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1. BBC's Nolan sheds three stone as 'LA beach body' dream alive
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... has been on a weight loss mission for the past three months and charting his progress online,.... Read Full Article  ...

2. Online fashion retailer Boohoo's pre-tax profit jumps 38%
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Turnover was up 37% in the UK and 64% in international markets. The figures showed that revenue at Booho's PrettyLittleThing sub-brand grew 107% to 374.4 million and Nasty Gal saw sales rise 96% to 47.9 ...

3. BBC's Nolan sheds three stone as 'LA beach body' dream alive > BBC presenter Stephen Nolan is fighting fit after shedding more than three stone in as many months.
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... has been on a weight loss mission for the past three months and charting his progress online,.... Read Full Article  ...

4. Birmingham-based Gambling Commission set to investigate astonishing case
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An accountant who blew £125,000 on online casinos has hit out at the betting companies for allowing her to continue gambling. The 42-year-old said online casinos LeoVegas and Casumo continued to shower ...

5. Desperate accountant 'lost £125k after online casino allowed her to keep gambling' Birmingham Mail
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An accountant who blew £125,000 on online casinos has hit out at the betting companies for allowing her to continue gambling. The 42-year-old said online casinos LeoVegas and Casumo continued to shower ...

6. Secret ‘dark web’ apps that are luring your children online
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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - Do you know what your children are doing online? According to a 2015 Pew Research Center study, 73 percent of teens have access to smartphones. Cyber security expert Lisa Good says ...

7. Online casino firms allowed addicted woman, 42, to rack up £125,000 debts in massive gambling sprees
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Casumo only sent her an email about her betting 11 hours afterwards. Her account was only suspended, having wasted another £7000, when she told a customer adviser she felt 'suicidal'. The company emailed ...

8. Online casinos ignored my obvious signs of addiction, says gambler
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Games on offer at Casumo. The company failed to block Katie’s account until she contacted it to say she felt suicidal. Photograph: Casumo. A problem gambler who lost £125,000 with the online casinos LeoVegas ...

9. Comedian Brian Regan bringing stand-up act to Des Moines
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... office and online. Regan, who visits close to 100 cities each year, is currently on a two-special deal with Netflix. Read Full Article  ...

10. Week ahead in business and finance
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... Online fast fashion giant Boohoo has managed to avoid the sales slowdown that knocked investor confidence in arch rival Asos. Read Full Article  ...

11. Comment on Did ISIS help plot the carnage? With suicide vests, Christians targeted on a religious holiday and a brutal contempt for civilian lives, the Sri Lankan bombings bear all the hallmarks of the terror group by Dilrook
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Courtesy Mail online 207 people died, including five Britons, and 450 were injured in Sri Lankan blasts; 13 suspects were arrested but no nation or group has claimed responsibility; The attack bears the ...

12. Online drive to help boost Bean and Goose chocolate sales
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Luxury chocolate firm Bean and Goose has raised €200,000 to help drive online sales, writes Trish Dromey. For Easter, Wexford company Bean and Goose has crafted a few thousand chocolate hares and geese ...

13. Online drive to help boost Bean and Goose chocolate sales
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Luxury chocolate firm Bean and Goose has raised €200,000 to help drive online sales, writes Trish Dromey. For Easter, Wexford company Bean and Goose has crafted a few thousand chocolate hares and geese ...

14. Retail therapy: Neiman Marcus staff on Instagram, Dallas' Gardenuity, Walmart's checkout carousels
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... Salesfloor that allows them to post their ideas online with links that send shoppers to .... Read Full Article  ...

15. Rethinking terrorist violence - Samuel Bezzina
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On March 15, Australian lone-wolf assassin Brendan Tarrant slaughtered 50 Muslims in and around two mosques in Christchurch, chillingly recording New Zealand’s worst terror attack online. Blurring his ...