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• Saudi Arabia now BEGGING for billions in loans as oil crash leaves economy in tatters

  11-03-2016 18:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TROUBLED Saudi Arabia is desperately seeking a loan worth BILLIONS of pounds after the oil price crash has shaken its economy to the core.
  
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• Boss of pub giant Wetherspoon wants OUT of Europe: 'Powers should be with Britain'

  11-03-2016 15:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE founder of pub giant JD Wetherspoon has come out in favour of Brexit saying control should be kept from Brussels bureaucrats.
  
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• Eurozone in CRISIS: Bonanza of cash and rates cuts from Europe’s Bank has misfired

  11-03-2016 14:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MARKETS were left reeling following the European Central Bank ’s desperate decision to unleash a round of new stimulus aimed at kicking the flagging eurozone economy into gear.
  
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• British fears over immigration should be addressed - Archbishop of Canterbury

  11-03-2016 10:05
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - British fears about immigration should be addressed and those voters who are concerned should not be branded racist, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said in an interview published on Friday.
  
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• Blair says Britain will vote to stay in EU, tells pro-Europeans to show passion

  11-03-2016 10:03
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Friday he felt voters would opt to stay in the European Union in a June 23 referendum but called on the "in" campaign to show more passion.
  
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• Sports Direct's Ashley says UK lawmakers being 'deliberately antagonistic'

  11-03-2016 09:42
  
  LONDON (Reuters) - Mike Ashley, founder of Sports Direct, Britain's biggest sportswear retailer, has called the chairman of a lawmakers' committee "deliberately antagonistic" in his pursuit of the executive to answer questions about the treatment of his workers.
  
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• Calmer markets, positive data prime Fed to push ahead with rate rises

  11-03-2016 09:00
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barely a month ago Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen cut an isolated figure in her semi-annual testimony to Congress, forced to defend the U.S. central bank's data-dependent approach while around her stocks plunged and oil prices sagged.
  
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• Help to buy is riddled with loopholes that the privileged can easily exploit

  11-03-2016 08:10
  
  Rather than find measured and sustainable solutions to the housing crisis, the government has haphazardly built a house of cards
  Picture a typical first time buyer. Chances are the image you have is of a young professional couple who’ve spent years scraping together a deposit, and are keen to own the roof over their heads so they can start a family.I’ll hazard a guess that very few people instantly thought of the wife of a 63-year-old Conservative MP: but, according to the Mirror, Pe
  
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• Surreal estate: a home that raises the bar – in pictures

  11-03-2016 08:01
  
  An ordinary terraced house in south-east London hides a secret at the end of the garden – only for the ale and hearty Continue reading...
  
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• I am in my fifties and work part-time in admin – but I want more

  11-03-2016 08:00
  
  I am a qualified librarian but am too rusty to return to that work, and have teenagers at home and elderly parents to care for Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights. Here is the latest dilemma – what are your thoughts?I have been job hunting in my economically deprived area
  
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• How do I get proof of purchase for an unregistered property?

  11-03-2016 08:00
  
  We couldn’t find the deeds when my husband died but discovered it was never registeredMy late husband had the deeds to our property but when he died we were unable to find them. I applied to the Land Registry for a copy but it was never registered (this wasn’t compulsory in 1964 when we purchased it). As we did not have a mortgage I have no proof of purchase. What can I do? KB SheffieldYou should be able to replace the documents, but it will be time-consuming, and you would be well a
  
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• UK: Financial Sanctions Reform - Lexology (registration)

  11-03-2016 05:27
  UK: Financial Sanctions Reform
  Lexology (registration)
  In the Summer Budget 2015 the UK government announced plans to reform the financial sanctions regime, including the creation of a new financial sanctions regulator, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”). The rationale behind these ...
  

• UK financial services risks a mis-buying scandal unless we urgently tackle the ... - City A.M.

  11-03-2016 05:10
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  UK financial services risks a mis-buying scandal unless we urgently tackle the ...
  City A.M.
  It's well known that Britain has a financial advice gap, but until now few ideas have been put forward to tackle it. The government's Financial Advice Market Review is a golden opportunity to solve this issue and deliver real solutions that help ...
  

• EURO ON THE BRINK: Last-ditch bid to save banks as interests rates slashed to ZERO

  11-03-2016 04:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  INTEREST rates have been slashed and billions of extra money will be created in a dramatic intervention announced today by the European Central Bank aimed at saving the bloc's stuttering economy.
  
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• Gender pay gap: three-quarters of employers yet to analyse wages

  11-03-2016 01:35
  
  From April 2017 companies with more than 250 employees will be required to identify how much male and female staff are paid Three-quarters of employers have done nothing to analyse whether they are paying women as much as men, ahead of new rules that will force them to publish data on their gender pay gap.A survey of 1,000 employers found that larger firms are most likely to have begun work on analysing whether they are paying women fairly. Continue reading...
  
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