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• Britons shun Disneyland Paris following terrorist attack

  09-02-2016 23:28 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Theme park reveals 8pc drop in visitor numbers but Disney profits jump
  
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• Are YOU on the wrong phone contract? It could cost you HUNDREDS a year

  09-02-2016 22:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  IF YOU sign up to an overpriced mobile phone contract your wrong call could cost you hundreds of pounds a year.
  
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• Mortgage lenders hiding TRUE cost of their best buy deals by hiking fees to record high

  09-02-2016 22:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SNEAKY mortgage lenders are hiding the true cost of their best buy deals by increasing arrangement fees to record highs.
  
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• Scandal of care homes that charge elderly THOUSANDS extra: Older people hit with cost hike

  09-02-2016 22:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THOUSANDS of older people in care homes are being stung with sudden hikes to the fees they pay of up to £2,000 a year.
  
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• Use the same password for everything? You're fuelling a surge in current account fraud

  09-02-2016 21:12 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A new wave of personal ID fraud has led to twice as many bank account applications by fraudsters who have accessed a catalogue of stolen information
  
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• Goldman Sachs 'to slash jobs' amid global economic slowdown

  09-02-2016 21:12 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  US bank intends to slash at least 5pc of its workforce this year, according to reports
  
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• Europe's 'doom-loop' returns as credit markets seize up

  09-02-2016 20:52 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  'We all know that QE2 is not really going to work but the market says "I'm a smoker, I know it kills me, but so long as I can get cigarettes, I'm happy"'
  
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• FTSE 100 dips to THREE YEAR low: Growth fears intensify amid oil glut predictions

  09-02-2016 20:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE FTSE 100 sank to its lowest since November 2012 as global growth fears intensified amid predictions of a worsening oil glut.
  
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• It's very difficult to know whether the housing market is overheating or not

  09-02-2016 20:01 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  While average prices in London are now 50pc above their pre-crisis peak in 2007, property values in Northern Ireland remain 44pc below their pre-crisis peak
  
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• Barclays hires latest JP Morgan man to aid new chief executive

  09-02-2016 19:41 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Paul Compton - who replaces outgoing chief operating officer Jonathan Moulds - is a former colleague of chief executive Jes Staley
  
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• Coco bonds: why banks' new debts are spooking investors

  09-02-2016 19:33 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The plunge in Deutsche Bank's contingent convertible bonds has rattled the markets
  
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• German finance minister and bank chief insist: Deutsche is 'rock solid'

  09-02-2016 19:31 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Deutsche Bank's shares fell again, pushing the lender's boss and even the German finance minister to step in to reassure investors that the bank is still stable
  
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• Creditors must brace for a tsunami of losses in a world awash with debt

  09-02-2016 19:26 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Countries have taken on far more debt than can ever be repaid. As the European banking sell-off is already signalling, creditors are in for a brutal awakening. Get ready for debt restructuring mayhem.
  
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• African 'finance minister of the year' facing jail for telling his country's politicians to trim their perks

  09-02-2016 19:23 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Liberian senate threatens Amara Konneh, who was named 'Finance Minister of the Year' by Financial Times' Banker magazine
  
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• Questor share tip: Avoid loss-making Sophos as private equity exits

  09-02-2016 19:17 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Software security group Sophos has struggled to justify a lofty valuation ever since it came to the stock market last year, says Questor
  
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• Oil firms urged to avoid 'dangerous' investment cuts

  09-02-2016 19:10 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Firms opting to cut investment rather than adapt costs to a low price environment risk 'compromising' future energy supply
  
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• Market Report: Miners retreat as analysts call time on sector's gains

  09-02-2016 18:51 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  No sign of 'Turnaround Tuesday' for FTSE 100 as London-listed stocks drop for a second day
  
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• Vodafone under investigation over customer service record

  09-02-2016 18:46 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The telecoms giant could face a hefty fine if regulators find its customer complaints procedures aren't up to scratch
  
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• Petrol prices set to rise in George Osborne's 2016 Budget

  09-02-2016 17:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  DRIVERS are set to see higher prices at the pump as George Osborne plans to increase fuel duty in his Budget next month, according to industry experts.
  
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• Neil Woodford sells his Royal Mail shares

  09-02-2016 17:36 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Neil Woodford has sold his stake in the privatised firm, citing 'regulatory concerns'
  
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• Is the European banking industry facing its own Lehman Brothers moment?

  09-02-2016 17:12 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Lenders have been spending their investors' cash like drunken sailors on shore leave for nearly eight years now. Patience is running out
  
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• Lloyds goes ahead with bond buy-back despite Supreme Court hearing

  09-02-2016 17:06 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Bank refuses to cancel or postpone repurchase of high-interest bonds despite 11th-hour intervention from highest court
  
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• Aircraft makers face stringent new targets on jets' CO2 emissions

  09-02-2016 16:48 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  International deal aimed at reducing carbon dioxide could present manufacturers with tough decisions
  
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• Stamp duty changes have led to huge hole in receipts for Osborne

  09-02-2016 16:41 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  New research from Knight Frank has found that changes to stamp duty in December 2014 may hamper the Chancellor's plans for a balanced budget
  
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• Coca-Cola sales fizz despite sugar backlash

  09-02-2016 16:29 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The soft drinks giant says its core 'Coke' brand remains strong, although taste for Diet Coke is waning
  
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• EasyJet founder Sir Stelios protests airline's 'scattergun' dividends

  09-02-2016 16:17 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has ramped up pressure on the budget airline ahead of its AGM this Thursday
  
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• Fresh banking crisis fears send FTSE to lowest level since 2012

  09-02-2016 16:10 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Concerns over the health of the financial system and danger of negative central bank interest rates cause European stocks and the FTSE to slump for consecutive trading day
  
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• Ford chooses tech conference to unveil new SUV

  09-02-2016 14:57 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Company picks Mobile World Congress for car launch, highlighting the importance of 'connected' vehicles as automotive and technology sectors collide
  
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• FTSE falls to lowest level since 2012 as global growth panic sends tremors through markets

  09-02-2016 14:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Banking system fears and danger of negative central bank interest rates cause European stocks and the FTSE to slump for consecutive trading day
  
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• Holiday bookings to Turkey plunge 40% amid terror fears

  09-02-2016 14:26 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HOLIDAYMAKERS are avoiding Turkey for their sunny getaways as fears of a terrorist attack has seen bookings plummet 40 per cent.
  
