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Thursday, April 26, 2018

Globalisation and Knowledge

https://www.ft.com/content/1bdcf69c-470c-11e8-8ee8-cae73aab7ccb?segmentId=778a3b31-0eac-c57a-a529-d296f5da8125
Posted by Ian Tay at 1:20 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Developing Countries, Developing Economies, Development, Global Development, Globalisation, Technology

Friday, March 2, 2018

Trump's new tariffs could make beer, cars and baseball bats more expensive

http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/01/news/economy/trump-steel-aluminum-trade/index.html?sr=fbCNN030118economy0144PMStory (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Posted by Ian Tay at 1:20 AM 0 comments
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Labels: China, Free trade, international trade, Protectionism, Tariff, USA

George Osborne's original deficit reduction target finally achieved but more than two years late

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/george-osborne-deficit-reduction-target-budget-austerity-chancellor-coalition-a8234341.html 
Posted by Ian Tay at 12:42 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Austerity, Budget Deficit, Fiscal Policy, Government Borrowing, Government Deficit, Government Spending, Tax

Monday, January 29, 2018

Pioneering Britain has a rethink on privatisation

https://www.ft.com/content/b7e28a58-f7ba-11e7-88f7-5465a6ce1a00?emailId=5a65e329f3e8d400040bb21d 
Posted by Ian Tay at 3:59 AM 0 comments
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Labels: OFWAT, Price Capping, Privatisation, Profit Capping, Regulation, Regulator, RPI-X, UK

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Airbus chief lays into US protectionism, Boeing and Brexit

https://www.ft.com/content/6d518b12-fa42-11e7-9b32-d7d59aace167
Posted by Ian Tay at 12:40 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Airbus, Airplanes, Boeing, Free trade, Globalisation, Protectionism, USA

Thursday, December 14, 2017

Walt Disney buys Murdoch's Fox for $52.4bn

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42353545?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook
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Labels: Anti-Competitive Practices, Competition, Competition and Markets Authority, Competition Commission, Mergers, Takeover

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Tesco takeover of Booker gets go-ahead

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41966480
Posted by Ian Tay at 1:04 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Acquisitions, Booker, CMA, Competition, Competition and Markets Authority, Mergers, Takeover, Tesco, Vertical Integration

Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Sky says it could shut Sky News if Fox takeover blocked

https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/sky-says-could-shut-sky-news-fox-takeover-195452908--finance.html
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Labels: Acquisitions, Anti-Competitive Practices, CMA, Mergers, Takeover

Thursday, November 2, 2017

First UK interest rate rise in 10 years - from 0.25% to 0.5%

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41846330
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Labels: Bank of England, Economic Growth, Inflation, Interest Rates, Monetary Policy

Friday, September 15, 2017

The UK may not be the only victim as Brexit hits Frankfurt housing

https://uk.yahoo.com/finance/news/uk-may-not-only-victim-080700152.html
Posted by Ian Tay at 1:01 AM 0 comments
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Labels: Brexit, Finance, Germany, Housing, Housing bubble, United Kingdom

Pound jumps as Bank of England hints at rate rise

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41266528
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Labels: Bank of England, Currency, Exchange Rates, Monetary Policy, Pound, United Kingdom

Thursday, September 14, 2017

James Murdoch says Fox-Sky deal is test of Brexit claims

https://www.ft.com/content/0208b184-993d-11e7-a652-cde3f882dd7b
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Labels: Acquisitions, Brexit, CMA, Competition, Competition and Markets Authority, Government Intervention, Mergers, Regulation
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2020 A-Level Economics Examination Dates

PAPER 1: 18th May 2020 AM

PAPER 2: 2nd June 2020 AM

PAPER 3: 8th June 2020 AM

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