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• What is all the property in the world worth?

  24-01-2016 23:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  It's £217,000,000,000,000 - that's 12 zeroes
  
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• The Crusader: Footie fiasco goes into extra time

  24-01-2016 23:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  WHEN a youth football club cancelled a trip to France, unhappy mum Joanne Banthorpe found herself on the losing side with no sign of getting back the £650 she had paid for her son to go.
  
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• Ex-Ofcom boss says no to being new chief of City watchdog

  24-01-2016 23:20 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The former Ofcom boss was hotly tipped by bankers to become the next head of the City regulator, but friends say he does not want the job in Canary Wharf
  
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• Oil price collapse likely to propel M&A surge in services sector

  24-01-2016 23:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Around $5 trillion worth of mergers and acquisitions were completed in 2015, more than in any previous year
  
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• Tesco abandons attack on sandwich market by closing 'Food to Go' stores

  24-01-2016 23:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Tesco originally opened the concept stores to lure in lunchtime trade
  
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• Ariadne Capital launches new fund to battle 'subprime unicorn' trend

  24-01-2016 21:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The £150m fund will help tech start-ups make money out of large corporates to avoid huge valuations based solely on money raised
  
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• British cyber start-ups targeted by $350m investment fund

  24-01-2016 21:20 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  US venture capitalist Paladin signs up cyber heavyweights for new fund to back start-ups to protect critical infrastructure
  
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• EU monetary policy failure offers a lesson on migration

  24-01-2016 21:12 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The free movement of labour is now the most important of the three freedoms of the Treaty of Rome - and it poses serious issues for the EU
  
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• The sharing economy probably means much less inequality, not more

  24-01-2016 20:55 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The future for the sharing economy lies in specialist companies owning most assets and hiring them out to individuals
  
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• WhatsApp has a plan to be more than just a messaging app: Will it work?

  24-01-2016 20:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Messaging apps are beginning to try becoming platforms in their own right, but it's not clear that people want it
  
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• Davos 2016: raise wages to smash Japanese 'deflationary mindset', says economy minister

  24-01-2016 19:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Akira Amari urges companies to raise wages this spring but boss of Suntory says blanket hikes are no solution to battle low inflation
  
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• Tech start-up Winnow raises venture capital to battle food waste

  24-01-2016 19:05 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Backed by former Whitbread boss Alan Parker, the business counts top chef Hugh Fearnly-Whittingstall among its clients
  
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• Patience is the greatest virtue in today's stock market

  24-01-2016 19:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Buying shares on the cheap is incredibly tempting, but waiting on the sidelines could pay benefits in the year ahead
  
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• Why no one's living it up at Rio's Hotel Glória

  24-01-2016 18:45 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The legacy of Eike Batista: A once-renowned landmark reveals the true depth of Brazil's recession
  
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• Investors 'rushing to snap up homes before buy-to-let tax comes in'

  24-01-2016 18:39
  
  Estate agents report increased demand before stamp duty changes come into force on 1 AprilEstate agents are reporting a rush of interest from property investors trying to buy homes ahead of the government’s new stamp duty surcharge on second homes. From 1 April, anyone buying a property for more than £40,000 to let or use as a holiday home will pay stamp duty on the purchase at a rate three percentage points higher than the standard rate.Continue reading...
  
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• Davos: five days that failed to save the world

  24-01-2016 18:05 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Why everyone wants the UK to stay in the EU and the rise of tech rockstars. Five things I learned from Davos 2016
  
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• I'm no Mr Selfridge, but the loss of my wife marks a new chapter for me

  24-01-2016 17:39 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  John Timpson: Straight-talking, common sense from the front line of management
  
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• Farmers borrow £120m from Lloyds to cover late EU subsidies

  24-01-2016 17:20 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  More farmers have been forced to take advantage of the new overdraft fund
  
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• Instagram's Marne Levine on why the network holds clues to America's next president

  24-01-2016 17:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Meet the woman at the top of a tech titan with millions of users throughout the world
  
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• Saudis 'will not destroy the US shale industry'

  24-01-2016 17:10 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Energy guru Daniel Yergin says investors are poised to invest $60bn in fracking amid Opec war of attrition
  
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• Iran plans airplane shopping spree

  24-01-2016 16:22 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The once-isolated country plans to purchase hundreds of aircraft from Airbus and Boeing following the lifting of sanctions
  
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• Britain may take in unaccompanied children fleeing Syria

  24-01-2016 16:05
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain might take in refugee children who have been displaced by the war in Syria and have travelled to other countries in Europe, a government minister said on Sunday.
  
