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Uber in 'early talks' to buy Deliveroo

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UAE airlines Emirates, Etihad deny media report they may merge

According to IATA statistics, Emirates is the world's fourth largest airline by passenger numbers, behind American, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines. That...

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Tesco launches new budget supermarket to rival Aldi and Lidl

The UK's largest retailer has struggled to compete in recent years as cheaper supermarket chains such as Lidl and Aldi have clawed away market share. Tesco ...

Comcast outbids Fox with $39 billion offer for Sky in auction

Comcast beat Rupert Murdoch's Fox in a rare blind auction process set by the UK's Takeover Panel. Comcast's final offer was significantly higher than its bid ...

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Audi E-Tron model: Its first ever all-electric SUV

Audi unveiled the E-Tron, a battery-powered crossover that's due to hit showrooms later this year, during a big Monday night bash in Tesla Inc's backyard. It ...

Barclays customers struggle to access online accounts

Barclays Bank users have been locked out if their online, mobile and telephone banking in a major glitch today. Meanwhile, HSBC is carrying out routine essent...

Maine restaurant sedates lobsters with marijuana

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Israel reinforcing nuclear sites due to threats from Iran

At an IAEA conference in Vienna on Tuesday, the director-general of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission slammed Iran for its threats against Israeli nuclear fac...

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The 156-year-old insurer will not convert existing life insurance policies into the Vitality program until 2019, according to Reuters . The points are tran...

Inquiry into Lakes rail chaos says "no-one took charge"

Timetables have been rewritten a couple of times since then in repeated efforts to retrieve the situation. ORR and Inquiry Chairman, Professor Stephen Glaist...

Equifax fined £500000 for 2017 Customer Security Breach

The UK fined Equifax £500,000 ($660,000) on Thursday for failing to protect the personal data of up to 15 million citizens in the 2017 cyberattack . Equifax ...

Dow’s 100th record close since Election Day

The S&P 500 closed at a record for the 89th time Thursday since the election, and numerous S&P 500 component stocks set records. The S&P 500 closed at 2,9...

ASIC stops misleading ICOs and crypto-asset funds targeted at retail investors

ASIC was granted new powers in April to take action against prospective ICOs under consumer law where there is evidence of misleading or deceptive conduct....

US ‘very, very close’ to Mexico-only NAFTA deal: White House

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Farmer Says Raising Milk Prices Won't Help Fight The Drought

A furious farmer has slammed the supermarkets for not doing enough as both Coles and Woolworths announce a milk levy to help drought-hit workers. Today, Woolw...

China's Alibaba Scraps Plan to Create 1M US Jobs

Citing the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China, Mr Ma told China's Xinhua news agency: "There is no way to complete the promise". Jack Ma, has said ...

Walmart warns President Trump trade war with China could force prices up

That penalty will rise to 25 percent beginning January 1. Walmart said the tariff would impact prices of everything from food products to beverages and person...

Tesla Model 3 Sedan Aces All of US Safety Agency's Crash Tests

NHTSA also called out the Model 3's safety technology as being top-shelf. The Tesla Model 3's ratings from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration....

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'Hurt, anger, displeasure': Liberals blindsided by MP's defection

Haluza said Alleslev's decision is one he and countless Liberal volunteers are struggling to understand, especially after they gathered more than 100 signatures...

Theresa May faces Brexit crisis at European Union leaders reject her Chequers proposals

Chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier said Tuesday that the EU is ready to adapt its proposal on the Irish border in order to "de-dramatize" the issue. But f...

The EU tells Theresa May her Chequers Brexit plan 'will not work'

Despite reports of a friendly spirit at a summit in Salzburg, Austria, the fundamental differences remained. Turning to the future trade deal, May said: "Th...