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• Will Mark Carney and George Osborne vie for the top IMF job?

  14-07-2019 12:57 via theguardian.com
  The BoE governor stands more chance than the ex-chancellor but the likely choice may just be a Bulgarian womanEver since he set his departure date from the Bank of England, there has been speculation about what Mark Carney will do next. There are not that many bigger jobs around than his current one but one of them has become available after the news of Christine Lagarde’s planned departure from the International Monetary Fund for the European Central Bank.Carney would certainly like a mov
  
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• Five stars or fake? How to beat fraudulent online reviews

  14-07-2019 08:59
  Internet sales are growing – and so is the threat of false endorsementsAs many shoppers search for bargains in advance of Amazon’s “Prime Day” sale this week, there is a growing scepticism about how they can judge the products they are thinking of buying.Three-quarters of people read the reviews posted about products and services, but doubts are mounting over the trustworthiness of these reviews. A burgeoning market for fakes has emerged, and experts say consumers must be
  
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• Business has good reason to fear Boris Johnson’s Brexit plans | William Keegan

  14-07-2019 07:59 via theguardian.com
  The favourite for Downing Street has aggravated the uncertainty that is undermining confidence and hitting sterlingWimbledon fortnight brings back happy memories of growing up in that pleasant suburb. But the recent news that the leading pretender to the Conservative throne was told by his girlfriend to “get out of my flat” stirs a particular memory: of the number of offenders brought before the courts who would be described in the Wimbledon Borough News as being “of no fixed a
  
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• Pension contributions GAP: Pensions expert on ‘what was missed’ amid state pension changes

  14-07-2019 05:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  PENSION contributions may be made to a private pension, to allow a person to save for their retirement years. Changes to the state pension came into effect on back in 2016 - something which Baroness Jeannie Drake, Labour peer and pension industry expert, addressed during an exclusive interview this week.
  
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