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UK pension funds take on leveraged loans in search for yield
ReutersBy Sarah Mortimer LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - UK pension funds are dipping a toe into the specialist market for high yielding but risky bank loans in an effort to offset poor returns in their traditional investment portfolios. After years of slow...Tags: Pension and Welfare, Politics, Banking, Interior Policy, Finance
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COLUMN-Carbon capture faces scale dilemma: Gerard Wynn
Reuters(The author is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.) By Gerard Wynn LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - European policymakers face a difficult decision on building carbon capture and storage (CCS) - saving money in the long run requires...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Petroleum Industry, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Refill olive oil bottles in restaurants? Forget it, says EU. Too unhygienic and fraud-prone
Associated PressBRUSSELS (AP) — The small glass bottle filled, and refilled, with golden olive oil has long been a staple on many restaurant tables across Europe. Now, the European Union is going to ban it. The European Commission, the EU's executive, said...Tags: Politics, Consumers, International Organizations, European Union
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Bankers see M&A recovery after deals drop 7 percent so far in 2013
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - A drop in European takeovers has depressed global merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity so far this year, but bankers see activity picking up as a rally in stocks and bonds helps compensate for a prolonged euro-zone recession. The...Tags: Stock Market, Bank of America Corp., Banking, Central Bank, S&P 500
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Europe's car market snaps 18 month losing streak in April
ReutersFRANKFURT, May 17 (Reuters) - Europe's ailing car market snapped a streak of 18 straight months of declines last month, expanding slightly thanks to robust demand in the UK, calendar effects and a historically weak April last year. New car...Tags: Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Services and Shopping, Chevrolet, Fiat, Auto Trends
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Even Cavendish surprised by fourth stage win
ReutersCHERASCO, Italy, May 17 - A series of small but challenging climbs late on Friday's stage of the 2012 Giro d'Italia could not stop Britain's Mark Cavendish taking his fourth stage win and second in two days. Italy's Vincenzo Nibali remained overall...Tags: Cadel Evans, Ryder Hesjedal, Giro d'Italia, Bradley Wiggins, Italy
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COLUMN- Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
Reuters(Jack Shafer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Jack Shafer May 17 (Reuters) - Journalists gasp and growl whenever prosecutors issue lawful subpoenas ordering them to divulge their confidential sources or to turn over potential...Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, Television Industry, The Associated Press, Barack Obama, Politics
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1000 GMT, May 14
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- WASHINGTON - Britain's ruling Conservatives will unveil a draft bill on Tuesday that could make Prime Minister David Cameron's promise of a referendum on Britain's European Union membership legally binding. - - - - WASHINGTON -...Tags: China, Politics, Political Corruption, Government, Pakistan
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British team hails new embryo selection method for IVF success
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - British fertility experts have devised a new IVF technique that takes thousands of snapshots of a developing embryo that they say can help doctors pick those most likely to implant successfully and develop into healthy babies. At a...Tags: In Vitro Fertilization, Science and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics, Trials, Litigation
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In Bangladesh rubble, the prices of profit
Reuters* Orders found in rubble reveal price of retail profits * Clothes sold in West for up to 10 times factory cost * Industry under pressure to tighten safety controls By Sarah Morris MADRID, May 14 (Reuters) - Order dockets found in the rubble of a Dhaka...Tags: China, World Bank Group, Loblaw Companies Limited, Sweden, Health and Safety at Work
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Emeli Sande wins two top UK singer-songwriter awards
ReutersBy Paul Casciato LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - An invitation from the White House robbed Emeli Sande on Thursday of the chance to celebrate the latest mark of her success in an unstoppable rise to the front ranks of British female singers. The Scottish...Tags: Human Interest, Anna Karenina (movie), Calvin Harris, Plan B (music group), Adele (music artist)
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John le Carre's 'A Delicate Truth' isn't gentle with war on terror
John le Carré's novels have responded brilliantly to the absence of the Cold War, which was, from 1963's classic "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" to "The Secret Pilgrim" in 1990, their traditional domain. In one sense, though, whether set before or...Tags: Values, Literature, Book, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief
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