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• Exclusive: Iran Courting UK Investment Banks to Attract Foreign ... - Financial Tribune

  30-04-2017 21:42
  
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  Exclusive: Iran Courting UK Investment Banks to Attract Foreign ...
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  Iran Privatization Organization is holding talks with UK investment banks and private equity firms to attract foreign investments.en meer »
  
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• Debt-ridden courier's suicide after bailiff visit prompts call for reforms

  30-04-2017 21:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Coroner raises concern over debt-collection agency’s practices after it clamped Jerome Rogers’ motorcycle before he diedA debt-ridden young man took his own life shortly after bailiffs clamped the motorcycle that was essential to his work as a courier, an inquest has heard, in a case that has prompted calls for reform of the debt-collection industry. Jerome Rogers, 20, was being pursued over two £65 parking fines that had escalated to a debt of £1,019 including non-paymen
  
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• 'Voters deserve no soundbites,' Marr tells May – video

  30-04-2017 16:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Andrew Marr tells prime minister soundbites like ‘strong and stable government’ can sound robotic. May appeared on The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, in her first long interview of this election campaignGeneral election: May refuses to rule out income tax and NI risesKim Jong-May awkward and incredulous as journalist asks question
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• No place for discrimination in world: India's envoy to UK - The ... - Financial Express

  30-04-2017 15:33
  
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  No place for discrimination in world: India's envoy to UK - The ...
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  There is no place for any kind of discrimination in the modern world, India's envoy to the UK has said here on the occasion of 883rd birth anniversary of Indian ...en meer »
  
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• No place for discrimination in world: India's envoy to UK - Financial Express

  30-04-2017 15:33
  
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  No place for discrimination in world: India's envoy to UK
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  There is no place for any kind of discrimination in the modern world, India's envoy to the UK has said here on the occasion of 883rd birth anniversary of Indian social reformer Basaveshwara. By: PTI | London | Published: April 30, 2017 7:33 PM. 0. Shares.en meer »
  
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• Inter have financial muscle to sign Messi, claims Mazzola - AOL UK

  30-04-2017 12:44
  
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  Inter have financial muscle to sign Messi, claims Mazzola
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  Inter boast the financial power to sign Lionel Messi from Barcelona, former Nerazzurri star Sandro Mazzola has said. There has been speculation for some months that the Serie A side, bankrolled by their Suning Holdings Group owners, could try to sign ...
  
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• Warranty work on my VW’s audio system turned into an £1,800 accident repair bill

  30-04-2017 07:59 via theguardian.com
  
  The car was at the garage when the damage occurred and the insurance firm won’t pay upLast November I left my VW Golf at an east London garage to have some warranty work carried out on the audio system. A day later I got a call from my insurer Bell – part of Admiral – telling me the car had been involved in an accident.Following numerous calls to both the insurance company and the police, Bell told me to pick up my car from the garage – it was driveable, though damaged. B
  
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• Poorest face ‘double whammy’ if Tories ditch triple lock on pensions

  30-04-2017 06:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Removal of minimum rise could push many into povertyPlans to ditch the triple lock on the basic state pension would represent a “double whammy” for the poorest pensioners, many of whom have already lost out under this month’s new flat-rate pension, according to a leading pension expert.Pensioners who rely on the state pension for most of their income will be the biggest losers should the Tories drop the element of the triple lock that guarantees annual rises of at least 2.5%. C
  
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• Sainsbury’s expected to cut dividend

  30-04-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SAINSBURY'S is set to disappoint investors this week by cutting its dividend for a third year in a row, even though its profits are forecast to be nearly £50million higher.
  
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• Investor confidence means GLOBAL stock markets hit their highest levels last week

  30-04-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GLOBAL stock markets hit their highest levels ever last week as investor confidence soared on positive political and economic news.
  
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• Five minute guide to probate and pension changes scrapped

  30-04-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  THE SNAP general election has forced the Government to drop a planned tax raid, in a financial boost to millions.
  
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• City news: Mallzee, Oil prices and Engie

  30-04-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  GROWING numbers of fashion retailers are discounting more than half of their ranges in response to waning demand and rising costs, according to data from shopping app technology group Mallzee.
  
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• Boux avenue tycoon Theo Paphitis hopes to boost lingerie profits with new IT investment

  30-04-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  HIGH-STREET tycoon Theo Paphitis is looking to ramp up international sales at his lingerie chain Boux Avenue, after investing in new IT systems and a dedicated distribution centre.
  
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• Bank to test face-to-face video advice instead of call centres

  30-04-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  CLYDESDALE & Yorkshire Bank customers could soon be speaking to advisers by video instead of being forced to ring call centres, as part of its efforts to develop digital banking services.
  
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