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Go big or go home: will more mergers follow the £11bn Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management deal?

Ed Bowsher
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Share Radio Afternoon

Go big or go home: will more mergers follow the £11bn Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management deal?
In an £11 billion pound deal, Standard Life will acquire Aberdeen Asset Management to create the UK's largest fund management group. Together the firm would oversee investments worth £660 billion. But is this the start of more mergers to come? Senior market analyst at London Capital Group, Jasper Lawler, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to dissect the deal.
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Jasper Lawler

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Trump tweets phone tapping allegations

Ed Bowsher
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Share Radio Afternoon

Trump tweets phone tapping allegations
President Trump's latest Twitter outburst has seen him accuse former President Obama of tapping the phones at Trump Tower during the election but evidence for the claims is yet to emerge. Jason Reifler, professor of Political Science at Exeter University, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher for more on the story.
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Jason Reifler

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General Motors 'wants out of Europe', takes £1.9 billion PSA life raft

Ed Bowsher
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Share Radio Afternoon

General Motors 'wants out of Europe', takes £1.9 billion PSA life raft
The Vauxhall and Opel brands will be sold off by General Motors for £1.9 billion to French car giant PSA - the company behind Peugeot and Citroen. What does the deal mean? And why will a hard Brexit be 'very damaging' for UK car industry? Share Radio's Ed Bowsher spoke with David Bailey, Professor of Industry at Aston Business School.
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David Bailey

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Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management's £11bn tie-up creates UK's biggest asset manager

Ed Bowsher
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Share Radio Afternoon

Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management's £11bn tie-up creates UK's biggest asset manager
Standard Life will acquire rival Aberdeen Asset Management for £3.8bn - the move would create the UK's largest fund management group, managing £660bn in assets with an £11bn market capitalisation. Why has the deal been done? Share Radio's Ed Bowsher was joined by Ken Odeluga, market analyst at City Index, for more on this, plus GM sells its European brands Vauxhall and Opel, Informa's revenue rises 11 percent and possible tax rises in this week's budget.
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Ken Odeluga

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Fillon under fire as Sarkozy steps in

Ed Bowsher
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Share Radio Afternoon

Fillon under fire as Sarkozy steps in
Francois Fillon's campaign to be French President has come under further pressure after former President Nicolas Sarkozy called for an emergency meeting with Fillon. For more Share Radio's Ed Bowsher was joined by Aarti Shankar, policy analyst at Open Europe.
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Aarti Shankar

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Vodafone to help 1,000 career-break women get back to work

Ed Bowsher
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Share Radio Afternoon

Vodafone to help 1,000 career-break women get back to work
Vodafone today announced that the company will help 1,000 career-break women return to frontline and managerial roles over three years - part of a programme called Reconnect. For more on this, Share Radio's Ed Bowsher was joined by Anna Johnstone, an Executive Coach with Women Returners.
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Andrea Johnstone

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Services index slows: blip or long-term problem?

Ed Bowsher
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Share Radio Afternoon

Services index slows: blip or long-term problem?
Figures for the UK service sector showed their second consecutive monthly decline - they're still positive but for how long? And what does it tell us about GDP? And the US is likely to raise rates soon - what impact is this having on markets? Jamie McGeever chief markets correspondent at Reuters joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to discuss the day's big economic stories.
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Bitcoin value surpasses gold for the first time

Ed Bowsher
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Share Radio Afternoon

Bitcoin value surpasses gold for the first time
Jasper Lawler, Senior Market Analyst at London Capital Group, joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to talk about the value of bitcoin hitting a new record high and overtaking the price of gold for the first time yesterday.
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Jasper Lawler

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Number of workers on zero hour contracts reaches record high

Ed Bowsher
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Share Radio Afternoon

Number of workers on zero hour contracts reaches record high
According to leading think tank The Resolution Foundation, the number of people on zero hour contracts in the UK has reached a new high. Share Radio's Ed Bowsher was joined on the line by Andrea Broughton, Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Employment Studies.
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Andrea Broughton

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"SNP will keep flipping the coin until it turns up heads" says Telegraph's Asa Bennett

Ed Bowsher
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Share Radio Afternoon

"SNP will keep flipping the coin until it turns up heads" says Telegraph's Asa Bennett
Asa Bennett, Assistant Comment Editor at the Telegraph joined Share Radio's Ed Bowsher to discuss Theresa May's latest speech to the Scottish Tory Party in which she made a strong defence of the union and accused the SNP to sacrifice it for an independence "tunnel vision".
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Asa Bennett

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