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Andy Webb from Be Clever with Your Cash on The News Review 03/02/17

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Andy Webb from Be Clever with Your Cash on The News Review 03/02/17
Sarah Lowther was joined by blogger Andy Webb from Be Clever with Your Cash. Today on the agenda, they discussed proposals to make switching bank accounts easier. Plus they look into Supermarkets rationing vegetables due to a supply shortage. All these stories and more on The News Review.
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Ryan Heath, Senior EU Correspondent at POLITICO Europe outlined what the White Paper said

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Share Radio Morning

Ryan Heath, Senior EU Correspondent at POLITICO Europe outlined what the White Paper said
The Prime Minister is in Malta for a summit with EU leaders to discuss the UK's plans to leave. Her trip comes the day after her strategy was set out in a White Paper. Sarah Lowther was joined by Ryan Heath, Senior EU Correspondent at POLITICO Europe.
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Ryan Heath

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Share’s Juliette Foster on the latest market headlines

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Share Radio Morning

Share’s Juliette Foster on the latest market headlines
Joining us to discuss what the main market headlines of the morning are is Share Radio's very own Juliette Foster. A busy morning of company announcements starting with Ryanair - It's traffic statistics for January are out. The company we used to know as Zoopla have changed their name. And Sports Direct has bought an 11% state in French Connection.
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Juliette Foster

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Are we entering a new era of strike action as we move into 2017?

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Share Radio Breakfast

Are we entering a new era of strike action as we move into 2017?
There is widespread concern after British Airways and the Post Office joined Southern Rail in striking over the Christmas period. According to the latest figures by the Office for National Statistics, 281,000 days were lost to strike action up until the end of October 2016, which is over 100,000 more days than the same time last year. Share Radio’s Matt Cox investigated this new era of strike action with industrial action expert Professor Chris Rowley, Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, University of Oxford, and Professor Emeritus at Cass Business School.
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Matt Cox, Professor Chris Rowley

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Fed expected to raise funds rate by 25bps - Professor Peter Rupert joined us to discuss

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Share Radio Breakfast

Fed expected to raise funds rate by 25bps - Professor Peter Rupert joined us to discuss
The market is heading into the last US Federal Reserve meeting of the year almost certain that the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) will raise the Fed fund rate by 25 bps, from current 0.25% to 0.50%. Professor Peter Rupert, Department of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Former Senior Economic Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank joined Share Radio to discuss.
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Chris Bailey, Professor Peter Rupert

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Japan's government to forecast economy growth of around 1.5 percent

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Share Radio Breakfast

Japan's government to forecast economy growth of around 1.5 percent
Japan's government is set to forecast real economic growth of around 1.5% and nominal growth of about 2.5% for the next fiscal year from April. This according to two government officials involved in the projection process told Reuters. The projections have not yet been finalised and can change slightly by the time the government announces the figures on Dec. 20. Seijiro Takeshita, Professor of Management and Information at University of Shizuoka, Japan, joined Share Radio to discuss.
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Chris Bailey, Dr Seijiro Takeshita

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What will Iran’s deal with Boeing mean for the aerospace industry?

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Share Radio Breakfast

What will Iran’s deal with Boeing mean for the aerospace industry?
Iran's state airline says it's signed a $16.6 billion deal with US aircraft maker Boeing. Iran Air will buy 80 passenger planes as part of a 10-year deal, in the biggest business agreement between the US and Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. So is this the first big sign of a thawing relationship, or will matters be complicated by President-Elect Trump's indication of anti-Iranian policies? Matt Cox spoke to Howard Wheeldon, Founder of Wheeldon Strategic Advisory, to find out more.
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Matt Cox, Howard Wheeldon

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UniCredit announces plans to cut 14,000 jobs by 2019 – Bruce Packard talks Italian banking

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Share Radio Breakfast

UniCredit announces plans to cut 14,000 jobs by 2019 – Bruce Packard talks Italian banking
Italy's largest bank, UniCredit, has announced plans to cut 14,000 jobs by 2019. It may also say it will raise €13 billion euros in the country's biggest share issue, to clean up its balance sheet and boost longer-term profitability. The move comes at a troubled time for Italian banks and the economy, with the country's third-largest bank, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, at risk of failure. Bruce Packard is a Senior Analyst at bank rating and advisory organisation, Lafferty Group, and he joined Share Radio Breakfast to discuss.
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Paul Sedgwick, Bruce Packard

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Why is the UK building 15% fewer homes than it was prior to 2008?

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Share Radio Breakfast

Why is the UK building 15% fewer homes than it was prior to 2008?
The UK is building 15% fewer homes than it was in the five years before the downturn in 2008, according to a new report by Carter Jonas that has laid bare the disjointed residential construction industry. For more on this, Lee Layton, a Research Analyst at Carter Jonas, joined Share Radio Breakfast to offer an insight into the research.
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Paul Sedgwick, Paul Layton

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Barclays exits retail banking in Europe – Jeremy Cook looks at the decision & what it will mean

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Share Radio Breakfast

Barclays exits retail banking in Europe – Jeremy Cook looks at the decision & what it will mean
Barclays has agreed to sell its French retail banking operations to European private equity firm, AnaCap Financial Partners. This follows the UK bank’s decision to sell its credit arms in Spain and Portugal. The bank says it's going to focus on its core markets in the UK and US. So is this the Barclays equivalent of Brexit? Share Radio’s Matt Cox spoke to Jeremy Cook, Chief Economist from World First, to find out more about the decision and what it will mean.
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Matt Cox, Jeremy Cook

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