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One third happy to ditch cash as Europe looks to digital future

  Bloomberg Cash may still be king for most Europeans, but more than one in three would be happy to abandon it altogether. Twenty-one percent of people already rarely carry physical notes or coins, with 1 percent saying they haven’t needed to for at least year, according to a survey of almost 15,000 people by ING. More than half of …

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May plans tougher take-over rules to protect pensions

  Bloomberg Prime Minister Theresa May is set to impose new restrictions on company take-overs in the UK as part of a plan to protect workers’ pensions from “unscrupulous” bosses. If re-elected in June, May’s Conservatives will give authorities the power to block such deals and launch criminal prosecutions of company bosses who put pension schemes at risk, the party …

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United blunder prompts airlines to throw cash at their problems

  Bloomberg For US airlines, doing right this week meant plunking down cold, hard cash. United reached a settlement with a passenger who was dragged off a plane and bloodied. It also said it would pay as much as $10,000 to passengers who agree to give up their spots, following a similar move by Delta. Southwest said it would stop …

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