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Samsung will begin sending out new Galaxy Note 7s as early as next week

Hoping to hang on to customers, the company will offer a $25 credit as well. Recode reports.

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Amazon and Starbucks pay less tax than sausage stall, says Austria

International firms like Amazon and Starbucks pay less tax in Austria than a local sausage stall, the country’s Chancellor Christian Kern tells a newspaper.

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Kenya caps the cost of bank loans

In Kenya the cost of borrowing has come down because the government has passed a law limiting how much banks can charge customers for loans.

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New students face tricky choice of bank

New students risk being blinded by deals – such as discounts on fashion brands – when choosing a bank account rather than guarding against debt.

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Samsung’s phone woes may not directly benefit Apple

The smartphone market isn’t cinched for Apple, even after Samsung issued a punishing recall of its iPhone rival, experts said.

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Yum to sell a stake in its Chinese holdings

Yum Brands is selling a stake in its Chinese division to Primavera Capital and Ant Financial as the company prepares to separate the Chinese unit from the main business.

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Auction halves number of Greek private TV stations

The number of privately owned TV networks in Greece has been halved to four after a government auction of new licences.

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Apple tax: Irish cabinet to appeal against EU ruling

Ministers agree to appeal against European Commission ruling that Ireland granted €13bn of undue tax benefits to Apple.

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Brexit has ‘demystified the European Union’: Polish finmin

Brexit may have changed attitudes to the EU continent-wide, the Polish Finance Minister told CNBC.

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Rough diamonds

Five Botswanans tell the BBC’s Lerato Mbele about their working lives in Gaborone.