Quick quiz of the week's news #17

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How much do you remember about some of this week's key stories?

1. Companies could be forced to funnel how much into their final salary pension schemes over the next decade because of ultra-low interest rates and QE a) £150bn b) £250bn c) £350bn Read the story here 2. The European Union has given what start date for the Solvency II framework? a) December 2014 b) June 2015 c) January 2016 Read the story here 3. The Bank of England said in August it could take as long as three years for the unemployment rate to drop to 7%. The Bank now says that this threshold could now be reached as early as when? a) Q4 2014 b) Q4 2015 c) Q1 2016 Read the story ...

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