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Hurricane Irma Saint Martin

Hurricane Irma has inflicted $1.4bn of damage in St Martin and St Barts alone

By Gaurav Sharma

France's public insurance agency puts huge costs on damage to both island communities.

BNP Paribas

French bank BNP Paribas loses multimillion pound UK tax avoidance case

The bank tried to get a tax exemption from claiming an artificial loss on purchase and sale of dividends.

By Staff Reporter

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Last night of the Proms

Attorney General asked to investigate Royal Albert Hall over marked-up ticket prices

Charity Commission had previously voiced concerns over the commercialisation in the private sale of tickets.

By Dan Cancian

Blockchain

EY and industry participants launch world's first marine insurance blockchain

The blockchain platform is the first of its kind in the insurance industry built on Microsoft Azure global cloud...

By Gaurav Sharma

sevastopol rosneft

Oil price rise due to 'weaker dollar and not Opec pact', says Rosneft boss

Russian majority state-owned company's CEO Igor Sechin says Opec deal has 'no impact' on market.

By Gaurav Sharma

Thomas Cook

Thomas Cook dispute sparks first UK airline pilots' strike in over 40 years

Dispute between the union and airline escalated after pilots complained of deteriorating pay and working conditions.

By Gaurav Sharma

British pound sterling street

Pound surges to 5-week high against dollar despite mixed UK economic data

British currency also holds firm against major crosses as concern grows over strength of the euro.

By Gaurav Sharma

Glencore selling most of its stake in Russia's Rosneft to Chinese company

FTSE 100 miner to divest stake a mere nine months after buying it in conjunction with Qatar Investment Authority.

By Associated Press

Mirror express

Daily Mirror publisher in talks to buy Daily Express and Daily Star in £130m deal

Trinity Mirror in talks to purchase Northern & Shell titles outright from Richard Desmond.

By Dan Cancian

Commuters

Demand for staff at UK firms hits 28-month high

Survey finds 'significant shortage' of candidates to fill blue collar jobs.

By Karthick Arvinth

An Uber taxi on fire

Uber urges South Africa to curb taxi driver violence

Drivers using the Uber app had their taxis petrol-bombed in Johannesburg.

By Associated Press

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Bookbound Brigade

How Italy plans to storm the video game industry by giving developers freedom to create

By Ben Skipper

London Stock Exchange

'Plus ça Change'? Britain's equity market regulation in the post-Brexit era

By Richard Beresford

F1 Italian Grand Prix

Heineken dedicating 'substantial resources' to promote responsible drinking

By Gaurav Sharma

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Andy Goode

Not your average default swap: Ex-England star Andy Goode on his switch from rugby to currency trading

By Dan Cancian

Sam Smith FinnCap

'AIM-ing' high: Why FinnCap CEO Sam Smith is upbeat on UK Plc

By Gaurav Sharma

Eduardo Leite

London's legal market will thrive after Brexit, says Baker McKenzie's Chairman Emeritus

By Gaurav Sharma

Bob Dudley BP

Era of $100 oil price was an aberration says BP's Bob Dudley

By Gaurav Sharma

Bango CEO Ray Anderson

Meet Ray Anderson: The man letting you pay for online shopping via your phone bill

By Dan Cancian

Blockchain-for-good startup Stellar launches partnership grant programme

By Ian Allison

Microsoft acquires Simplygon

Synechron joins Microsoft Azure Blockchain Council

By Ian Allison

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Luxury apartments, supercars and concierge services – how to spend your cryptocurrency gains

By Ian Allison

Daniele Nouy

Top ECB official says central bank working on licensing rules for fintech

By Gaurav Sharma

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State of Blockchain Report: Digital assets leave equities, gold and property in the dust

By Ian Allison

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Imperial College examines crypto-economic flaws in ICO tokens

By Ian Allison

Blockchain company ConsenSys launches $50m venture capital arm

By Ian Allison

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