Dishes of olive oil to be banned from restaurants? The EU's gone mad
guardian.co.uk 4 hours ago
It is independent producers who have the most to lose from this latest bizarre EU directive, so let's hope it is never enforced, writes James Ramsden
Too soon to dial back Fed stimulus: Dudley
reuters.com 1 hour ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - It is too soon to determine whether to dial down the Federal Reserve's massive bond-buying program, and the economic picture may not be clear enough to make that decision for...
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Too soon to dial back Fed stimulus: Dudley
news.yahoo.com 57 mins ago
(Reuters) - It is too soon to determine whether to dial down the Federal Reserve's massive bond-buying program, and the economic picture may not be clear enough to make that decision for another three...
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Google tackled by Nick Clegg on tax avoidance at No10 meeeting
guardian.co.uk 50 mins ago
Ed Miliband also warns Eric Schmidt at Google conference that it's wrong for multinationals not to pay fair share
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Steve Jobs’ Dream Device Has Arrived, and It's Made by Microsoft
slate.com 13 hours ago
Just before he died, Steve Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson about his dream for revolutionizing television...
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Hamilton leads the way with 'living wage'
nzherald.co.nz 13 hours ago
Hamilton has become the first city council in New Zealand to approve paying all staff a 'living wage', and Auckland and Wellington are considering following suit, a campaigner says
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Mortgage Applications Tumble Again
cnbc.com 1 hour ago
Applications for home mortgages dropped last week for a second-straight week, the Mortgage Bankers Association says.
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Thanks To QE Bernanke Has Injected Foreign Banks With Over $1 Trillion In Cash For First Time Ever
zerohedge.com 20 hours ago
Two years ago, Zero Hedge first made the observation that the bulk of Fed reserves (also known simply as " cash created out of thin air " because money is first and foremost fungible ...
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If parents have to pay for school work placements, their children will suffer
guardian.co.uk 3 hours ago
Libby Page: My work experience led to my first job, teaching me I had a value. Charging parents creates a class of haves and have nots
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IMF softens views on UK government's policies
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LONDON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has softened its assessment of the British government's economic policies, saying in a report Wednesday that it did well to ease its pace of austerity...
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Osborne braced for IMF verdict on UK economy
telegraph.co.uk 4 hours ago
George Osborne is braced for the International Monetary Fund's verdict on Britain's economic prospects amid speculation it will urge him to change course.
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One in five retiring in 2013 'will be below poverty line'
guardian.co.uk 6 hours ago
Study by Prudential finds many people are facing a bleak financial outlook, with 14% relying solely on state pension
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A sensible IMF back-down
blogs.ft.com 59 mins ago
In April, the International Monetary Fund positioned itself to go head-to-head with the UK government over its fiscal stance...
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Nationwide grabs biggest ever mortgage market share
telegraph.co.uk 1 hour ago
The UK's largest building society today claimed it had "played a major role in supporting the housing market" with record lending.
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Green deal: MPs blast government for failure to quantify success
guardian.co.uk 2 hours ago
Select committee report accuses ministers of failing to set clear goals for what they hope to achieve from flagship energy policy
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Impoverished Malawi sells presidential jet for $15 mln
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LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawi's luxury presidential jet, bought by late leader Bingu wa Mutharika, has been sold for $15 million to raise cash for the impoverished African country, a government official...
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Business news and markets: live
telegraph.co.uk 3 hours ago
Japan has reported its worst April trade deficit as a weak yen increased import costs and helped extend the run of monthly shortfalls to the longest in more than three decades.
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Tea party groups take anger to IRS offices across the nation
washingtontimes.com 2 hours ago
Crowds jammed onto the sidewalks in front of more than a dozen Internal Revenue Service offices nationwide Tuesday to protest the agency’s targeting of conservative organizations for extra scrutiny.
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Sir Mervyn King outvoted on QE for fourth month
telegraph.co.uk 2 hours ago
Sir Mervyn King continued to call for more money printing to stimulate the British economy this month, despite recent glimmers of hope for growth.
