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• British arm of Starbucks to pay US owner fifteen times more than UK taxman

  28-06-2019 18:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE British arm of Starbucks paid its US owner 15 times more than it gave the UK taxman last year.
  
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• Let’s move to Brighton, East Sussex: green, green home of Saint Caroline

  28-06-2019 17:30
  The locals may have painted the town Green, but there’s an affluence to the eco currency. And who sent for the Bez-alikes?What’s going for it? Aside from the fact that it is on a coastline at the end of the country, threatened by sea level rise and postglacial rebound, Brighton is possibly the best place in the UK from which to fight the climate crisis. Calm down, Bristol, European Green Capital 2015: yes, you are incredibly woke, too. Only, you are not home to the UK’s first (
  
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• Mobile phone users can soon switch network with just one text

  28-06-2019 15:52
  New process makes it easier to get PAC code without provider trying to persuade users to stayConsumers will be able to switch their mobile phone provider simply by sending a text message from Monday – avoiding the cumbersome process which has been in place up to now.The new rules from the regulator Ofcom are aimed at making it quicker and easier to leave one provider and start with another. Continue reading...
  
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• Gold surges toward biggest monthly gain in three years as US and China brace for G20 meet

  28-06-2019 15:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  GOLD prices are surging towards their biggest monthly gain in three years as the United States and China prepare to showdown at the G20 summit in Japan.
  
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• Pound euro exchange rate: GBP lower as flash eurozone headline inflation released

  28-06-2019 14:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE pound euro exchange crept slightly lower this morning, drifting to €1.113.
  
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• Ford will cut 3,100 UK jobs by 2020 as part of 12,000 planned cull across Europe

  28-06-2019 12:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  FORD is planning to cut around 12,000 jobs across in Europe by the end of 2020 – including 3,100 in the UK, the car giant has announced.
  
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• Alton Towers and Madame Tussauds to be bought out by Lego in £5.9billion deal

  28-06-2019 12:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  ALTON TOWERS and Madame Tussauds' owner Merlin Entertainments is to be bought out by the owners of Lego and a private equity firm in a £5.9 billion takeover deal.
  
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• Bitcoin plunges below $11,000 – BTC pulls back gains after surging toward $14,000

  28-06-2019 11:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  BITCOIN plunged below $11,000 in early trading hours, reining back on gains made in recent days which saw the world’s largest cryptocurrency surge toward $14,000 .
  
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• The economy doesn't work for most Americans. The poor need a voice | The Rev William Barber

  28-06-2019 09:00 via theguardian.com
  Until we change how we think about poverty, politicians of both parties will continue to blame the poor for their problems and pit us against each otherAt a rally in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday, Donald Trump officially announced his 2020 Keep America Great campaign, touting low unemployment rates and record corporate profits as the result of his administration’s tax cuts and deregulation. While he hasn’t drained the swamp or built his wall, the president is running for a second term
  
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• Coastal homes for sale – in pictures

  28-06-2019 08:00
  Dip your toes in the market with these seaside properties, from Devon to Fife Continue reading...
  
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• ECB warned: Draghi must act ‘quick’ as German inflation disappoints

  28-06-2019 01:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE European Central Bank has been warned it must be “quick on its toes” to adapt policies or risk leaving European Union economies dented from trade spats and political tension.
  
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• Airlines refuse to scrap ‘no-show’ clauses for passengers

  28-06-2019 01:01
  BA is among firms that bump passengers off second leg of return trip, despite criticismAirlines including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic have resisted calls to remove “no-show” clauses, which bump passengers off the second half of a return trip, despite heavy criticism from regulators and calls for a ban.Consumer body Which? wrote to nine airlines in December, warning they may be breaking consumer laws by keeping clauses that cancel the second leg of a return flight if a passeng
  
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