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Morning Money: 24: The launch of a new daily newspaper

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Morning Money: 24: The launch of a new daily newspaper
A new daily newspaper named '24', is to launch across the north of England and south west Scotland. The paper will be published by Cumbria-based, the CN Group, and will go on sale on June the 20th priced at 40p. So how will this new paper fare? David Helliwell, Group Editorial Director at Cumbria Newspapers Group, talked about the prospects for the new publication.
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Paul Sedgwick, David Helliwell


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Morning Money: “Blockchain will do to finance, what containers did to shipping”

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Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: “Blockchain will do to finance, what containers did to shipping”
Peter Randall, CEO of London start up SETL, talked about blockchain and its impact on financial institutions. SETL is launching ‘the world's first commercial platform for using blockchain technology to register and settle securities transactions’. Peter discussed the platform.
Guests:

Chris Bailey, Peter Randall


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Morning Money: Big tech companies sign up to new EU code of conduct fighting hate speech

Nigel Cassidy
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Morning Money at 7:00

Morning Money: Big tech companies sign up to new EU code of conduct fighting hate speech
An online “code of conduct” aimed at fighting hate speech has been launched by the European Union in conjunction with four of the world’s biggest internet companies. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft have all been involved in the creation of the code, which is particularly aimed at fighting racism and xenophobia across Europe. Chris Green is a tech journalist and consultant, and he looked at the rules.
Guests:

Chris Bailey, Chris Green


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Morning Money: Nuclear weapons run by 1970s computers

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Morning Money: Nuclear weapons run by 1970s computers
Should we have been surprised to learn this week that the US nuclear weapons force still uses a 1970s-era computer system -- complete with 8-inch floppy disks. Younger listeners may not even know that a floppy is a 1970s- era magnetic storage medium -- a thin disc sealed in a rectangular plastic carrier which you stuck in your computer. Anyway, the very idea that mission- critical ballistic missiles and nuclear bombers were being run on an old IBM computer, got us thinking about how much ancient computer technology is still in daily use out there. And why. Prof. Alan Woodward, University of Surrey technologist, joins Nigel Cassidy
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Prof. Alan Woodward


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Morning Money: Comic industry booming as fans gather for London Comic Con

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Morning Money: Comic industry booming as fans gather for London Comic Con
MCM London Comic Con starts today, the largest gathering of comic fans in Europe with over 80 thousand visitors. And today comic books have super powers, thanks to franchising. There's a spate of superhero movies being released by massive studios and raking in millions in profits - not to mention all that merchandising and spin off products. Rich Prinn is from the world's largest science fiction, fantasy and cult entertainment retailer Forbidden Planet. He told Matt Cox nobody quite expected the boom in comics to be this big
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Rich Prinn


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Morning Money: G7 Summit kicks off today

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Morning Money: G7 Summit kicks off today
Heads of states are gathering in Japan today to mark the start of this year's G7 Summit. The major industrialised nations -- that's Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States -- will debate the big issues facing the world. Concerns about the health of the global economy and Europe's refugee crisis are inevitably going to be at the forefront of many of the discussions. Matt Cox has been hearing from Nick Beecroft, Chief Economist at HP Economics to find out more about what economic issues will be on the table.
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Nick Beecoft


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Morning Money: UK Steel's Gareth Stace joins us ahead of planned pensions overheaul

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Morning Money: UK Steel's Gareth Stace joins us ahead of planned pensions overheaul
Ministers will announce plans later to allow an overhaul of British Steel pensions. The changes would slash billions of pounds from the scheme's liabilities, but are likely to mean a cut in workers' benefits.
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Gareth Stace


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Morning Money: Everyone likes to look good. Share Radio takes a look at the UK's beauty industry

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Morning Money:  Everyone likes to look good. Share Radio takes a look at the UK's beauty industry
What's the secret that keeps the Beauty industry glowing when other sectors wrinkle? The Beauty UK Trade Fair was in Birmingham over the weekend, experts and industry professional gathered to see the latest products and developments inside the sector. Matt Cox has been looking at the Beauty industry's market defying growth at times, and asking how robust it really is underneath the face-mask. He spoke to retail analyst and expert Rodney Hobson to find out more...
Guest:

Rodney Hobson


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Morning Money, Finance Ministers meeting ahead of G7

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Morning Money, Finance Ministers meeting ahead of G7
G7 finance ministers and central bank heads meeting and the upcoming G7 Summit. Share radio talks to Alex Lydall, forex broker at Foenix Partners about what they might talk about
Guest:

Alex Lydall


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Morning Money: What changes have been made to the tobacco industry?

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Original Broadcast:

Morning Money at 8:00

Morning Money: What changes have been made to the tobacco industry?
Cigarettes are being sold in the UK in standardised green packaging with explicit images from today, under new rules designed to cut the number of smokers. It comes after the world's four largest tobacco firms lost a legal challenge against the Government's new plain packaging rules at the High Court on Thursday. Ben Southwood, Head of Research at the Adam Smith Institute, discussed tobacco legislation and the changes to e-cigarettes.
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Ben Southwood


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