 747s as orders dwindle away

  23-01-2016 09:00
  
  US manufacturer to scale back production of famous jumbo jet as sales stall in face of competition from more efficient rivals The demise of the jumbo jet has come a little closer after the US manufacturer Boeing announced it would scale back production of its famous 747 to just one plane every two months, with orders having all but disappeared.The distinctive four-engine plane has fallen from favour since more efficient twin-engined models were developed that could operate on long-haul routes &n
  
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• Why I'm borrowing £5,000 on credit cards to put in my pension

  23-01-2016 08:21 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  It stacks up to borrow cheaply in the short-term to grab a tax break set to be axed within weeks
  
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• 'Santander has lost my £10,500 ShareSave money'

  23-01-2016 08:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A former employee questions why no one can find the funds in her ShareSave scheme
  
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• Outrage as loyal energy customers overpay by £300

  23-01-2016 08:00
  
  Around 70% of people are paying way over the odds on one of the big six standard tariffsBritain’s biggest energy suppliers are coming under increased pressure to cut prices amid growing outrage that the 70% of customers on standard tariffs are overpaying to the tune of £300 a year. This week E.ON became the first of the big six providers to announce it would cut gas prices by 5.1% for customers on its standard tariff, from 1 February. The cut, which compares with a 45% fall in wholes
  
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• I’ve been waiting for my prize for months, but it’s a no-win with TopCashback

  23-01-2016 08:00
  
  I am owed £250 but can’t get hold of the cashI entered a prize draw from TopCashback via Facebook in June. I received an email telling me I had won second prize and, to claim the £250 prize, I had to message my postal address in the next seven days. I did so, but no response. I chased up TopCashback asking why I hadn’t received the prize or even a reply. Customer care did reply in early November apologising for the time it had taken to respond, and promising the money wou
  
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• Insurance policies that help put your teenager in the driving seat

  23-01-2016 08:00
  
  It will be expensive, but here are some ways to reduce those sky-high insurance billsIf your 17-year-old son or daughter is learning to drive, do you want the good news, or the bad? The good news is that the days of £5,000-a-year quotes are a thing of the past; the bad news is that it’s still going to cost a hefty whack – but with careful planning, you can reduce the bill significantly.Buy a separate policy for the learner driverMuch of learning to drive safely comes with exper
  
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• I live and work in London and am always broke – how do others cope?

  23-01-2016 08:00
  
  After paying for essentials such as my tube pass and phone, I only have £40 left every month
  Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it’s up to you to help him or her out – a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday’s paper.This week’s question: Continue reading...
  
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• Twenty years on – the winners and losers of Britain’s property boom

  23-01-2016 07:59
  
  Since 1996 the country has been divided into those who have made fortunes and those who are still renting. Here are some of their stories
  It is two decades since the great British property boom began. Since 1996, average house prices have risen by an extraordinary 281% across the UK, while in London the figure is 501%, according to the Nationwide house price index. Buy-to-let landlords have benefited the most, typically earning returns of £14,987 for each £1,000 they invested 20 year
  
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• Silence from big six energy firms is deafening

  23-01-2016 07:59
  
  If this were a competitive market, our fuel bills would be £850 a year instead of £1,100You cannot hope to bribe or twist the British journalist (goes the old quote from Humbert Wolfe) “But, seeing what the man will do unbribed, there’s no occasion to.” Much the same could be said about Britain’s energy companies. You cannot call them a cartel. But seeing what they do without actively colluding, there’s no occasion to.Almost every day the price of oil an
  
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• Exposed: The cruise companies profiting from elderly customers' health problems

  23-01-2016 07:31 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Telegraph Money readers are losing thousands of pounds when they fall ill after booking a holiday
  
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• We’re an alternative family but the law disagrees

  23-01-2016 07:30
  
  Livvy has been brought up by her mother and her aunt. The three have lived as a family since she was born – and it has worked beautifully. Now they are campaigning to get alternative family units like theirs recognised in law
  Catherine and Ginda Utley have entirely shared the raising of Livvy; but they are not a gay couple and that has caused them somewhat of a problem. In fact, they are sisters, siblings who have stuck together through thick and thin. When Catherine unexpectedly found her
  
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• Google to pay £130 million UK back taxes, critics want more

  23-01-2016 02:27
  
  LONDON - Google said on Friday it agreed to pay the UK tax authority 130 million pounds in back taxes, prompting criticism from campaigners and academics who said the UK tax authority had agreed a “sweetheart deal”.
  
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• Homes in landmark buildings – in pictures

  23-01-2016 00:45
  
  Pick from a brutalist tower on the Barbican estate to a panoptican prison in Suffolk Continue reading...
  
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