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• ECB to have control over UK financial markets post-Brexit if LSE and Deutsche ... - International Business Times UK

  16-01-2017 23:13
  
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  ECB to have control over UK financial markets post-Brexit if LSE and Deutsche ...
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  A research commissioned by Deutsche Boerse has revealed that the proposed €25bn (£22bn) merger between the German exchange and the London Stock Exchange is likely to trigger an outflow of billions of pounds of derivatives trading from the UK to ...en meer »
  
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• Interest rates could go up or down after Brexit, admits Bank of England chief Carney

  16-01-2017 22:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  INTEREST rates could go up or down in the months ahead, Bank of England governor Mark Carney has warned.
  
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• Rolls-Royce settles bribery probes in UK, US and Brazil - Financial Express

  16-01-2017 20:51
  
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  Rolls-Royce settles bribery probes in UK, US and Brazil
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  British engineering group Rolls-Royce Plc said that it had reached settlements with authorities in Britain, the United States and Brazil relating to bribery and corruption involving intermediaries. By: Reuters | Published: January 17, 2017 1:21 AM.en meer »
  
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• Questions raised by an ageing population | Letters

  16-01-2017 19:45
  
  As is usual in such discussions, Professor Sarah Harper’s analysis of the effect of stopping net immigration under Brexit (Brexit-led decline in immigration ‘will raise retirement age’, 16 January) has major flaws – failing to explore the implications of automation/robotics, and not examining the downsides of unending immigration. Her analysis only works short term, and only if other factors remain the same. Automation is likely to reduce the need to maintain the same lev
  
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• Six million have been victims of financial fraud - AOL Money UK - AOL Money UK

  16-01-2017 19:02
  
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  Six million have been victims of financial fraud - AOL Money UK
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  More than one in ten people have been a victim of financial fraud, one in ten have had one of their online accounts hacked, and a third of Brits say they are ...en meer »
  
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• Six million have been victims of financial fraud - AOL Money UK

  16-01-2017 19:02
  
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  Six million have been victims of financial fraud
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  More than one in ten people have been a victim of financial fraud, one in ten have had one of their online accounts hacked, and a third of Brits say they are worried that they could become a victim of financial fraud at any time. See also: Scamwatch ...en meer »
  
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• City bosses FINALLY accept Brexit access to single market NOT an option

  16-01-2017 18:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  LONDON bankers and city bosses have finally accepted Britain is likely to leave the single market and are preparing for a 'hard Brexit' when the UK splits from the European Union .
  
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• Hamilton West End tickets appear on resale sites despite anti-tout measures

  16-01-2017 18:01
  
  Less than two hours after tickets for musical’s London run went on early sale, Viagogo lists several at £999-£2,500 eachTickets for the London run of hip-hop musical Hamilton, the most anticipated theatre event of the year, have already appeared on secondary ticket websites for almost £3,000 despite measures to prevent them being touted.Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Pulitzer prize-winning show, based on the life of one of America’s founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton,
  
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• Why Donald Trump is RIGHT - a weaker pound IS GOOD news for Britain

  16-01-2017 16:34 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  BRITAIN'S economy has been boosted by the weaker pound since the referendum, and recent falls should not create panic, according to experts - echoing sentiment from president-elect Donald Trump.
  
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• Humble pie for IMF as experts RAISE UK growth forecasts as Britain SMASHED doom prediction

  16-01-2017 14:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  UK growth forecasts have been INCREASED by the International Monetary Fund after admitting they underestimated post-Brexit performance.
  
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• UK urges Indians to apply for visas in advance - The Financial Express - Financial Express

  16-01-2017 12:40
  
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  UK urges Indians to apply for visas in advance - The Financial Express
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  Visa applicants can expect to get a visa decision more quickly outside of the peak period, and benefit from quieter visa application centres and more available ...en meer »
  
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• Consumers urged to switch energy supplier

  16-01-2017 12:19
  
  Too many are still paying too much for gas and electricity, despite a record 4.8 million people making a changeThe energy regulator and consumer groups have said that too few people are switching energy suppliers, despite latest figures showing a record 4.8 million switched electricity tariff last year. Related: Is night time the right time to use your electrical appliances?Continue reading...
  
