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  1. Bee Gees' Barry Gibb - the band are putting a Bee Gees medley together cramming in all of their classics

    by , 07-08-2016 at 07:46 PM
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    Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb has revealed plans for his first new solo release on 32 years. The new release will be titled In The Now and will mark his first solo effort since 1984's Now Voyager. The news comes at a busy time for Gibb, who also was recently invited to play live with Coldplay at the Glastonbury Festival.

    The band are putting a Bee Gees medley together cramming in all of their classics.

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  2. Is China Unicom's Entry Into Fintech Sign Of A Bubble?

    by , 07-08-2016 at 05:17 PM
    Fifteen years ago, some staid Chinese manufacturers got sexy by calling themselves Internet companies, and China Unicom's latest move into the very busy fintech sector harkens back to that era.

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    Chinese telecom operator China Unicom just held the opening ceremony for its financial company Unicom Group Finance Company Limited, and the China Banking Regulatory Commission Beijing Office issued a financial license to the company during the ...
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  3. Brexit - how will central banks respond

    by , 07-08-2016 at 01:12 PM
    Brexit poses another problem for central banks struggling to combat low productivity and high debt levels on the path to growth and armed with narrow policy options. How does Brexit affect them, how might they respond and what are they likely to do?

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    Bank of England
    "Some believe rates could be cut as early as next week, however others think the BoE will wait."

    US Federal Reserve
    "The US Federal Reserve began ...
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  4. Meet William Merritt Chase, The Man Who Taught America's Masters

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    In Chase's 1888 Hide and Seek, two young girls — sisters, perhaps — play on a vast shimmering hardwood floor, in a sparely-decorated room. A mysterious painting. Who is hiding? Who is seeking? Is it just a game? Or is the painting about growing up — the older girl approaching the door to adulthood, the younger one looking at her own future?

    Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper and George Bellows were very different artists, but they did have ...
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  5. Foxconn To Cut 7,000 Employees After Sharp Acquisition

    by , 07-08-2016 at 08:18 AM
    Following Foxconn's USD3.5 billion acquisition of Sharp, the Taiwanese company will position the new executive team in July to accelerate commercial application of Sharp patents, but it will also reportedly close Sharp's redundant and inefficient overseas businesses and cut 7,000 employees.

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    Terry Gou, founder and chairman of Foxconn, said at the company's annual general meeting that he plans to promote the commercial application of Sharp's ...
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