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• Ignore activist investors and risk imperilling your long-term future

  07-02-2016 22:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  It can do boards good to feel the discomforting breath of shareholders on their necks, says Simon Walker
  
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• Oil shares could offer same returns as UK housing in the 90s?

  07-02-2016 22:36 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  When the oil price recovers the returns from shares in the oil sector will match those of UK housing from the 90s, says Questor
  
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• It's official: the top tower in London (and it's not just about just about height)

  07-02-2016 22:36 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Even if they have not been to market, a new company is valuing every building in the entire country
  
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• It's official: the top tower in London (and it's not just about height)

  07-02-2016 22:36 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Even if they have not been to market, a new company is valuing every building in the entire country
  
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• EU promises to give challenger banks a break

  07-02-2016 22:36 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Small banks and finance firms should not be subject to the same highly complex rules as big banks, according to EU and Bank of England officials
  
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• Could oil shares offer same returns as UK housing in the 90s?

  07-02-2016 22:36 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  When the oil price recovers the returns from shares in the oil sector will match those of UK housing from the 90s, says Questor
  
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• Tullow Oil to pin hopes on West Africa as profits slump

  07-02-2016 22:29 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  London-based Tullow Oil will face a 45pc fall in profits this week as it pins its hope for future growth on an oilfield off the coast of Ghana.
  
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• Anglo American investors call for more 'aggressive' cuts

  07-02-2016 22:29 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The mining giant is under pressure to make even deeper cuts in its radical restructuring plans
  
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• Takeover sows the seeds for anxieties about food security

  07-02-2016 22:28 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The world's largest maker of agri-chemicals is now owned by a Chinese state company, writes Andrew Cave
  
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• The 21-year-old powering innovation at the nation's blue chips

  07-02-2016 22:18 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  You've never heard of Josh Valman's outsourced R&D department, RPD International, but you will have used his products
  
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• Equity fund BGF reports record January with £50m invested in one month

  07-02-2016 22:18 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Stephen Welton, chief executive of the small business backer, reveals how BGF became a growth driver for the nation's under-capitalised firms
  
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• Why wage growth hasn't joined in the recovery

  07-02-2016 22:17 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  More people in work than ever before, a record low jobless rate - but pay rises for UK workers are lagging behind, writes Peter Spence
  
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• PR has to build a better business rather than merely increase sales

  07-02-2016 22:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  John Timpson: Straight-talking, common sense from the front line of management
  
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• Finery toasts £5m sales in first year

  07-02-2016 22:08 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Online womenswear brand will be stocked in John Lewis
  
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• Finery to open in John Lewis as sales hit £5m in first year

  07-02-2016 22:08 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Online womenswear brand will be stocked in John Lewis
  
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• Dwindling revenues to wipe out a third of oilfield service firms

  07-02-2016 20:11 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The oil service sector has seen revenues fall by a fifth, says EY
  
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• The EU's €110bn problem: slow death of Schengen risks new crisis for Europe's battered economies

  07-02-2016 20:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  One of EU's harshest critics calls on Brussels to preserve passport-free travel at all costs to stop the continent from descending into economic turmoil
  
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• Tax credit cuts that escaped Osborne's U-turn to hit 800,000 workers

  07-02-2016 19:22
  
  Labour condemns little-noticed change, known as ‘income-rise disregard’, which on average will cost £200-£300 a person and was blocked by Lords
  About 800,000 people will still be hit by tax credit cuts from April because of a little-noticed change that survived the government’s controversial U-turn on the policy last year.Labour said the scale of those affected by the cut would come as a surprise to those who thought the chancellor had abandoned attempts to reduce t
  
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• Second member of Islamic State execution cell identified as Briton - report

  07-02-2016 18:31
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - A second member of a British group of Islamic State militants dubbed "the Beatles" has been identified as 32-year-old Londoner Alexanda Kotey, according to a Washington Post and BuzzFeed investigation published on Sunday.
  
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• Patak's lime pickle reverts to old recipe after social media outcry

  07-02-2016 18:25
  
  Indian food producer relents and brings back old recipe following hundreds of complaints about ‘improved’ productWhen Patak’s launched a new version of its top-selling lime pickle last year, it no doubt seemed like a good idea at the time. But curry fans thought otherwise.In an about-turn reminiscent of Coca-Cola’s climbdown over the introduction of “New Coke” in the 1980s, the power of social media has forced Patak’s to go back to its old recipe. Contin
  
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• VW battles workers and investors

  07-02-2016 17:55 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Stricken car manufacturer under fire from unhappy investors and from workers who want a pay rise despite the firm's woes
  
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• Beleaguered VW comes under renewed pressure from unions and shareholders

