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JGBs dive, dollar index hits three-year high on Bernanke comment
By Masayuki Kitano. SINGAPORE | Thu May 23, 2013 2:59am BST. SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Japanese government bond prices dived and 10-year JGB futures tumbled a full point, prompting the Tokyo Stock Exchange to temporarily suspend trade as the ...
Bernanke says bond buying could slow  Financial Times
US could slow pace of bond buying as early as next month  The Independent
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Market Report: Morrisons on shelf after shares sell-off
The supermarket chain Morrisons enjoyed a day in the sun last week after it unveiled a 25-year, �170m licensing deal with Ocado to help it launch food online next year.
Head of Waitrose Mark Price refuses to meet me, says Ocado chief Tim Steiner  Telegraph.co.uk
Morrisons shares slide as investment manager sells out  The Guardian
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Thursday Papers: IMF urges Osborne to spend on big projects
Financial Times: The International Monetary Fund has called on George Osborne to boost infrastructure spending urgently to help fuel Britain's economic recovery, but to the relief of the Treasury toned down its previous critique of the chancellor's fiscal ...
Relief for Osborne at last as IMF spots signs of recovery and welcomes ...  Daily Mail
IMF pulls its punches on UK economic policy  Financial Times
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�410million profits at the power giant fined for misleading customers
Profits at the energy giant SSE surged by 28 per cent on the back of a cold winter that left millions struggling to heat their homes.
SSE profits soar after price hikes and long winter � but tariffs to rise again  The Independent
SSE in legal bid over Glendoe hydro scheme  Herald Scotland
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Nationwide chief warns Help to Buy scheme could harm first time buyers
The boss of Britain's biggest building society says a government scheme could make it even harder for first-time buyers to bag a home.
First-time buyers lift Nationwide  Scotsman
State-backed mortgages bolster Nationwide  Financial Times
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Cable & Wireless Communications to end era with relocation
Cable & Wireless Communications, the telecoms group that traces its history back to the early days of the British empire, is to leave the UK after more than 140 years and move its headquarters across the Atlantic.
Cable & Wireless Communications revenues down on Caribbean tourism slump  Telegraph.co.uk
CWC will move base out of UK after disposals  CITY A.M.
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Sterling slides as retail sales soften
As unsettled weather and rising food prices put off shoppers, retail sales volumes including fuel sank 1.3pc month-on-month, confounding economists' forecasts for flat sales.
UK retail sales slump as shoppers balk at higher prices and cold weather  The Guardian
Canada Retail Sales Weaker than Expected in March  Wall Street Journal
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Ministers approve plans for world's biggest wave farm in Western Isles
Full consent has been given for a 40MW farm off the north-west coast of Lewis - enough to power nearly 30,000 homes. Wave energy firm Aquamarine Power said it would begin installing its Oyster devices in the next few years, once grid infrastructure is put in ...
World's biggest wave energy farm off Lewis gets go-ahead  Herald Scotland
Irishman behind world's largest wave farm  Irish Times
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London blocks calls for livestock levy repatriation
The prospect of Scotland getting its hands on �1.4 million of livestock levies annually going into the English meat promotion board slipped away this week with Whitehall rejecting the Scottish Government's latest claim to the cash.
Farmers hit by extreme weather urged to apply to �6m scheme  Herald Scotland
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Analysis: Marine energy hampered by costs
THE renewables industry often talks about Scotland's marine energy sector as �world-leading� and it is announcements like this from Aquamarine Power that help prove the point.
Scotland warned independence could cost billions in renewable subsidies  The Guardian
UK Warns Scotland That Independence Would Bring Renewables Uncertainty  Wall Street Journal
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