• 15,000-home garden city to be built

  A garden city with an initial 15,000 homes will be built at Ebbsfleet in Kent, Chancellor George Osborne announces.

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• Stocks: All eyes on Ukraine and the Fed

  Investors will be closely watching developments in Ukraine early next week as the standoff between Russia and the West could intensify. They'll then turn to the Fed.

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• 3 Attractive Large-Cap Stocks That Have Raised Payouts By At Least 15% A Year For The Last 5 Years

  By Arie Goren: Companies that regularly increase dividends are generally more stable. Increasing dividends is the assurance that dividend income retains its purchasing power over time. I consider that besides dividend yield, the consistency and the rate of raising dividend payments are the most…

• UAE, Abu Dhabi roll over $20 billion of Dubai's debt

  DUBAI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi and the central bank of the United Arab Emirates have agreed to refinance $20 billion of debt that was extended to the Dubai government as emergency aid during its financial crisis and comes due this year, the state news agency said on Sunday.

• China's Alibaba picks U.S. for IPO

  Although the company is little-known in the U.S., Alibaba's debut is expected to rank among the largest ever initial public offerings.

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• Warning over shortage in UK of engineers

  Four out of five manufacturers are experiencing recruitment difficulties and two-thirds of those say this is because candidates lack technical skills

• Independent advisers muscle in on M&As

  Advisory boutiques have more than doubled their share of the market since 2008, accounting for seven of the top 20 fee earners, according to Dealogic

• Rainmakers set up in London

  Simon Robey's relationship with some of the UK's biggest boardrooms is such that many of his clients would follow him wherever he went