  07-02-2016 17:55 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Stricken car manufacturer under fire from unhappy investors and from workers who want a pay rise despite the firm's woes
  
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• Government ministers mocked for hiring man to run women on boards review

  07-02-2016 16:19 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  One Twitter user wrote: 'Very important work - needs a chap to make sure it's done right'
  
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• Sir Philip Hampton to lead campaign for more female executives

  07-02-2016 15:05 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The GlaxoSmithKline chairman has been given the government job to encourage diversity in the workplace, but his own company has very few top female executives
  
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• HSBC 'to stay in London' as board meets for final decision on HQ

  07-02-2016 13:03 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Analysts expect the giant bank to rule out moving its headquarters abroad as HSBC insiders say decision on domicile is 'imminent,' but directors have still not formally decided whether or not to stay in the UK
  
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• Cameron rebuked by party members for ignoring their views on EU

  07-02-2016 12:26
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron is facing a revolt from among his Conservatives for encouraging lawmakers to ignore their local party's views on an upcoming European Union membership referendum.
  
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• 'Saga says no to extra claim'

  07-02-2016 09:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Additional work undertaken after a leak is deemed maintenance and not covered by policy
  
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• Conned over a 'land deal'

  07-02-2016 09:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A reader is caught out by a scam when investing abroad
  
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• The waterless toilet that turns your poo into power

  07-02-2016 09:00
  
  UK researchers have created a self-sustaining nano-membrane toilet that could provide a safe alternative to open defecation and public lavatoriesHuman excrement is rife with pathogens, “odorant volatiles” (the chemicals that make it smell) and parasites, but it has something going for it: it’s about 75% water. What’s more, water is the smallest of all its component molecules. It’s these qualities of our faecal matter that got researchers at Cranfield Water Science I
  
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• Stop whinging, Vita Coco boss tells Tesco suppliers

  07-02-2016 09:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The boss of one of the fastest-growing drinks brands in the UK has accused Tesco's suppliers of 'bleating' and failing to understand that 'business is business'
  
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• 'My parked BMW was hit - my insurance premiums doubled'

  07-02-2016 08:57 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Paul Stevenson's premium rose from £424 to £819 after the 'no fault' claim, because he was "statistically" more likely to make a fault claim in future
  
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• First ever peer-to-peer Isa offers up to 6pc returns

  07-02-2016 08:57 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Investors will be able to earn peer-to-peer levels of interest tax-free from April 6
  
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• 'Facial scans that can calculate risk': new tools that will transform your finances

  07-02-2016 08:52 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  From robo-advisers to Google Glass, technology is set to re-invent the way people manage their finances
  
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• Is Royal Mail entitled to destroy my Christmas card containing £100 in vouchers?

  07-02-2016 08:01
  
  My card and £100 gift was undelivered. But Royal Mail says it can dispose of it if it remains unclaimed after 18 daysI sent a Christmas card in an envelope with gift tokens enclosed (a £50 John Lewis and a £50 Debenhams voucher) to a family member in early December using standard first class post. This was not delivered as the postage was apparently underpaid, so it was sent back to the office. We were told by Royal Mail that, as the package was not claimed after 18 days, it wa
  
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• Whitehall, where the view is clear and the doubts are secret

  07-02-2016 08:00
  
  The corridors of power contain sceptics about everything from Europe to austerity. But nothing flickers on the imperturbable Treasury facadeOne of the key negotiators of the terms of UK entry to the European Economic Community in the early 1970s went down in history as a loyal servant of prime minister Edward Heath, but himself had doubts about the entire venture.The man in question, who is, as they say, no longer with us, would no doubt have been of great interest to the present band of Eurosce
  
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• Phil Redmond: 'I was a Marxist - strongly opposed to inheritance tax'

  07-02-2016 07:08 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The TV producer maximised his wealth with a talent for picking winning shares - and buying 13 real houses in Brookside Close
  
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• BHS plans store closures and pension overhaul

  07-02-2016 06:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Retailer has appointed KPMG to draw up options that will enable the company to drastically reduce its 170-strong store estate
  
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• BHS eyes store closures and pension fix

  07-02-2016 06:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Retailer has appointed KPMG to draw up options that will enable the company to drastically reduce its 170-strong store estate
  
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• Critic of Vatican refuses to step down from sex abuse commission

  07-02-2016 04:08
  
  VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A prominent and outspoken British member of a papal advisory commission on sexual abuse by the clergy on Saturday refused to step down despite a no-confidence vote, and said only Pope Francis could dismiss him.
  
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• Friends Life makes amends on £1,267 cost of postcode mistake

  07-02-2016 01:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Important documents related to his wife's pension are delayed by years because of the wrong address details
  
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