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• Negative interest rates are a 'gigantic fiscal failure'

  17-02-2016 22:07 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  When the debt-laden world faces the next global downturn, it will need the full power of helicopter money, not interest rate gimmicks
  
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• Negative interest rates are a calamitous misadventure

  17-02-2016 22:07 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  When the debt-laden world faces the next global downturn, it will need the full power of helicopter money, not interest rate gimmicks
  
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• National Lottery: Have you scooped the £2.2m top prize?

  17-02-2016 21:40 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  One winner scooped the jackpot of £32million on Saturday night, so this Wednesday's top prize was £2.2million
  
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• Fed officials too worried to press on with US interest rate rises

  17-02-2016 20:36 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Policymakers note growing concerns about China and weak oil prices as reasons to keep policy unchanged
  
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• Rolls-Royce would be wise to welcome 'white hat' ValueAct

  17-02-2016 20:10 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  ValueAct now has around $18bn (£12.7bn) of assets under management, making it even bigger than Rolls-Royce's stockmarket value
  
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• Oil prices soar as Iran comes to the table sending FTSE back through 6,000

  17-02-2016 19:36 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Market report: Mining and oil giants push up FTSE to two-week high
  
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• William Hill warns merger of rivals will hit competition

  17-02-2016 19:29 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The bookmaker has told the competition regulator that the tie-up of Ladbrokes and Coral poses a threat to the bookmaking market
  
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• Questor share tip: Glencore shares soar but risks remain

  17-02-2016 19:17 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Shares in the mining and commodity trading house have soared during the past month, but the long term outlook for the equity remains perilous, says Questor
  
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• S&P could downgrade more CoCo bonds

  17-02-2016 19:16 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The ratings agency downgraded Deutsche Bank's risky bonds
  
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• Don't believe the hedge funds when it comes to business views on Brexit

  17-02-2016 19:11 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  A stream of research papers from hedge funds on the UK's place in the European Union are all leaning in one direction - but it's worth understanding why
  
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• Oil markets stunned as Iran welcomes Saudi-Russian accord

  17-02-2016 19:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Prices soar more than 7.5pc as Islamic Republic gives cautious approval to production cap but remains cool on its participation
  
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• Iran welcomes Saudi-Russian oil freeze deal but remains cool on production cut

  17-02-2016 19:00 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Islamic Republic rows back from claims it would not take part in an "illogical" oil freeze sending prices soaring by 7pc
  
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• Trinity Mirror plans new national newspaper 'New Day'

  17-02-2016 18:51 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Publisher to target mid-market with new print title
  
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• Want to sell your house for £100,000 more? Tidy the garden and move your car

  17-02-2016 18:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Home sellers lose out on thousands if properties lack 'kerb appeal', research finds
  
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• Fifth of commercial buildings face penalties for not meeting new government energy standards, research finds

  17-02-2016 17:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Property owners must improve their buildings by 2018 or risk being barred from letting them
  
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• UK appetite for financial risk pegged back by market volatility - The Economic Voice (blog)

  17-02-2016 17:47
  The Economic Voice (blog)
  UK appetite for financial risk pegged back by market volatility
  The Economic Voice (blog)
  New research from online investment services provider Willis Owen reveals that UK savers and investors have lost some of their appetite for financial risk. The data shows that amid a mixture of social, economic and political flashpoints, comfort with ...en meer »
  

• This simple tip could save you a small fortune: The mistake costing home sellers £57,000

  17-02-2016 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HOME sellers could lose a whopping £57,000 on average off their sale price if their property doesn't look good enough from the outside, according to a survey.
  
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• Ofcom doesn't have the power to split BT and Openreach, think tank warns

  17-02-2016 17:18 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  BT faces fresh demands to divest Openreach, this time from right-leaning Centre for Policy Studies - days before a major market review
  
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• Hedge fund Knight Vinke ditches stake in UBS

  17-02-2016 17:11 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The activist investor has sold its stake in the bank after failing to bring about change at the Swiss lender
  
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• There is no such thing as a McDonald's 'secret menu'

  17-02-2016 17:09 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  McDonald's food development director confirms that the 'secret menu' does not exist, although he's working on a way for customers to design their own burgers
  
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• FTSE 100 surges on hopes of new dawn for miners and Brent rallies on Tehran oil meeting - live

  17-02-2016 16:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Hopes of China stimulus drives broad based rally in mining shares as investors believe the worst could be over
  
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• Barclays' investment bank boss Tom King to retire

  17-02-2016 16:57 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Mr King is the second senior boss to leave the bank this year, following chief operating officer Jonathan Moulds out the door
  
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• Woodside braces for $35 oil until 2018

  17-02-2016 16:48 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Australian oil and gas firm saw profits plunge 99pc last year as prices sank
  
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• BoE cautions insurers over higher life expectancy reinsurance

  17-02-2016 16:42
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's insurers should not reinsure themselves against people living longer in the belief that it will directly reduce the amount of capital they are required to hold, the Bank of England said on Wednesday.
  
