ECONOMIC TUESDAY IN-DEPTH: Top 50 Breaking News & Stories Worthy to Read/Watch & Share | 7/22
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Rolling business and financial news through the day Latest: UK borrowed £11.4bn in June, more than expected Reuters: Osborne has a lot of catching up to do The key charts Earlier: Royal Mail hit by weak parcels revenue Swiss bank says it...
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Manufacturing orders for the UK slowed down more than expected in July, but still remain robust, a survey by CBI has suggested.
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Chinese investors expected to bring in A$10-billion a year are lining up to apply for Australia new visa scheme after Canada shut its door on a similar program this year
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Saudi Arabia's stock market is to open up to foreign investors for the first time, the country announces.
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Rapid expansion boosts staffing in recovering UK manufacturing sector.
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EU Works to Punish Russia as MH17 Bodies Leave Rebel Area ( BBG ) Bodies From Malaysia Airlines Flight Begin Long Trip to Netherlands ( WSJ ) Israel pounds Gaza as Kerry arrives ( Reuters ) U.S. judge dismisses Republican lawsuit over Ob...
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A Samsung TV costs £402 more in Britain than America.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is set to miss a 2021 budget-balancing goal by more than $100 billion even with a planned tax increase, a draft government estimate showed, raising the political pressure for...
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Osborne will say the funding for life sciences and a new centre for business will create 30,000 jobs
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Middle-aged singletons and divorcees are the second largest group to rent in the UK, behind students
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will put a spotlight on job-training programs on Tuesday as part of a White House push to boost economic opportunities for...
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Following the overnight ramp in various JPY crosses (dragging equity futures higher, and the Nikkei up 0.8%) it is as if the market is desperate to put all of last week's geopolitical events in the rearview mirror, and while yesterday th...
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The government borrowed more than expected in June, and has failed to reduce public sector borrowing since the beginning of the fiscal year, official figures show.
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German economic growth could decline by 0.5% due to sanctions.
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Zimbabwe could miss its 6.4% growth target this year but the final number will not be as low as some international lenders predict, says its finance minister.
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Any dream of keeping what remains of Ukraine in Russia's sphere of influence has been shattered.
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George Osborne's long-term economic plan pushed off course again as coalition borrows more than expected in June The coalition government borrowed more than expected in June, putting Chancellor George Osborne further off course in his pl...
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The main employer body in South Africa's metals and engineering federation has accepted a government proposal to raise wages by as much as 10%.
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HMRC rakes in £898m in Stamp Duty Land Tax during June, the highest since November 2013
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Foreign ministers of the 28-nation European Union were likely to endorse a schedule of measures but delay imposing them.
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Monthly rents for condo-apartments in Canada’s most populous city have softened, according to data from the Toronto Real Estate Board
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone public debt rose to 93.9 percent of economic output in the first quarter of this year, approaching the peak it is expected to reach later in 2014, official data showed...
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Public finances show deficit of £11.37bn in June, up from £7.59bn in June 2013 and well above forecasts of £10.7bn
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The Workers' Association Union has warned that plans by Amplats to sell off mines will have a devastating effect on workers in the wake of the five-month strike.
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UK property sales in June hit their joint highest monthly total since the financial crisis began, figures show, but sales among young adults are low.
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France, Germany and Britain urged tougher penalties for Moscow after Malaysia Airlines disaster.
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IMF says country's unemployment levels are a "remarkable success".
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As the allocation from domestic fields falls short of requirement, urea manufacturing units are using imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) which costs nearly three times the delivered price of about USD 6.5 per million British thermal un...
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Move to help companies get listed on stock exchanges as well as raise funds for exchequer.
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Italian Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said on Tuesday the recent German economic data show that Europe's economy is much weaker than it was expected to be six months ago,...
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Running lean and efficient operations is key as consumers tighten their belts after the recent interest rate increase, says an expert.
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Former Uruguayan president Julio Maria Sanguinetti and founder of the Montevideo Circle Foundation said Mercosur was not created to become a fortress of hyper protectionism but rather to promote competition and integration with flexibili...
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Corporations, it turns out, really are people. And that could be very bad news for the rest of us.
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Former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso said that Mercosur has 'yet to crystallize as a customs union' and pointed to the common external tariff which is the founding stone but is "full of objections" as the main hurdle. Nev...
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Despite the stonkingly good economic growth, and the near-miraculous performance of the jobs market, the budget deficit remains horrifyingly large
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All summer, we're talking with out-of-work young adults about how they're making ends meet. Chrystina Gastlelum, 32, moved to Maine from New York City and tried to keep doing her job remotely.
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Bank of England officials led by Mark Carney, the Bank of England governor, are attempting to bridge sharp differences among leading G20 countries as they prepare a landmark set of proposals aimed at tackling the problem of “too big to f...
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Unions are set to hear a response from the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of SA on a wage proposal that could end an almost four-week strike.
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Global consumer confidence increases one index point to 97 in second quarter of 2014.
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Voting results due Monday will determine if Detroit can emerge quickly from the nation's largest municipal bankruptcy.
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Detroit's city workers and retirees have agreed to accept the city's debt adjustment plan, which would potentially clear the way to exit bankruptcy.
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The German economy likely stagnated during the second quarter as international tensions weighed on the country's industrial sector, the central bank says.
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The Japanese government has downgraded the nation's economic growth forecast for the current financial year to 1.2%, amid the impact of a tax increase.
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Argentina has asked a US judge to put an order requiring it to pay bondholders who did not participate in debt restructurings on hold.
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Argentina asked U.S. judge Thomas Griesa on Monday to put on hold an order requiring it to pay bondholders who did not participate in debt restructurings following the country's 2002 default, while it seeks a "global resolution."
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Argentina's current confrontation in New York with Judge Thomas Griesa and the holdout speculative funds brings up the issue of having resigned the sovereignty of Argentine courts at the time of negotiating or restructuring foreign debt.
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Venezuela confirmed Monday that its relations with China have become a fundamental pillar for making progress in almost all sectors of its economy. With a new portfolio of accords and almost 5.7 billion in loans, Beijing will provide sup...
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Kingdom's cabinet authorises overseas financial institutions to trade equities in Tadawul All Share Index.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - The jury is out on whether the exceptional monetary polices pursued worldwide have worked to stimulate activity in the real economy, rather than just encouraging risk-taking in...
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Chancellor George Osborne will announce £18m of funding for business projects he says could help create 30,000 jobs in the Glasgow area.