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Households 'ripped off' over energy bills as Ofgem says investigating company profits too...
telegraph.co.uk 4 hours ago
Families are at risk of being ripped off over their energy bills because the regulator is refusing to find out why companies are making “outrageous” profits, MPs said today.
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SSE fuels consumer anger as retail profits rise 30% to £410m
guardian.co.uk 5 hours ago
Scottish and Southern Energy posts results under the heading Earning the Right to Make a Profit
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SSE profits jump on higher gas usage and warns of more energy price rises
telegraph.co.uk 4 hours ago
Energy giant SSE saw annual profits at household and business supply arm jump 27.5pc to £410.1m as gas usage soared 21pc in the cold weather – and warned of more price rises to come.
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Map: Killer Tornadoes Since 1950
slate.com 16 hours ago
Currently, 24 people are confirmed dead after a tornado swept through Moore, Okla., on Monday, leaving devastation in its wake...
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Sterling slides as retail sales soften
telegraph.co.uk 2 hours ago
Sterling sank against the dollar on Wednesday after official figures revealed an unexpected decline in retail sales last month, led by a sharp fall in food sales.
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Temp workers' payslips: how to check you're not being short-changed
careers.guardian.co.uk 5 hours ago
Follow our checklist to ensure you're being paid properly and are making the right contributions
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Barclays slashes rate on Help to Buy fixed-rate mortgage
telegraph.co.uk 2 hours ago
Money MOT: How does Barclays' reduced rate on its three-year fixed-rate mortgages for first time home owners square up?
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One in five customers to switch bank accounts
telegraph.co.uk 1 hour ago
Soon customers may be more likely to move bank account, than get divorced - with new slicker switching process.
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China's Li offers to help end Pakistan's energy crisis
news.yahoo.com 6 hours ago
By Nick Macfie ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Islamabad seeks to end an energy crisis that...
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Massachusetts Employees Will Keep Their Health Plans
economix.blogs.nytimes.com 8 hours ago
Because the state’s employees are relatively highly paid, the impact of Massachusetts’ health care reform is likely to be different than that of the Affordable Care Act, an economist writes.
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14 Simple Ways to Get Considerably More Done
business.time.com 20 May
Don't think it's possible because you're already working in overdrive? Here's a new way to look at your to-do list.
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One in seven to retire without a pension
telegraph.co.uk 13 hours ago
One in seven workers planning to retire this year will be solely reliant on the state for their income.
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Corgenix Announces Diagnostic Development Agreement with Lilly
fool.com 1 hour ago
“We are very pleased to enter into this new and exciting collaboration with Lilly,” said Douglass Simpson, President and CEO of Corgenix, “This relationship strengthens our company’s program of...
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Retail sales fall 1.3pc: economist reaction
telegraph.co.uk 2 hours ago
As retail sales took an unexpected turn for the worse in April, slipping 1.3pc month-on-month, economists warned that Britain is not out of the woods yet.
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HSBC's Stephen King: fiscal stimulus now an 'addictive painkiller'
telegraph.co.uk 3 hours ago
Economist Stephen King talks to Philip Aldrick about his new book 'When the Money Runs Out', and why loose monetary policy has unintended consequences.
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BOJ keeps policy on hold; Kiuchi proposes looser price target timeframe
reuters.com 9 hours ago
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan on Wednesday decided to keep monetary policy on hold, but one board member tried unsuccessfully to loosen the central bank's commitment to achieving its 2 percent...
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Visualizing The Cost Of Mining Gold
zerohedge.com 10 hours ago
There are over 3 billion ounces of gold in the world's deposits. The Top 50 of these mines alone contain over one-third of the total gold...
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Reinvigorating Egypt’s Economy by Mohamed A. El-Erian
project-syndicate.org 20 May
While blaming the revolution is not a persuasive explanation for Egypt’s current economic woes, its appeal to many Egyptians is understandable...
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All the news that's fit to fake
economist.com 9 hours ago
AT 9AM on a Friday morning, Cyrus Broacha and his team are busy finalising the script for their weekly satirical take on India’s news. This particular week’s big...
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