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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Shoppers walk past the UK supermarket Asda, in Leeds, Britain, October 19, 2020. REUTERS/Molly Darlington/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) - British supermarket chain Asda could be merged with petrol forecourts business EG Group under plans being explored...

Logo and flags of Bayer AG are pictured outside a plant of the German pharmaceutical and chemical maker in Wuppertal, Germany.Wolfgang Rattay | ReutersCompany: Bayer AG (BAYRY)Business: Bayer AG is a 55-billion euro German multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company. It...

MI5 repeatedly refused to investigate evidence that an alleged Russian spy was attempting to cultivate influence with senior Conservative politicians and channel illegal Russian funds into the party, a Tory member has alleged in a new complaint lodged with the...

Mstudioimages | E+ | Getty ImagesTo maintain your standard of living in retirement, the rule of thumb is you need to be able to replace at least 70% of the income you had while you were working.But many retirees fall...

GM CEO and Chairman Mary Barra and LG Chem Vice Chairman and CEO Hak-Cheol Shin at the automaker's battery lab in Warren, Mich., where the companies announced a new $2.6-billion joint venture on Dec. 5, 2019.GMDETROIT – General Motors and...

Auto Mania's largest indoor heated swap meet | Video | wfmz.com  69News WFMZ-TV READ SOURCE...

Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, has announced that he got married to his long-term partner on his 93rd birthday.The retired astronaut celebrated his birthday on Friday and said on Twitter that he “tied the knot”...

Bitcoin hit highs of $23,342 on Binance, with a breakout above $22k extending year-to-date gains. BTC price is up 30% in a month and has recovered 47% since the decline to $15,500 lows. Short liquidations were around $376 million in...

Thrifty and eco-friendly consumers seeking to make do and mend rather than splash out on new threads are being credited with boosting sales of darning equipment and clothing repair products including patches, colour dye and thimbles.The trend to mend means...

NHS England's chief executive says extended industrial action is "clearly having an impact". READ SOURCE...

Information and Broadcasting Secretary Apurva Chandra made a strong pitch for big-tech aggregators to share a part of their revenue with publishers of digital news, who generate original content. In a message sent to the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA)...

The doctor: ‘Some of our colleagues are relying on food banks’Vassili Crispi, 25, LeedsI am originally from Italy, but came to the UK to study at medical school. I wanted to make a difference in people’s lives, and have been...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is looking to adopt cryptocurrency in a ‘major role’ in its trading policies, according to a report by Bloomberg. Speaking with Bloomberg Television in Davos, Switzerland – where the World Economic Forum is currently being...

The year 2022 saw 24.5 million sq ft of industrial & warehousing demand, up 8% on a YoY basis across the top 5 cities in India. The average quarterly leasing during 2022 remained strong at 6.1 mn sq ft from...

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A representation of bitcoin is seen in an illustration picture taken on June 23, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (Removes extraneous word in para 3) (Reuters) - rose 2.3% to $23,199 at 10:07 GMT on Saturday, adding $521...

I suppose it’s a shame that a local conservative letter writer may not be aware of the number of available reliably conservative news media outlets (“A closer look at media ‘bias’ claims”, ER Opinions, 1/19/23).  In his words – “So we...

The greenhouse gas emissions of the United Arab Emirates rank among the highest globally on a per capita basis, an uncomfortable metric for the petrostate striving to be a green leader as host of the UN COP28 climate summit this...

High up in Mallorca’s spectacular Tramuntana mountain range, the picturesque village of Deià is a Mediterranean idyll that has been a magnet for artists and bohemians for more than a century. There is no beach to speak of nearby, which...

Climate campaigner Timothy Crosland has been disbarred after disclosing a draft Supreme Court judgment which had been circulated under embargo. Crosland, called by Inner Temple in 1994, appeared before a disciplinary tribunal on charges of professional misconduct brought by the...

The claimant firm which led a successful Court of Appeal battle over personal injury damages has expressed delight at the ruling. But concerns have been expressed across the claimant and defendant sector that the long-awaited judgment fails to give the certainty...

Five industry experts have selected five companies and Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) as part of FNB Wealth and Investments’ top stock picks for 2023 – Mondi, Shoprite, Bidcorp, Glencore, and Balwin Properties. Top professionals in the investment world selected these stocks,...

This article is an online version of our Scoreboard newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every SaturdayBill Foley is not wasting any time. The US billionaire made his first move into football just...

The RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch takes place on January 27-29 (Pictures: Getty)Calling all budding birdwatchers and avid twitchers – the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch returns from Friday, January 27 to Sunday, January 29. The charity invites everyone across the UK...

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THE process of claiming benefits can be challenging, but one expert explains how you can make the most of your application. Benefits are there to help people who have found themselves in difficult situations get that extra financial support. 1Paul...

Londoners have been badly hit by a bug that “feels like Covid but isn’t”, research shows.Research from INEOS Hygienics suggested hundreds of thousands of people were off work last week.Over half of people surveyed said they had felt “the most...

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: An image of Elon Musk is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (NYSE:) has about 2,300 active employees,...

Fixed deposit (FD) investors are a happy lot thanks to rising interest rates. Back-to-back repo rate hikes by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) since May 2022 to fight against inflation, have pushed banks to increase interest rates of fixed...

The Tory Party chair is facing fresh questions about claims he tried to avoid paying millions in tax. READ SOURCE...

© Reuters. BTC Surges 7.68% As the Crypto Market Cap Surpasses $1 Trillion The global crypto market cap has surpassed $1 trillion.Santiment tweeted that BTC’s price broke above $22,7k.BTC’s price currently rests on the support level at $22,496.55. The global...