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• Redrow posts record profits as it targets the commuter belt

  09-02-2016 14:21 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The housebuilder has benefitted from Help to Buy and the general move from central London to the outskirts
  
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• Global woes will delay UK interest rate rise until 2020, say analysts

  09-02-2016 14:12
  
  Weak global economy and sharp slowdown in UK growth will prevent any rise from 0.5% for at least four years, says EIUAnxiety in global markets and a weakening US economy will force the Bank of England to delay UK interest rate rises until at least 2020, according to a leading firm of analysts.The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) forecast, which will cheer mortgage borrowers and disappoint savers, extends by at least three years the timeline for the central bank’s first increase from the h
  
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• Bank of England poised to act if household debt spirals

  09-02-2016 14:11 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Bank deputy Sir Jon Cunliffe warns consumer debt remains 'large by historic standards', leaving the economy 'vulnerable to shocks'
  
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• Ex-CQs, ex-Bluegold Capital managers to launch hedge fund - source

  09-02-2016 14:01
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Ex-CQS Asset Management portfolio manager Will Smith and ex-BlueGold Capital partner Jean-Louis Le Mee are teaming up to launch a hedge fund firm called Westbrook Asset Management, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.
  
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• Anglo American share rally dies as iron ore arm reports slump in profits

  09-02-2016 13:52 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Kumba Iron Ore has been hit by faltering steelmaking in China
  
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• Bond anxiety pushes L&G to reveal its porfolio

  09-02-2016 12:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Insurance and savings firm is sitting on £266m of junk oil debt as part of its £39bn bond pile to fund annuities
  
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• London Whale's former boss at JP Morgan fined £800,000

  09-02-2016 12:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Achilles Macris headed the unit that employed Bruno Iksil, but failed to help the authorities investigate the rogue trader
  
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• EU facing IMMINENT recession? Germany on brink as warning issued over Deutsche Bank

  09-02-2016 12:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  FEARS of a recession in the Eurozone are rising as Germany's economy shows yet more signs of buckling under global and domestic financial pressures.
  
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• MarketsUK financial watchdog fines boss of 'London Whale' - Financial Times

  09-02-2016 12:26
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  The boss of the so-called London Whale at JPMorgan Chase, Achilles Macris, has been fined nearly £800,000 by the UK financial watchdog for failing to be open with the regulator. Mr Macris oversaw Bruno Iksil, the trader at the heart of a $6bn ...
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• Serious Fraud Office boss gets two more years in the job despite Libor case failure

  09-02-2016 12:08 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  David Green's extension comes weeks after six men were acquitted in Libor trial
  
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• Here's an even better way to back my hunch that German shares are looking attractive

  09-02-2016 11:56 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Opportunist: With more money-printing likely, German shares should soar and the euro could fall. Here's how to profit
  
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• Exclusive Group financial services launch in UK - Channel Pro

  09-02-2016 11:52
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  Exclusive Group financial services launch in UK
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  Exclusive Capital, the financing and leasing division of Exclusive Group, has today launched in the UK. Until now only operating in France, Belgium and Luxembourg, a division of distributor Exclusive Group expects most of its revenue to come from ...en meer »
  

• UK's rising trade deficit sparks fears of drag on economic growth

  09-02-2016 11:38 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Economists warn that reducing the trade deficit will be an 'extremely slow' process
  
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• We have no pension and two mortgages: how best to use our £200k savings?

  09-02-2016 11:13 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A couple want to know if they should use their savings to clear their mortgage debt - or invest it in a managed porftolio
  
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• British Airways to fly from Stansted for the first time

  09-02-2016 11:07 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Carrier goes head-to-head with Ryanair and easyJet as it launches flights to beach destinations from Stansted
  
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• Ask the experts: must a US citizen pay tax on a London house sale?

  09-02-2016 10:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A US-based property owner wonders where he stands with HM Revenue and Customs and the US Internal Revenue Service after making £300,000 on the sale of a UK property
  
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• Stock market CRISIS: Panic as FTSE hits three-year low and investors 'give up' on banks

  09-02-2016 10:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GLOBAL stock markets were flashing red again today as fears over the world economy and another world recession loom ever larger amid worries central banks have run out of ammunition to tackle problems.
  
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• Global growth panic sends markets into spasm amid fears central banks will stoke new crisis

  09-02-2016 10:40 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Fears the world's banking system and effects of negative central bank interst rates cause bourses to slump for second consecutive trading day
  
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• Waitrose becomes latest victim of grocery price war as sales growth stalls

  09-02-2016 10:29 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The upmarket retailer has become victim of intense price cutting and bargain-hungry shoppers
  
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• Sheltered from biggest risks, green fuel to ride out oil crash

  09-02-2016 10:25
  
  PARIS/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Green power is cheap enough to compete with fossil fuels and will buck the trend of falling investment in oil and gas as it can offer long-term returns sheltered from political risk, investors and industry analysts say.
  
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