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• Enough is enough: Banks told to stop payments systems crashing

  24-01-2016 14:43 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Millions of Britons have been hit by glitches at RBS, HSBC and Barclays, and MPs have told bosses that they must get a grip of the problem
  
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• Former spy seeks to show UK knew of Guantanamo torture - Sunday Times

  24-01-2016 13:20
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - A former senior British intelligence officer wants to give evidence that the country's security services knew about the torture of inmates at the U.S. prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, a newspaper reported.
  
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• Bear market: unless riding rollercoasters is your thing better sit this one out

  24-01-2016 13:00
  
  For those willing to speculate at times of high volatility there is money to be made, but it takes more courage to take the long view and keep your sanityAs if it weren’t bad enough being mauled by a bear market, we have to get mauled on a rollercoaster as well.The UK entered a “bear market” last week – one where the indexes have dropped 20% from their highs. Here in the US we are suffering wild swings but we’re not technically bear yet. Taken day by day, the percen
  
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• Gary Brooker: 'Whiter Shade of Pale legal battle probably cost me £1m in fees alone'

  24-01-2016 09:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Procol Harum founder Gary Brooker discusses the pitfalls of being a band member, from fights over copyright to dodgy managers
  
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• Bargain hunters guide: Are oil and miners too cheap to ignore?

  24-01-2016 09:01 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  After a week of plunging commodity and share prices, some investors are starting to buy
  
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• Savings rates halved in two years and set to get worse

  24-01-2016 08:32 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Bank of England data shows one year cash Isa rates are at their lowest level since the 2008 financial crisis, and could be about to get worse
  
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• No end in sight to the income drought - this is my savings survival plan

  24-01-2016 08:17 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Cash savings and shares have both proved disappointing recently. As more rate cuts loom, what can savers do?
  
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• Which funds best protected investors as the FTSE 100 fell into a bear market?

  24-01-2016 08:12 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The FTSE 100 entered a bear market this week after falling 20pc since April - but one UK fund manager has made a 22pc profit in that time
  
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• My Guardian membership has just disappeared

  24-01-2016 08:00
  
  I complained about not getting a welcome pack ... then my membership was cancelledI am writing to complain about the Guardian Members programme.I paid my supporter’s membership fee but got nothing back – not a welcome pack as promised but also, to my surprise, not a single email about events in my home city, Manchester.Continue reading...
  
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• Cash Isa transfer from Kent Reliance to Santander has left me out of pocket

  24-01-2016 07:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A reader is left out of pocket after her bank's request for more information regarding her Isa transfer
  
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• Senior MP urges UK banks to invest in IT to prevent failures

  24-01-2016 01:29
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's banks need to dedicate far greater resources towards securing their IT infrastructure and should have a designated board member overseeing the issue, a senior lawmaker said, following a string of high-profile technology failures.
  
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• What you need to know about the changes to your pension

  24-01-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IF YOU are confused about exactly what is happening to your pension, rest assured, you are not the only one. Every day seems to herald either a new tax grab, a fresh overhaul of the state system, or other fiddly changes to pension rules.
  
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• The five-minute guide to… The rising cost of digital television

  24-01-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DIGITAL television packages have given viewers more choice than ever before, but there is an increasingly high price to pay, according to new research.
  
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• Shell-BG deal set to get the green light this weekShell's

  24-01-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ROYAL DUTCH SHELL’s £47billion takeover of fellow FTSE 100 resources giant BG Group is set to be approved by investors this week, despite their misgivings about the deal.
  
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• Profit warnings in the UK at their highest since 2008

  24-01-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  PROFIT warnings from listed companies are at their highest level since the 2008 credit crunch because of stock market and economic volatility and increased competition, accountancy giant EY says.
  
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• Profit warnings hit crisis-highs as market turmoil wracks UK plc

  24-01-2016 01:01 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Turbulence takes it toll on corporates as economists warn that only the US Fed can end the market panic
  
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• Business news: HSBC app, Sky TV, Apple, Tabl and Revolut

  24-01-2016 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HSBC is trialling a new smartphone app that tells users when they are spending too much on coffee, takeaways or drinking in the pub.
  
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