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LONDON (AP) — British antitrust regulators cleared Amazon’s buy of robotic vacuum maker iRobot on Friday, however the $1.7 billion deal nonetheless faces scrutiny within the United States and Europe. ...

The liquidation of public firm holdings by Odey Asset Management, the crisis-hit hedge fund, has gathered tempo with the sale of a multimillion pound stake in Wagamama’s mother or father firm.Sky News has learnt that Odey offered roughly 2% of The Restaurant Group (TRG) on Thursday to Oasis Management, which has been pushing for an overhaul of the informal eating chains operator. The buy takes Oasis's stake in TRG to about 14.5%, in keeping with insiders.It is the newest in a slew of stake gross sales by Odey because it battles to include the fallout from a litany of sexual assault claims towards founder Crispin Odey.In the previous week, it has offloaded or lowered positions in automobile vendor Pendragon, electrical items retailer AO and Plus500, the web buying and selling ...

Betfair has admitted it "should have done more" to guard a father-of-two who took his personal life whereas within the grip of a "pervasive" playing habit, an inquest has heard.Luke Ashton, 40, died on 22 April 2021 after being "consumed" by on-line playing.He misplaced £5,000 in a single month simply earlier than he took his personal life and had beforehand gambled as much as 100 instances a day - together with early within the morning and late at night time whereas his spouse, Annie, was in mattress.He averaged 55 bets a day in January 2019 - rising to a peak of 1,229 in March 2021, when he deposited £2,500 in a single day.Mr Ashton took out loans totalling £18,000 in 2019 then gambled to attempt to clear the money owed, a listening to on the coroner's workplace for Leicest...

BEIJING — Canada’s finance minister says it's suspending exercise with a Chinese-founded growth financial institution whereas it investigates complaints by a Canadian who resigned from the lender that it's dominated by “Communist Party hacks” and his nation shouldn’t be a member. ...

Tesco has reported "encouraging early signs" that grocery inflation is beginning to ease whereas revealing a leap in gross sales.The UK's largest retailer stated there was a slowdown in value progress throughout the market and it was persevering with to give attention to worth for its prospects. The firm up to date on its efficiency because the meals sector faces regulatory scrutiny on its pricing.It isn't obliged to provide revenue figures in its first quarter replace however stated UK like-for-like gross sales, excluding gasoline, rose 9% to £10.8bn within the 13 weeks to 27 May.Tesco reiterated its present steering for profitability over the total 12 months, which means there was no improve regardless of the sturdy gross sales progress. The firm stated that information con...

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe has reported document tobacco gross sales because the southern African nation reestablishes itself as one of many main growers on the planet, and but the small-scale Black farmers now promoting their crop principally to China are “heavily indebted” and seeing “minimal” advantages, in keeping with an affiliation that represents their pursuits. ...

In a significant breakthrough in contract talks, Teamsters and UPS negotiators have agreed so as to add air-conditioning models to among the firm’s older supply autos which have solely followers. ...

MADISON, Wis. — A proposal to control marriage ceremony barns in Wisconsin as a part of an overhaul of the state’s liquor legal guidelines gained bipartisan help Thursday, advancing because the Republican-controlled Legislature strikes swiftly to enact the sweeping invoice. ...

Insider Group staff have reached a take care of the publication to finish the longest open-ended strike in on-line information historical past. The ...

If there’s one terrific solution to get children keen on attempting new meals, understanding the place meals comes from, and selecting produce over chips (at the least among the time), it’s a visit to the farmers market. ...