Finance
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1.2KThe Brexit campaign’s ‘fantasy’ image of Britain is ‘self-deception to the point of delusion’
GettyFormer British Prime Minister John Major believes the campaign backing a Brexit is deluded. One of Britain’s former Prime Ministers, John Major,...
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1.3KOil companies have destroyed the chances of a huge price rebound (USO, OIL, WTI, VDE)
Tim Green/Flickr Crude-oil producers can blame only themselves for cheap oil if there’s no recovery. By hedging against the volatility in prices,...
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1.5KEverything you need to know about robo-advice — the hottest new area of fintech
REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniNo, R2D2 will not become a fund manager. Fintech, a.k.a. the booming financial technology industry, has a hot new buzzword: robo-advice....
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1.4KWarren Buffett explains why a good business is one ‘your idiot nephew’ could run
REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Brilliant and well-educated CEOs and managers sometimes become synonymous with their company. Whether it’s Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, or Jeff...
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1.9KInside the amazing life of Lady Kitty Spencer, Princess Diana’s niece
Getty Britain’s Lady Kitty Spencer lives a decadent lifestyle, but that’s sort of expected considering her place in the aristocracy. Lady Kitty...
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1.4KHong Kong’s richest man says a Brexit would ‘surely’ force him to decrease his investments into the UK
ForbesHong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing. The man who is hoping to buy the O2 mobile network and create the UK’s biggest mobile...
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1.5KTop tech banker on the ‘unicorn industry’: ‘All it will do is end in tears’
REUTERS/Stringer‘Lipstick on a pig’ Ken Olisa, the founder of two technology merchant banks and a grandee of British tech, is not impressed...
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1.4KIain Duncan Smith: I got ‘progressively more and more depressed’ about Britain’s ‘arbitrary welfare agenda’
BBCIain Duncan Smith on The Andrew Marr Show. Britain’s work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith dramatically quit the cabinet on Friday...
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1.3KHere’s how much cigarettes cost in the 10 most expensive cities in the world
The Economist Intelligence Unit recently released a report on the most expensive cities in the world. Singapore, Zurich, and Hong Kong were...
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1.6KHow an overlooked impact of Mexico’s drug violence is holding back its economy
ReutersPatrons seen at a taco stand as the body of a man lay on the pavement, in Ciudad Obregon, Mexico, in 2010....