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• Murdochs' Sky bid isn't the slam dunk it looked a month ago | Nils Pratley

  12-09-2017 22:00 via theguardian.com
  21st Century Fox could be facing a lengthy wait with the Competition and Markets Authority wading into unfamiliar watersThe Murdochs, as the Labour MP Tom Watson gleefully noted, will be furious. In a one-dimensional fight at the Competition and Markets Authority over media plurality, the Murdoch clan would start as heavy favourites to get 21st Century Fox’s bid for full control of Sky over the line. That is because the BBC and ITN, on most measures of audience reach, would still be bigger
  
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• Hammond eases public sector pay cap, but the squeeze goes on

  12-09-2017 20:22 via theguardian.com
  The chancellor insisted police and prison officers’ rises will come from existing budgets – and they are well below inflationPhilip Hammond’s re-emergence as a power in the cabinet can be seen clearly as the battle rages inside government over the thorny question of public sector pay.There may have been a green light from No 10 to rip up the current cap and give the police and prison officers a 1% rise plus a 1% bonus for 2017-18, but the Treasury has made sure the bonus is not
  
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• Israel: reports of financial action against Amnesty are 'alarming' - Amnesty International UK

  12-09-2017 19:44
  Amnesty International UK
  Israel: reports of financial action against Amnesty are 'alarming'
  Amnesty International UK
  “The reports that the Israeli government plans to punish Amnesty International over its settlements campaign are deeply alarming. “While we have not been officially informed of any such action by the authorities, if true, this would be a serious ...en meer »
  
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• Tuition fees row: education expert warns over graduate earnings

  12-09-2017 19:10 via theguardian.com
  Graduates do not get as good a return on their investment in English system as in other OECD countries, says Andreas SchleicherA leading global education expert has intervened in the row over student tuition fees in England, warning about value for money as earnings for graduates become more volatile.Andreas Schleicher, the education director of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), endorsed the English system in which students pay annual tuition fees of £9,000
  
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• Plastic £10 note to enter circulation on Thursday

  12-09-2017 18:45 via theguardian.com
  Banknote featuring Jane Austen is introduced a year after launch of the first polymer note, the Winston Churchill fiverThe new plastic £10 note featuring Jane Austen is to enter circulation on Thursday, and shoppers are urged to look out for certain serial numbers that could be worth far more than a tenner.Existing cotton-paper £10 notes, featuring Charles Darwin and with a total face value of £8bn, will stop being legal tender from spring next year, although the Bank of Englan
  
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• Bitcoin investors could lose all their money, FCA warns

  12-09-2017 15:48 via theguardian.com
  UK financial watchdog spells out risk for those participating in initial coin offerings using cryptocurrenciesThe financial regulator has issued a stern warning against a speculative frenzy over initial coin offerings (ICOs) in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin that have been promoted by celebrities including Paris Hilton.The Financial Conduct Authority said anyone investing in ICOs should be prepared to lose all their money, with some of the schemes floated potentially outright frauds. Continue
  
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• Bitcoin Price Update LIVE: Bitcoin bounces back after China speculation sparks losses

  12-09-2017 15:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  BITCOIN'S price has clawed back some of its losses after sinking in response to speculation China was to close down local cryptocurrency exchanges.
  
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• Pound LIVE updates: Sterling jumps against euro as inflation surges to five-year high

  12-09-2017 15:22 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE pound has jumped against the euro as inflation hit the highest level in five years, ahead of the Bank of England's latest Monetary Policy Committee rate setting meeting.
  
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• Houses near vineyards – in pictures

  12-09-2017 13:15 via theguardian.com
  Drink in the surroundings, in more ways than one, from Sussex and Abruzzo to Aquitane Continue reading...
  
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• iPhone X launch: Apple share price soars ahead of iPhone 8 release

  12-09-2017 12:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  APPLE'S share price jumped ahead of the iPhone X launch as Wall Street anticipates the details predicted to come from the September 12 'special event'.
  
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• Scientists hope that artificial intelligence robot Cozmo can ‘become part of the family’

  12-09-2017 12:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  AN artificial intelligence-powered toy robot that can recognise faces could help human-robot relationships, its developer has claimed.
  
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• Google takes on European Commission to drag it through court in case worth £2BILLION

  12-09-2017 12:29 via feedproxy.google.com
  GOOGLE has launched an appeal against a record €2.42 billion fine from Europe's competition watchdog for breaching antitrust rules with its online shopping service.
  
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• Secret Aid worker: have smartphones replaced friendships out in the field?