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• New BT service could end nuisance phone calls

  16-01-2017 10:41
  
  British Telecom’s free call protect system lets users block firms making the calls even after they change numbers and could halt halt 30m calls per weekNuisance calls could largely be eradicated under a new BT service that allows phone users to block firms making the calls, which other telecom firms are expected to follow.Many smartphones already allow users to block numbers after receiving unwanted marketing calls. But the new BT call protect system allows users to block the companies the
  
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• You cannot buy happiness – not even on ‘Blue Monday’ | Polly Mackenzie

  16-01-2017 10:16
  
  Retail therapy for seasonal gloom is a ploy dreamed up by advertisers – the myth that happiness can be bought has the potential to be disastrousWaking up today, on so-called Blue Monday, the “most depressing day of the year”, you may already be aware that this concept is based on a fraud. An almost deliciously spurious mathematical formula was dreamed up by a PR agency, given the veneer of academic rigour by attaching the name of a lecturer at a further education college, and a
  
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• FSCS to levy UK financial services industry GBP 378m in 2017/18 - FinanceFeeds (blog)

  16-01-2017 09:39
  
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  FSCS to levy UK financial services industry GBP 378m in 2017/18
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  “The £378m indicative levy represents the costs of protecting people”, says FSCS Chief Executive, Mark Neale. The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), the UK body that protects consumers when authorised financial services firms fail, today ...
  UK Financial Compensation Scheme Raises Supplementary LeviesLondon South East (registration) (blog)alle 23 nieuwsartik
  
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• The new retirement: how an ageing population is transforming Britain

  16-01-2017 09:07
  
  Traditional views of retirement are being swept away. In a new series, we consider what that means for the retirees of today – and those of the futureDr David Davies sees more than his fair share of sixtysomethings. His clinic is situated in the west Somerset medieval village of Dunster, which has one of the densest populations of older people anywhere in Britain. Continue reading...
  
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• Cyber security takes centre stage in the age of Trump

  16-01-2017 08:30
  
  Cyber hacking repeatedly made the front page in 2016. A number of ambitious startups are attempting to tackle the problem
  In 2016 cyber hacking repeatedly made the front page: from the revelation that hackers had stolen personal information associated with half a billion Yahoo accounts, to Donald Trump asking Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s email.
  So, was it chance that Alex van Someren set up Europe’s first accelerator focused on cyber security in 2015? “How do I give a non-s
  
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• Virgin season ticket means I can reserve a seat, so why am I forced to stand?

  16-01-2017 08:00
  
  I pay almost £8,000 a year and don’t understand how a train operator can be so incompetentI hold an annual rail season ticket from Spalding to London (via Peterborough) with Virgin Trains East Coast. Last year this cost £7,816, excluding underground travel. In theory, season ticket holders can reserve seats up to 12 weeks in advance, for which they fill in a spreadsheet and send to Virgin. However, this department appears to be only available via email. It is supposed to respon
  
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• Should I use a career development agency to steer my path?

  16-01-2017 08:00
  
  I’m out of work and at a crossroads, so am wondering if going to one would help find my next job
  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. I recently lost my job as a senior manager in manufacturing. I have vast experience in facilities management but it is 10 years out of date
  
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• Mistakes were made: readers on the firms with awful customer service

  16-01-2017 08:00
  
  Having run our own awards, we asked for your picks and were overwhelmed. Here are the companies who are not so much by the book, as by the broken bookcase …
  World strife and starvation are regrettable, but they are not the issues that provoke from us Brits the loudest howl of pain. No, our ire and anguish is roused by an injustice that dispossesses the needy, suppresses protest and invades the peace of our daily lives. In other words, corporate customer service. Last month, I dispensed aw
  
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• Swedish supermarkets replace sticky labels with laser marking

  16-01-2017 06:00
  
  Food retailers aiming to cut plastic packaging by ditching stickers on fruits and vegetables, instead using hi-tech ‘natural branding’ The humble fruit sticker may seem an unlikely cause for environmental concern but removing it from produce could create huge savings in plastic, energy and CO2 emissions.In response to consumer demand for less packaging, Dutch fruit and veg supplier Nature & More and Swedish supermarket ICA have joined forces to run a trial to replace sticky label
  
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• World's eight richest people have same wealth as poorest 50%

  16-01-2017 01:01
  
  A new report by Oxfam warns of growing and dangerous concentration of wealthThe world’s eight richest billionaires control the same wealth between them as the poorest half of the globe’s population, according to a charity warning of an ever-increasing and dangerous concentration of wealth.In a report published to coincide with the start of the week-long World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Oxfam said it was “beyond grotesque” that a handful of rich men headed by th
  
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• UK inflation to hit a two-year high

  16-01-2017 01:01
  
  Sterling’s weakness since Brexit vote is pushing up prices of fuel, food and clothes, official figures to showInflation is set to hit its highest level in more than two years this week, according to economists, as the sharp drop in sterling since the referendum fuels a rise in the cost of living.Continue reading...
  
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• Private medical insurance sales surge for first time in seven years

  16-01-2017 01:01
  
  Ongoing NHS crisis and economic recovery may have triggered rise, but impeding Brexit means future is uncertainThe number of people in Britain taking out private medical insurance has risen significantly for the first time since 2008, amid fears about the ongoing crisis gripping the NHS.After falling steeply between 2008 and 2011 and then staying flat, demand for private medical insurance cover in Britain rose by 2.1% in 2015 with just over 4 million people insured.Continue reading...
  
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