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• Viagogo briefly discloses details of touts before deadline

  16-01-2019 20:08 via theguardian.com
  Ticket website has been ordered to publish full details of sellers by midnight on ThursdayA millionaire super-tout and a ticket fraudster’s wife have been revealed as some of the people using the much-criticised ticket website Viagogo to make money from music and sports fans.From midnight on Thursday the site must publish the names of touts who have identified themselves to the platform. Touts use a variety of means to obtain tickets before genuine fans to sell them on at a profit. Continu
  
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• Kerching! 400,000 new dollar millionaires created in 2018

  16-01-2019 15:11 via theguardian.com
  Wealth report shows near 2% rise in high-net-worth individuals despite stock market woesMore than 400,000 new dollar millionaires were created last year as the fortunes of the already-well off ticked over into six-zeros despite the decline in global stock markets. It takes the number of millionaires across the world to 22.6 million.The global population of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs), classed as those with between $1m and $30m (£775,000-£23.3m) in liquid assets, grew by 1.9% t
  
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• BA staff humiliated me by refusing to let me fly

  16-01-2019 08:00 via theguardian.com
  As a Syrian national based in Germany I did everything to avoid potential problemsI had to fly from London to Lyon to present my master’s degree thesis at the University of Grenoble. I am a Syrian national based in Germany and, to avoid any problems, I checked that my documents were in order on BA’s website and arrived at Heathrow three hours early. However, the BA staff member at the boarding gate was unable to read German or French and refused to accept my documents. She humiliated
  
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