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• Bitcoin boost: Coinbase launches cryptocurrency debit card in six countries in Europe

  12-06-2019 22:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  BITCOIN exchange Coinbase has launched its new cryptocurrency debit card in six new European countries today, offering BTC owners a new way of trading their crypto tokens.
  
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• Venezuela: hyperinflation leads to new banknotes for second time in a year

  12-06-2019 21:31 via theguardian.com
  Banknotes of 10,000, 20,000 and 50,000 bolívar denominations will begin circulating on Thursday, the central bank saidVenezuela is releasing new banknotes for the second time in less than a year, the central bank said on Wednesday, after hyperinflation eroded the effects of an August 2018 monetary overhaul meant to improve availability of cash.Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, last year cut five zeroes off the currency and prices. The move was supposed to ease shortages
  
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• Life insurance UK: Looking to get life insurance? Sainsbury’s Bank share top tips

  12-06-2019 16:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  LIFE insurance is something a person may get for a whole host of reasons. An expert from Sainsbury’s Bank has now shared some top tips on taking out a life insurance policy.
  
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• Universal Credit: How is Universal Credit paid? What to do if you don’t have right account

  12-06-2019 16:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  UNIVERSAL CREDIT is a payment which may be made by the government to a claimant in order to help with living costs. How is Universal Credit paid?
  
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• I was forced out of my job after having a baby. Then I was silenced by an NDA | Anonymous

  12-06-2019 16:25
  I faced maternity discrimination and was pushed into signing an NDA. An MPs’ report shows my story is all too commonFor a lot of women, finding out you are pregnant opens up an array of questions. Will the baby be a boy or girl? Will everything go smoothly with the pregnancy?Sadly, another question that often pops up amid the excitement is: how will my employer take the news that I am expecting a baby? Pregnancy discrimination is a huge problem in the UK, with around three-quarters of preg
  
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• Carlos Ghosn's former home: inside Tokyo's notorious detention centre

  12-06-2019 16:00 via theguardian.com
  Short tour allowed inside Japanese prison accused of keeping suspects in conditions designed to ‘break’ them for confessions The forbidding outline of Tokyo detention centre is impossible to miss, even on a dark, wet afternoon in early June. The X-shaped building dominates the skyline of the unfashionable Kosuge neighbourhood in the city’s north-east.Aside from brief eruptions of media interest when a high-profile killer is led to the gallows, for much of the time there is litt
  
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• TV licence free for over 75s on Pension Credit - over a million are missing out on benefit

  12-06-2019 15:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  TV LICENCES will no longer be free to all UK pensioners who are over the age of 75 as of June 2020, it was revealed yesterday. However, the BBC will pay for a free TV licence for people aged over 75 who claim Pension Credit - do you claim the benefit?
  
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• Tax allowance 2019: How much income would be needed before losing free Personal Allowance?

  12-06-2019 15:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  TAX MUST be paid on any income which is greater than the Personal Allowance. Those with a high income above the income limit for this free tax allowance could be at risk of losing some - or all - of this tax relief.
  
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• Litecoin wins star of the week as bitcoin falls flat – ANALYSIS

  12-06-2019 15:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE promise of a price surge for bitcoin has stumbled short of the $10,000 anticipated by so many over this last week.
  
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• Lidl opening 40 brand new stores – will one be opening where YOU live?

  12-06-2019 15:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  LIDL is opening 40 brand new stores, creating 1,500 jobs in the process as part of a £500million expansion plan.
  
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• Donald Trump takes aim at eurozone in furious series of tweets ‘Euro is devalued!’

  12-06-2019 13:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  DONALD TRUMP took aim at the euro in a series of furious tweets where he claimed the single currency of the eurozone was devalued.
  
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• EU fears German contagion: Merkel’s weak economy could rip through eurozone

  12-06-2019 11:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  GERMAN economic weakness could spark contagion across the eurozone if manufacturing continues to drag down the financial heart of the euro area, according to a new warning.
  
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• Pound euro exchange rate: GBP steadies as Labour pushes to BLOCK no-deal Brexit

  12-06-2019 11:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE pound euro exchange rate steadied today and is trading around €1.121 at the time of writing.
  
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• Topshop, Burton, Dorothy Perkins store closures: Future of Arcadia Group decided TODAY

  12-06-2019 11:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  SIR Philip Green could be forced to watch his Arcadia Group collapse this evening unless creditors agree to a crucial rescue deal, which would include the closure of 50 stores across the UK.
  
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• Why did Saga take 10 months to sort out my broken boiler?

  12-06-2019 08:00
  After a service there was no hot water, no heating and no cooking as the gas was cut offI’m 70, with chronic asthma. For the last while, I’ve been living in a semi-rural area with no central heating, no hot water and no cooking facilities. This is rather trying.I have an old back boiler which has only needed one repair in 30 years. The gas fire, which stands in front, has never failed.Continue reading...
  
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• More than 5m people in Britain suffer low-paid, insecure work

  12-06-2019 01:01
  Living Wage Foundation research shows families struggling to make ends meetMore than 5 million workers across Britain are in low-paid and insecure work, leaving families struggling to make ends meet, according to a campaign calling for more firms to offer guaranteed hours to their staff.According to research published by the Living Wage Foundation, workers in Wales, the north-east and West Midlands experience the highest rates of low-paid insecure work in the country. Continue reading...
  
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