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Today's question on Share Radio Morning: Do you prefer using cash or card? This comes as it's claimed more than 8000 free-to-use cash machines in the UK could be removed, or people might be charged to withdraw money.

Georgie Frost was joined on the line by Financial journalist Ruth Jackson. Today on the agenda, they discussed HRMC helping out the super-rich. Plus they look into free-withdrawal ATMs charging for each cash withdrawal transaction. All these stories and more on The News Review.

Share Radio Morning's Georgie Frost was joined by Ryan Heath, Senior EU Correspondent and Associate Editor at Politico Europe, live from Brussels. They began with latest news from European Parliament and what the reaction is there to President Trump.

A busy morning of company announcements, starting with Tesco, who've announced a big merger. And It's been a difficult week for BT Group. After the accounting scandal in its Italian division, they've announced their 3rd quarter results.

The fourth quarter US GDP figures have been released, which tell us how the US economy is performing. Figures came out at 1.9% annualised rate in the final three months of 2016, weaker than the rate that economists forecasted. Wall Street had expected the world’s biggest developed market to expand at a 2.2% pace, compared with 3.5% in the third quarter. Michael Hewson, Chief Market Analyst at CMC Markets, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher for his immediate reaction.

Analysis has looked into the state of the UK economy, six months after the Brexit referendum. Financial research centre, Capital Economics, has released new data. Gavin Oldham, the founder of Share Radio and the Share Centre, sat down with Ed Bowsher to run through the highlights.

Share Radio's Simon Rose brings you Market Wrap, a roundup of what's been happening in the bourses and businesses of Britain and the world. To help contextualise the day's events, Simon was joined by Share Radio's senior analyst Ed Bowsher. They talked about UK's economy growing faster than expected, the pound dropping below $1.26 while the FTSE 100 turned flat, The Royal Bank of Scotland setting aside a further $3.8bn to cover fines in the US, and the 9% fall in operating profits for Sky due to the rising cost of the Premiere League's broadcast rights.

Last week we heard Amazon topped a customer service poll. Jo Causon, chief executive of the Institute of Customer Service talked to Georgie about how the overall level of customer satisfaction has increased, BUT customers say they’re having to work harder to complain and companies are being urged to ensure staff have the right skills and attitude to deal with complaints.

Britain's economy grew by 2 % in 2016 but will the growth continue into 2017? While in Europe, Spain backs early trade talks in Brexit negotiations. And the Royal Bank of Scotland has earmarked a further $3.8bn (£3.1 billion) to cover US fines for mis-selling subprime mortgage securities, taking the total figure to £6.7bn. Michael Hewson, Chief Market Analyst at CMC Markets, spoke to Share Radio's Ed Bowsher on these and all the day's big economic news.

John Lees is a careers expert & author who has written the book on the dreaded job interview. To find out more about how to rapidly improve your interview performance, whether you're a first-time job seeker, career-changer, or returning after a break , Georgie was joined by John Lees, author of Knockout Interview.