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• Business investment in UK enters worst period since financial crisis - The Guardian

  21-11-2018 18:18
  The Guardian
  Business investment in UK enters worst period since financial crisis
  The Guardian
  Britain has entered its worst period for business investment since the global financial crisis amid concern that crashing out of the EU will trigger lasting damage for the economy, according to a Guardian analysis of economic news over the past month.en meer »
  
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• Facebook appeals against UK fine over Cambridge Analytica - Financial Times

  21-11-2018 17:47
  Financial Times
  Facebook appeals against UK fine over Cambridge Analytica
  Financial Times
  Facebook has appealed against a fine from the UK data protection watchdog over a massive data leak to Cambridge Analytica on the grounds that British data were not shared with the firm. The social network said a £500,000 fine from the UK Information ...
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• Stamp duty revenue in England down 10% on a year ago

  21-11-2018 17:30
  Third-quarter fall follows years of rising receipts, with thresholds and Brexit blamed Government revenue from stamp duty on property sales fell by a tenth in the third quarter of 2018 compared with the same period last year, with the Treasury’s coffers now likely to fall more than £1bn short of earlier forecasts.Behind the fall lies a big reduction in stamp duty for first-time buyers, introduced in November 2017, and a moribund Brexit-hit London market, where estate agents say high
  
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• ABN Amro seeks UK licences to ward off Brexit threat - Financial Times

  21-11-2018 14:13
  Financial Times
  ABN Amro seeks UK licences to ward off Brexit threat
  Financial Times
  ABN Amro has applied for UK licences to guarantee it can access the country's critical market plumbing after it leaves the EU. The Dutch bank intends to set up a new London-based unit of its clearing business, one of the largest middlemen on global ...en meer »
  
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• UK student sentenced to life in prison in UAE for spying - Financial Times

  21-11-2018 13:58
  Financial Times
  UK student sentenced to life in prison in UAE for spying
  Financial Times
  British student Matthew Hedges has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the United Arab Emirates for allegedly spying on behalf of the UK government, complicating relations between the two close allies. Hedges' family said the Durham university PhD ...en meer »
  
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• Danske whistleblower criticises UK over money laundering - Financial Times

  21-11-2018 11:59
  Financial Times
  Danske whistleblower criticises UK over money laundering
  Financial Times
  The British whistleblower who exposed the €200bn money laundering scandal at Danske Bank has lashed out at the UK for its role in facilitating corporate corruption. Howard Wilkinson, a former Danske executive in Estonia who sounded the alarm on the ...en meer »
  
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• Why did BT refuse to suspend a useless contract?

  21-11-2018 08:00 via theguardian.com
  My parents can’t live in their home after a fire, but it insists they still pay £50 a monthMy parents’ house was recently gutted in a fire and they will be unable to live there for at least six months. However, BT refuses to suspend their landline and broadband contract for that period, even though they can’t access the services they are paying £50 a month for. It offered to transfer them to their temporary accommodation, but since they are taking a long-term let of
  
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• Renault refuses to remove Carlos Ghosn despite shock arrest

  21-11-2018 00:03
  French carmaker Renault out of step with alliance partners Nissan and Mitsubishi Renault defied its partner firm, Nissan, and the French government on Tuesday night as its board decided to retain Carlos Ghosn as its chairman and chief executive in spite of his shock arrest by Japanese prosecutors.Renault’s board promoted Thierry Bolloré to deputy chief executive to head the company, but said the appointment was only made on a “temporary basis” in Ghosn’s absence. C
  
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