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Artist JMW Turner to appear on England’s new £20 currency note

  Margate / AFP The artist J M W Turner will appear on the new £20 note, Bank of England governor Mark Carney announced. The new design will include Joseph Mallord William Turner’s self-portrait and his 1838 oil painting “The Fighting Temeraire”. “Turner is perhaps the single most influential British artist of all time,” Carney said. “His work was transformative, ...

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EDF to sell $4.5bn of shares to bolster balance sheet

  Bloomberg Electricite de France SA plans to sell about €4 billion of new shares and deepen cost cuts to bolster its finances as the company works to decide whether to move forward with a controversial nuclear power plant project in the U.K. EDF will submit a plan for the capital increase by the closing date of its 2016 accounts, ...

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Trade deal foes plan major German rally on eve of Obama visit

  Hanover / AFP Opponents of a proposed transatlantic trade deal hope to draw tens of thousands onto German streets Saturday, on the eve of a visit by US President Barack Obama. Obama’s trip — to open an industrial technology fair in the northern city of Hanover and hold talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel and other European leaders — was intended ...

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