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it s been a long week for barclays‘ ceo jes staley and it ends with him fooled into replying to an email he thought was sent by the bank s chairman but was actually from a prankster. we ll tell you what he wrote later, but first we want to know have you ever sent an email to the wrong person? just use #bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. we start in europe s economic powerhouse, because in the last half hour germany has released gdp figures for the first three months of the year, and they show an economy that s accelerating. it grew 0.6% on the previous quarter. that translates to an annual rate of 1.7%. it s being fuelled by global demand for the country s exports, like cars and machinery. but it s not all cause for celebration. let me show you why. last year germany clocked up its biggest ever trade surplus, that s how much more it exports than it imports. at $275 billion, germany has one of the biggest trade surpluses in the world. it s a source of tens ....
One of the volunteers, Omosolape Olagunju came to Ireland from Nigeria, and she said Fermoy is a very calm and peaceful place for her children, who . ....