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A merger between the supermarkets would lead to higher prices, the UK competition watchdog says. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2GGlBu1 via Online Shopping

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Mr McEwan said he has "delivered the strategy" promised when he took over five and a half years ago. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Dz80CN via Online Shopping

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Data analysed by the BBC reveals rocketing number of listings amid debate over the effect on communities. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2W4akc5 via Online Shopping

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Protesters have glued themselves to each other and to the building in the City of London. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Dxabqz via Online Shopping

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Carlos Ghosn, who faces financial misconduct charges in Japan, is set be released from custody on bail. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2UWaMMU via Online Shopping

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The leaders' summit comes as China faces growing criticism over its massive infrastructure programme. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2vmBK1c via Online Shopping

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Having five teams doing well in the Champions League helped push clubs' total revenue up to £4.8bn. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2DxKFS1 via Online Shopping

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Entrepreneur Cara Sayer says the supermarket chain has copied her product, a claim it denies. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2DvZSmA via Online Shopping

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The social media giant said sales for the first three months of the year leapt 26% to $15.08bn from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Gv25PU via Online Shopping

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The US electric car and battery maker said it would return to profit in the third quarter. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Gyo7RF via Online Shopping

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Boeing still does not know how the crisis over the safety of its 737 Max jets will hit its financial performance. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2ISuWjV via Online Shopping

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Airline to stop passengers eating nuts on flights if other passengers suffer an allergy. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2vlgAQY via Online Shopping

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Petition started for McDonald's to stop their paper straw roll-out "as they dissolve in drinks". from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2ISfOD3 via Online Shopping

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A lettings agent and long-term resident give their take on how the growth of Airbnb and short term lets have changed Edinburgh. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2vmFbou via Online Shopping

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Global pork prices could rise sharply as African swine fever decimates China's pig population. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2W4bJPT via Online Shopping

Trump Escalates Confrontation With Democrats on House Inquiries

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Hours after his Treasury secretary again put off a House committee’s demand for the president’s tax returns and as another panel was considering a contempt charge for a former White House aide for refusing to testify, Trump said in an interview that he was against having past and present administration officials taking part in various congressional inquiries. “There is no reason to go any further, and especially in Congress where it’s very partisan — obviously very partisan,” Trump said in an interview with the Post that was published Tuesday night. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2XE6UgC via Latest News

Demoted and sidelined: Google walkout organizers say company retaliated

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Staff who organized mass protests say in internal letter their roles were changed after November 2018 demonstration Workers protest against Google on 1 November 2019 in Mountain View, California. Photograph: Noah Berger/AP They helped to organize an unprecedented global protest that saw tens of thousands of Google employees walk off the job in November 2018. Now two Google employees, Meredith Whittaker and Claire Stapleton, are alleging that Google is retaliating against them and other employee activists. “Google has a culture of retaliation, which too often works to silence women, people of color, and gender minorities,” reads a letter from Whittaker, Stapleton and 10 other employees that was published internally on Monday and seen by the Guardian. “Retaliation isn’t always obvious. It’s often confusing and drawn out, consisting of icy conversations, gaslighting, project cancellations, transition rejections, or demotions. Behavior that tells someone the problem isn’t that they stood u...

Iranian parliament labels entire US military as terrorist

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that labels all U.S. military forces as terrorist, state TV reported, a day after Washington ratcheted up pressure on Tehran by announcing that no country would any longer be exempt from U.S. sanctions if it continues to buy Iranian oil. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2GBrVmg via Latest News

Ex-USC soccer coach to plead guilty in college admissions scandal

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A former University of Southern California assistant women's soccer coach has agreed to plead guilty to engaging in a racketeering scheme in which she accepted bribes to help wealthy parents get their children into the school as part of the largest college admissions scandal in U.S. history. Laura Janke, who worked at USC until 2014, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiring to commit racketeering, according to a plea agreement filed in federal court in Boston on Tuesday. "Full House" star Loughlin has pleaded not guilty, while "Desperate Housewives" actress Huffman is due to plead guilty on May 21. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2Pre30W via Latest News

Bernie Sanders says felons, even Boston Marathon bomber, should have right to vote in prison

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Bernie Sanders offered his stance at a CNN town hall Monday when asked whether he thought felons should be allowed to vote while they’re incarcerated. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://yhoo.it/2UyrWLQ via Latest News