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Ready for a diamond celebration

Newmarket Journal - Thu, 23/05/2013 - 09:53

The Journal can now reveal the youngster who will be crowned princess at this year’s 60th Soham Carnival, alongside her two attendants.

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Boy, 4, freed from vending machine

Newmarket Journal - Thu, 23/05/2013 - 09:43

A four-year-old boy found himself in a tight spot after getting his arm stuck in a vending machine.

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‘We want new school at St Felix’

Newmarket Journal - Thu, 23/05/2013 - 09:30

The group planning to open a free school in Newmarket would like to build it on the former St Felix Middle School site.

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Plans approved for new Tesco and Morrisons in Newmarket

Newmarket Journal - Thu, 23/05/2013 - 09:27

Plans for new Tesco and Morrisons stores in Newmarket were given the green light yesterday.

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JGB yields surge, markets spooked by Bernanke remarks

Reuters UK Business News - Thu, 23/05/2013 - 04:55
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Japanese government bonds plunged on Thursday, taking yields to their highest in a year and leading a selloff in bonds globally after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's remarks sparked worries of a reduction in U.S. monetary stimulus.

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China HSBC flash PMI hits seven-month low, fans growth fears

Reuters UK Business News - Thu, 23/05/2013 - 03:36
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity shrank for the first time in seven months in May as new orders fell, a preliminary survey of purchasing managers showed, adding to concerns that a recovery in the world's second-largest economy is sputtering.

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China eases forex rules in special economic zones

Reuters UK Business News - Thu, 23/05/2013 - 03:18
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's foreign exchange regulator said on Wednesday that it will simplify regulation of foreign currency transactions for companies operating in China's special economic zones, as Beijing moves to liberalise the yuan.

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Samsung says fast-selling Galaxy S4 sales hit 10 million

Reuters UK Business News - Thu, 23/05/2013 - 03:16
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co said sales of the latest version of its flagship Galaxy S smartphone have reached 10 million since its launch in late April, making the model its fastest selling smartphone.

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Ford to close Australia auto plants

Reuters UK Business News - Thu, 23/05/2013 - 01:59
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it is closing its two Australian auto plants and will cease production in the country in October 2016.

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Apple, former Washington wallflower, now at centre of tax fight

Reuters UK Business News - Thu, 23/05/2013 - 00:05
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For years, Apple Inc kept a low profile in Washington as it grew into one of the most valuable companies in the world. Now the iPad maker has taken the lead, perhaps inadvertently, on a top priority for U.S. business: simplifying America's tax code.

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U.S. Justice Department tells lawmakers no bank is too big to jail

Reuters UK Business News - Wed, 22/05/2013 - 23:47
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Justice Department official insisted on Wednesday that no financial company is too big to jail, in the department's latest effort to backpedal from statements made in March by Attorney General Eric Holder.

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Bernanke says more progress needed before stimulus pullback

Reuters UK Business News - Wed, 22/05/2013 - 22:39
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus is helping the U.S. economy recover but the central bank needs to see further signs of traction before taking its foot off the gas pedal, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday.

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UK, France to join resource transparency initiative

Reuters UK Business News - Wed, 22/05/2013 - 22:33
GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - The UK and French governments will join a global initiative that will require oil and mining firms to comply with new disclosure measures aimed at tackling corruption, Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday.

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IMF urges UK to spend more to fund investment

Reuters UK Business News - Wed, 22/05/2013 - 22:13
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government should spend more now to fund investment and steer its economy back to recovery, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, a call unlikely to be heeded by Chancellor George Osborne.

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ECB can expand its tools to fight crisis - board member

Reuters UK Business News - Wed, 22/05/2013 - 22:08
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank could expand its policy toolkit if needed to battle deflation risks, a top ECB official said on Wednesday, adding that the central bank was also weighing measures to encourage more lending in the euro zone.

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Ireland says will not be U.S. "whipping boy" on tax

Reuters UK Business News - Wed, 22/05/2013 - 20:57
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's finance minister said the country would not be the "whipping boy" for what he called a flawed U.S. Senate report that said Irish loopholes helped technology giant Apple shrink its tax bill.

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Ireland says working on new post-bailout economic plan

Reuters UK Business News - Wed, 22/05/2013 - 20:54
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's finance minister said on Wednesday he planned to issue a long-term economic plan aimed at keeping the country on track after the strictures imposed by a bailout are removed next year.

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Italy steel businessman Riva probed for tax evasion - sources

Reuters UK Business News - Wed, 22/05/2013 - 20:23
ROME/MILAN (Reuters) - Milan prosecutors are investigating the chairman of Italian steel group Riva for tax evasion and police have seized 1.2 billion euros of cash from a tax haven, judicial sources said on Wednesday.

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Europe targets Switzerland in fight against bank secrecy

Reuters UK Business News - Wed, 22/05/2013 - 20:15
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe edged closer to lifting banking secrecy on Wednesday after Austria said it was ready to share data on foreign depositors but Vienna's support could fade should efforts to strike a similar deal with Switzerland fail.

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European smartphone users face huge price disparities - study

Reuters UK Business News - Wed, 22/05/2013 - 20:11
PARIS (Reuters) - Smartphone users in European countries served only by large groups such as Vodafone Group Plc and Telefonica SA pay twice as much for services as consumers in more competitive markets with an independent "challenger" operator, according to research.

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