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• Negative interest rates a 'dangerous experiment' for the world as monetary policy hits buffers

  17-02-2016 16:30 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Central bank 'put' is disappearing as negative interest rates signal 'policy exhaustion' from monetary authorities, warn investment banks
  
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• Npower owner RWE's shares slump after dividend is scrapped

  17-02-2016 15:47 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  German energy giant suspends its shareholder payout as it battles a commodities downturn and state-subsidised supply
  
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• U.K. Financial Services Seen Taking $14.3 Billion `Brexit' Hit - Bloomberg

  17-02-2016 15:43
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  U.K. Financial Services Seen Taking $14.3 Billion `Brexit' Hit
  Bloomberg
  The U.K. financial services industry may see exports to the European Union shrink by about 10 billion pounds ($14.3 billion) annually if Britain leaves the trade bloc, according to a report by Capital Economics. British firms could lose their right to ...en meer »
  

• Plus500 insists it faces no further FCA scrutiny

  17-02-2016 14:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The FCA has written to spread-betting bosses warning it wants to see improvements across the contracts-for-difference industry
  
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• Paulson slashed bullish gold bets before prices rocketed

  17-02-2016 14:58
  
  NEW YORK (Reuters) - John Paulson, one of the world's most influential gold investors, slashed his bullish bets on bullion at the end of last year, just before the beleaguered market took off for its biggest rally in years, a federal filing showed on Tuesday.
  
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• Eurozone crisis IMMINENT as debt-ridden Italy and Portugal on verge of being new Greece

  17-02-2016 14:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TROUBLES in the Italian and Portuguese economies could blow up this year to shatter the eurozone, as disastrous Greece almost did last year.
  
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• Business rates set to deliver record-breaking £23.5bn to council coffers next year

  17-02-2016 14:35 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Figures released just days after CBI warns the system risks undermining the economic recovery
  
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• Just what your office needs: self-parking chairs

  17-02-2016 14:27 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Nissan has designed autonomous chairs to showcase its driverless technology
  
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• Just what your office needs: Nissan's self-parking chairs

  17-02-2016 14:27 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The Japanese car maker has designed autonomous chairs to showcase its driverless technology
  
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• Bombardier to axe 1,000 UK jobs in restructuring

  17-02-2016 13:46 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Aircraft and train maker Bombardier slashes 7,000 jobs worldwide after troubles building its latest jet
  
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• AstraZeneca wins breakthrough status from US regulators for key cancer drug

  17-02-2016 13:39 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  The treatment for bladder cancer harnesses the body's own immune system to fight the disease
  
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• Fitch cuts Anglo American rating to junk

  17-02-2016 13:34 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Latest downgrade for FTSE 100 miner follows $5.5bn loss in its annual results
  
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• We're all working hard again - but pay is not keeping up

  17-02-2016 13:31 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Even as unemployment falls to record lows, many of us are struggling to make ends meet even though we've got jobs
  
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• Ardian private equity taps into gym sector with management buyout

  17-02-2016 13:07 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Gantner, the maker of hi-tech contactless wristbands for gyms FitnessFirst and Holmes Place, receives private equity backing
  
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• Ardian private equity taps into gym sector with £28m management buyout

  17-02-2016 13:07 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Gantner, the maker of hi-tech contactless wristbands for gyms FitnessFirst and Holmes Place, receives private equity backing
  
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• Rolls-Royce set to add activist investor ValueAct to board

  17-02-2016 12:09 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Troubled engineer expected to vote on adding ValueAct to its board
  
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• Sluggish wage growth takes shine off record UK employment

  17-02-2016 11:14 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Jobs rich recovery shows more people in work than ever before but pay growth remains subdued
  
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• Anglo American goes for bold but has the miner left it too late?

  17-02-2016 11:09 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Boss Mark Cutifani has revealed a radical restructuring but will it be enough to quell investor criticism that he has been too slow to respond to the downturn
  
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• FTSE 100 surges on hopes of new dawn for miners as oil fails to recover from Saudi-Russia deal - live

  17-02-2016 11:06 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Hopes of China stimulus drives broad based rally in mining shares as investors believe the worst could be over
  
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• Panmure's marathon-running chairman Ed Warner to step down

  17-02-2016 10:15 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Mr Warner is leaving to dedicate more time to UK Athletics and other ventures
  
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• Auto Trader revs up for strong results

  17-02-2016 10:05 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Full-year profits are expected to be ahead of forecasts
  
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• 'Sell-off has barely begun' says £1.2bn investor

  17-02-2016 09:59 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Bruce Stout, manager of the popular Murray International investment trust, was not surprised by the recent sell-off and thinks further falls are in store
  
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• Hard-pressed energy firms forced to sell assets to private equity

  17-02-2016 09:04
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Oil and gas companies under pressure from low crude prices and from the banks that hold their debt are increasingly being forced to sell assets to private equity investors, who have raised billions of dollars to snap up bargains in the sector.
  
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• Executives in financial services anticipate more shut-eye - Consultancy.uk

  17-02-2016 09:01
  Consultancy.uk
  Executives in financial services anticipate more shut-eye
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  Financial services industry executives are being faced with an increasingly complex landscape. Increased competition from cross-industry players and FinTech operators represents just half of the challenge, with new regulations, the need to update ...
  

• Will I pay stamp duty on new bungalow if I can't sell my house before I complete?

  17-02-2016 08:31 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  From April, the additional 3pc stamp duty tax will apply on second homes, even if they are not for buy-to-let purposes
  
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• Peer-to-peer lending: everything you need to know about the leading websites

  17-02-2016 08:14 via telegraph.feedsportal.com
  
  Peer-to-peer lending websites offer returns of up to 7pc but lenders risk losing their money. We look in detail at how the websites work, how much they pay and how they protect lenders' money
  
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