  12-09-2017 11:42 via theguardian.com
  Humanitarians used to make friends for life on assignments, but now we are too plugged in to technology to get to know our co-workers I do not consider myself a dinosaur within the humanitarian sector, yet I have been part of it long enough to have noticed some changes. Recently, a colleague showed me a picture of his co-workers in the 1990s and said that during his first mission he had made friends for life. Jealousy flooded my body, as I realised that after 13 years in the industry, I can coun
  
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• UK financial regulator warns of 'very high' risks associated with initial coin offerings - Financial Times

  12-09-2017 11:20
  City A.M.
  UK financial regulator warns of 'very high' risks associated with initial coin offerings
  Financial Times
  The UK financial watchdog warned consumers on Tuesday over the “very high” risk of initial coin offerings, an increasingly popular fundraising mechanism that is an important source of demand for crypto currencies. The Financial Conduct Authority said ...
  The UK's financial regulator the FCA has warned of Initial Coin Offering risksCity A.M.
  “ICOs are Very High-Ris
  
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• Cost of living surges amid warnings the Bank of England could soon hike interest rates

  12-09-2017 10:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE cost of living surged to 2.9 per cent in August, raising the likelihood the Bank of England could raise interest rates in September.
  
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• UK Financial Regulator Builds Blockchain App on R3's Corda ... - CoinDesk

  12-09-2017 10:04
  CoinDesk
  UK Financial Regulator Builds Blockchain App on R3's Corda ...
  CoinDesk
  The U.K.'s chief financial markets regulator has helped develop a new app using blockchain consortium R3's Corda distributed ledger platform. Announced ...en meer »
  
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• Revealed: the huge pay rises feathering vice-chancellors’ retirement nests

  12-09-2017 08:30 via theguardian.com
  While university pension funds are £17.5bn in the red, Guardian analysis shows vice-chancellors retiring on inflated sumsAlong with thousands of other 18-year-olds, Sam Rowland will embark on a new phase of his life this month. Armed with good A-levels and quiet charm, he’ll be heading for Bristol to study English.Sam, from London, expects to leave university with £50,000 of debt, but it isn’t something he and his friends talk about, he says. “I would like to think
  
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• Want to win over an audience? How to improve your presentation skills

  12-09-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  Whether the prospect of delivering a presentation fills you with excitement or dread, there are key steps to ensuring you make an impactPresentations shouldn’t be just a set of bullet points on a screen. In An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore used presentation slides to provide a compelling argument to his audience. Your next business presentation may not win any awards, but there are things you can do to make an impact.Related: Petrified of public speaking? Let your body do the talkingContinue
  
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• ‘Special assistance’ was of no assistance with Eurostar

  12-09-2017 08:00 via theguardian.com
  I wanted to claim a discounted blind companion fare but there was no way of doing itMy husband (who is blind) and I wanted to book Eurostar from London to Avignon in August. I am entitled to a discounted blind companion fare, but it can only be booked by phone and at the height of holiday season it was impossible to get through. My husband eventually did, but when he asked to hold the booking because he could not read out the card details, the agent said she could not do so and that I had to cal
  
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• Iceland: UK should have been tougher on bankers after financial crisis - Sky News

  12-09-2017 03:52
  Sky News
  Iceland: UK should have been tougher on bankers after financial crisis
  Sky News
  Some of Iceland's bankers were jailed after the financial crisis and the country's PM says more should have been done in the UK.en meer »
  
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• World's wealthiest families keep getting richer as markets boom

  12-09-2017 01:01 via theguardian.com
  Only a tiny number of super-rich families lost money last year, and three in four increased their fortunes, research finds
  Just 4% of the world’s richest families lost money last year thanks to booming stock markets and money-spinning private-equity deals.Research into the intensely privately guarded family offices of the super-rich found that just 10 out of 262 suffered a decline in wealth in 2016. Three-quarters [74.2%] of the families – who had an average fortune of $1.45bn (&poun
  
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• Public sector employers 'preparing to hire at fastest pace since 2015'

  12-09-2017 01:01 via theguardian.com
  NHS staff shortages and rejection of austerity at election encouraging managers to recruit more workers, says surveyPublic sector employers are preparing to hire at the fastest pace since 2015, as NHS staff shortages and the rejection of austerity at the election encourages managers to recruit more workers, according to a survey.There are about 5.1 million public sector workers in the UK excluding banks rescued in the financial crisis, of whom 1.6 million work for the NHS and 1.5 million work in
  
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• Pound v US dollar: GBP at one-year high against USD as British inflation surges

  12-09-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE pound rocketed higher against the US dollar this morning, reaching a new one-year high as UK inflation jumped more than expected in August.
  
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• Pound V euro: Five-week best for GBP against EUR as UK core inflation hits six year high

  12-09-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  AN ABOVE-forecast surge in the rate of UK consumer price growth has pushed the pound to euro exchange rate sharply higher today.
  
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• Petra Diamonds SUSPENDS work at Tanzanian mine after diamond shipment blocked

  12-09-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  PETRA Diamonds has suspended a Tanzanian mine amid a government probe into the country’s mining industry.
  
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• Hornby chief executive Steve Cooke steps down after Phoenix UK Fund tightens grip

  12-09-2017 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  HORNBY chief executive Steve Cooke is leaving after major shareholder Phoenix UK Fund tightened its grip on the model train maker.
  
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