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UK approves Daniel Kretinsky’s £5.3 billion bid for Royal Mail parent, FT reports
THE British government has approved Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky’s £5.3 billion (S$9 billion) takeover of Royal Mail owner…
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Proposed California law would require warning labels on social media
Victoria Hinks watched her daughter get sucked into the dark sides of social media, and she couldn’t pull her out. “We tried to take her…
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Button batteries pose deadly risks to children. Doctors want them to be made safer
The round batteries, small as buttons and shiny as coins, are prized for the energy they pack at their size. In households, they have…
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Burger King parent Restaurant Brands misses sales estimates on muted demand
RESTAURANT Brands missed estimates for quarterly revenue on Tuesday (Nov 5) due to weak demand across key businesses such as Tim Hortons,…
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$1.80 dinners and budget clothes? The spread of frugality is hurting China's economy
TAIPEI, Taiwan — China’s 1.4 billion consumers once spent with enough abandon to help drive the global economy. Now one of the hottest…
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Justice Department sues TikTok for allegedly violating child privacy laws
The legal pressure on TikTok just got more intense. The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday sued TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance…