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• Uber to pay $28m to settle lawsuit over passenger safety measures

  11-02-2016 23:45 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Customers alleged that Uber misrepresented the quality of its safety practices
  
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• Restored Jimi Hendrix apartment opens to public in London

  11-02-2016 23:12
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The London apartment where Jimi Hendrix lived more than 45 years ago has opened to the public, restored to look just how the rock star used it.
  
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• Roll out the red carpet for the property Oscars

  11-02-2016 22:25 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  From Montana to Boston to San Francisco: Anna White takes a look at the US housing market and its glamorous homes by Oscar nomination
  
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• Bank of Japan loses control as QE hits the limits

  11-02-2016 21:21 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  'This could go down in the history books as the death of Abenomics'
  
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• What is quantitative easing, and why might we need more of it?

  11-02-2016 20:56 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  How does the monetary stimulus central bankers have come to rely on actually work?
  
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• Like a game of Jenga, one wrong move could bring banks crashing down

  11-02-2016 20:55 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Banks have based their businesses on being all things to all people, so trying to quit risky operations is proving very difficult
  
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• How Europe's banks got themselves into this precarious position

  11-02-2016 20:55 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Lenders based their businesses on being all things to all people. But they couldn't all succeed
  
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• Once again, we are powerless before the financial storm - Yahoo Finance UK

  11-02-2016 20:51
  Once again, we are powerless before the financial storm
  Yahoo Finance UK
  When the chief executive of AP Moeller-Maersk says trading conditions are worse than 2008 when the financial crisis was at its height it may be time to stop complacently dismissing the current turmoil in stock markets as no more than an irrelevant mid ...en meer »
  

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• Once again, we are powerless before the financial storm

  11-02-2016 20:38 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The humble sea container can tell us much about global financial turmoil
  
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• UK Financial Regulatory Developments - February 2016 #5 - JD Supra (press release)

  11-02-2016 20:34
  UK Financial Regulatory Developments - February 2016 #5
  JD Supra (press release)
  The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has issued a report on ESMA's role as the single supervisor of credit rating agencies (CRAs) in the EU. It finds that overall ESMA has laid down good foundations for supervising CRAs in a short period of time but ...
  

• Market panic: Investors fall prey to 'death spiral' as faith in central banks wavers

  11-02-2016 20:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  "Markets have stopped believing central banks can generate inflation. This is becoming a self-reinforcing death spiral"
  
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• How to prepare your investments for a market crash

  11-02-2016 20:11 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Investors can weather any market downturn as long as they stay diversified and keep calm, says Questor
  
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• £80bn wiped off FTSE 100 this week as world markets gripped by panic - live

  11-02-2016 20:04 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  European stock markets hit two-and-a-half year low after a savage sell-off in Asia, as investors flock to safe-haven assets following Yellen's Congressional testimony
  
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• $8bn wiped off Boeing's value by 'accounting investigation'

  11-02-2016 20:02 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Aircraft maker Boeing's shares crash 12pc on claims US regulator is probing accounting of costs for developing new jets
  
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• SuperGroup founder sells £53m stake to fund divorce

  11-02-2016 19:47 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Julian Dunkerton sells 4.9pc stake in his first share sale since the fashion retailer listed on the stock market six years ago
  
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• SuperGroup founder sells £292m stake to fund divorce

  11-02-2016 19:47 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Julian Dunkerton sells 4.9pc stake in his first share sale since the fashion retailer listed on the stock market six years ago
  
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• Miner's dividend drop is just the latest domino to fall

  11-02-2016 19:32 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Until very recently miners were telling the City that progressive dividends were sacrosanct
  
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• This crisis has been caused by arrogant central banks

  11-02-2016 19:11 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The market has become distorted and corrupted, sending out misleading price signals
  
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• £80bn wiped off FTSE this week as world markets gripped by panic - live

  11-02-2016 18:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  European stock markets hit two-and-a-half year low after a savage sell-off in Asia, as investors flock to safe-haven assets following Yellen's Congressional testimony
  
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• Guardian braces for job cuts as it looks to slash costs by 20pc

  11-02-2016 18:31 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Guardian Media Group tells employees that 'staff costs are by far our biggest overhead'
  
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• O2 customers to have their Tube journeys tracked by advertisers

  11-02-2016 18:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Mobile giant's 25m customers will have their journeys and app use on London Underground monitored and anonymously sold to advertisers
  
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• Financial stocks lead the losses - IG

  11-02-2016 18:16
  Financial stocks lead the losses
  IG
  Stock markets recouped a small portion of the early morning losses but overall it was a tough day for equities. share · share · David Madden g+. Market Analyst, London. Thursday 11 February 2016 09:15. All trading involves risk. Losses can exceed deposits.en meer »
  

• Starwood heads to Edinburgh with W Hotel

  11-02-2016 18:14 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Hotel operator undeterred by proposed 'tourism tax' that would add a levy to room bills
  
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• Tesla losses soar to $889m - but shares jump as Elon Musk forecasts a profit

  11-02-2016 18:03 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Electric car company's losses approach $1bn but Elon Musk's electric dream remains undimmed
  
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• Panic grips world markets as FTSE 100 sinks to fresh three-year low - live

  11-02-2016 17:36 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  European stock markets hit two-and-a-half year low after a savage sell-off in Asia, as investors flock to safe-haven assets following Yellen's Congressional testimony
  
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• Is the sovereign debt crisis coming back to haunt Europe?

  11-02-2016 17:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Borrowing costs on peripheral government debt are spiking, while those in Germany and the UK fall to record lows as investors seek safe havens
  
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• Future of print Independent in doubt as Johnston Press confirms £24m talks to buy the i newspaper

  11-02-2016 16:53 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Newspaper group confirms it is in advanced talks with the Lebedev family to buy the tabloid, although no mention of the future of The Independent
  
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• Massive fire at lightning-hit Tata Steel UK plant - Financial Express

  11-02-2016 16:39
  Financial Express
  Massive fire at lightning-hit Tata Steel UK plant
  Financial Express
  A massive fire broke out today at Indian steel giant Tata Steel's Port Talbot plant in the UK after it was struck by lightning. By: PTI | London | February 11, 2016 9:07 PM. G+. tata steel shares, sensex. A massive fire broke out today at Indian steel ...en meer »
  

• Doctor brother of UK's finance minister struck off medical register

  11-02-2016 16:25
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The psychiatrist brother of Britain's finance minister George Osborne was struck off the British medical register on Thursday for having an affair with a patient and threatening her to keep quiet about it, a disciplinary panel said.
  
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• Markets turn on SocGen as legal bills spook jittery investors

  11-02-2016 16:01 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Shares in the French bank is leading the latest market rout - but Goldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein says investors do not realise just how strong banks are
  
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• Enterprise Inns boss dismisses fears over £350m junk bond

  11-02-2016 15:50 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Simon Townsend said investor worries about the pub company's debt obligations were misplaced
  
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• Superbug review says more vaccines needed to reduce antibiotic use

  11-02-2016 15:45
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - More use of vaccines would reduce the need to use antibiotics and help fight the rise of drug-resistant superbug infections, according to a British government-commissioned review of the threat.
  
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• Don't let Brexit threat hold euro zone back, France's Sapin says

  11-02-2016 15:38
  
  PARIS (Reuters) - The possibility of Britain voting to leave the European Union must not prevent euro zone countries from deepening their economic integration in the months ahead, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin told Reuters on Thursday.
  
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• UK's far-reaching surveillance plans need to change - MPs

  11-02-2016 15:01
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The British government must make significant changes to a planned new surveillance law which would give authorities some of the most extensive monitoring capabilities in the West, a powerful committee of MPs said on Thursday.
  
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• EU-Britain talks make 'good progress', gaps remain for summit - EU source

  11-02-2016 14:47
  
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - British officials and negotiators from other EU states made "good progress" on Thursday in narrowing differences on an EU reform deal but key issues remain to be settled by political leaders at a summit next week, an EU source said after talks in Brussels on Thursday.
  
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• Profits tumble at Jaguar Land Rover despite record sales

  11-02-2016 14:20 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A slowdown in the key Chinese market and a surge is sales of less profitable cars has hit performance
  
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• British government imposes reforms for doctors over union opposition

  11-02-2016 14:20
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - The British government said on Thursday it would force through pay and working condition reforms for English doctors without the agreement of their trade union in a push to end a dispute that has resulted in strikes.
  
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• Panic grips world markets as FTSE and gilt yields hit record lows - live

  11-02-2016 13:55 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  European stock markets hit two-and-a-half year low after a savage sell-off in Asia, as investors flock to safe-have assets following Yellen's Congressional testimony
  
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• Thomas Cook resilient in face of terrorist attacks

  11-02-2016 13:50 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Customers are booking holidays to Spain, Cyprus and Cuba in the wake of atrocities in Istanbul and Paris
  
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• Euro will slide if €500 notes are abolished, says Bank of America Merrill Lynch

  11-02-2016 13:47 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Abolishing the high-value notes, which officials believe might be used by terrorists and criminals, could hit the common currency
  
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• Fund managers' nerves tested by market routs

  11-02-2016 13:38 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Varying fortunes at Ashmore and Henderson as nervousness builds in the financial markets
  
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• EU warns UK deal 'fragile' as Paris, East seek changes

  11-02-2016 13:31
  
  BRUSSELS - A draft accord to help keep Britain in the European Union is "very fragile", a top EU official warned on Wednesday as France and eastern states pushed for changes before leaders meet to try and seal the deal next week.
  
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• Test: can you spot the fake supermarket deals?

  11-02-2016 13:24 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Major supermarkets have come under fire for misleading offers. Take our quiz and find out if you'd be fooled
  
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• Market panic pushes gold buying to highest level since financial crisis

  11-02-2016 12:50 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Funds investing in gold have been flooded by nervous investors seeking shelter from stock market volatility
  
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• Investors 'go bananas' for gold bars as global stock markets tumble

  11-02-2016 12:50 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Bullion dealers report record sales as buyers "queue round the block" to purchase the precious metal
  
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• UK prompt prices edge higher on heating demand

  11-02-2016 12:26
  
  (Reuters) - British prompt wholesale natural gas prices edged higher on Thursday as colder temperatures pushed heating demand higher, while the system remained oversupplied.
  
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• National Lottery results: did your numbers win you the £28.8m jackpot in last night's draw?

  11-02-2016 12:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  There was no outright winner on Wednesday so jackpot this Saturday will be £32.8m
  
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• British Gas and EDF Energy cut gas prices by £31 a year

  11-02-2016 10:52 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Last two of the Big Six energy suppliers unveil gas price reductions in the wake of plunging wholesale costs
  
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• Sweden takes negative interest rates even lower as Riksbank fights to keep up with global stimulus

  11-02-2016 10:44 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Riksbank slashes its rates further below zero as the world's central bankers eye more stimulus
  
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• Total claims 'best performance' among oil majors

  11-02-2016 10:43 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The French energy giant says it has weathered the 2015 oil rout better than rivals
  
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