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Rugby union team Wasps announces £35m bond scheme
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Dollar rallies weakening euro and pound, but gold and silver up on value buying; yen down after Fitch action.
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Election 2015: Small businesses urge Britain to let Conservatives 'finish what they started'
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EE revenues drop 1.1% ahead of BT takeover
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Nepal earthquake: Global community will have to bank-roll relief and reconstruction
The global community will have to bank-roll relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction plans in poverty-stricken Nepal.
Asian markets round-up: Shanghai and Australian bourses hit seven-year highs
Chinese shares soared on hopes of stimulus, announcements about corporate mergers and investment in infrastructure.
Deutsche Bank wants to cut $3.8bn in costs after profits halve
Deutsche Bank handed record €2.5bn fine for interest rate rigging last week.
HSBC considering spinning off UK retail operations and reviving old Midland bank
Spin-off could speed up exit of HSBC from UK amid move to shift headquarters.
Russian hackers read Barack Obama's emails during White House cyber-attack
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Downing Street to oppose potential foreign takeover bids for BP
Downing Street's warning to BP comes as Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell reached deal to buy UK-based BG Group for $70bn.
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Brazil's real is up 12% and Russian rouble near a five-month high while the Swedish krona is still close to a six-year low.
Nepal earthquake: IMF aid likely as toll reaches 3,200
Nepal eligible for assistance fromIMF's new Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust.
Central banks watch: FOMC, Sweden, BoJ, RBNZ, Israel, Brazil, Mexico, Russia and Thailand to set rates; RBA's Stevens to speak
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Election 2015: Mansion tax 'squeezing the rich is a dangerous game' says property expert
Labour proposal to tax UK houses worth £2m would have severe economic costs, according to expert.
Crude oil futures trade mixed amid lower US drilling activity and Yemen conflict
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Gold prices: Market awaits hints from US Fed Reserve on timeline for rate hike
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True cost of owning a super yacht
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Apple Watch in UK: Higher iPhone adoption and app addiction likely to help drive sales
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Sony's profit expected to more than quadruple after painful restructuring
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Greek talks with EU reach boiling point as Athens fails to come up with acceptable reforms for €7.2bn loan
Yanis Varoufakis warns that his country won't be bullied and might leave euro.
Autonomy founder Mike Lynch calls HP's $5.1bn lawsuit against him 'a bizarre PR war of words'
Lynch describes legal battle with HP over Autonomy as not much more than a PR battle.
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FTSE 100 climbed after Europe's biggest bank HSBC said it was considering relocating from the UK.
Greece: Yanis Varoufakis says eurozone talks have progressed
Finance minister criticised some plans but spoke of talks 'improving' over past few weeks.
Cost of renting homes in England and Scotland rises by 2.1% says ONS
London saw the biggest rise on a regional basis with renting going up by 3.2%
Comcast pulls out of Time Warner Cable deal
Deal would have created a new internet and cable giant in the US.
David Cameron and Ed Miliband react to HSBC headquarters move
David Cameron said his ruling Conservative party had taken steps to reinforce London's position as the 'world's leading financial centre'.
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