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The chief executive of Currys PC World and Carphone Warehouse is leaving to join High Street chemist Boots.Dixons Carphone confirmed the departure of its boss Sebastian James, just days before it reports its results for the Christmas period.Last month, the firm warned

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The Republican-controlled Senate’s bid to avert a US government shutdown is teetering on the brink of collapse as it races against a midnight deadline.The House of Representatives voted 230-197 on Thursday night for a budget bill to extend funding until next

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Amazon has raised the price of monthly Prime memberships in the US by $2 to $12.99 (£9.40), in a bid to push more people to an annual plan.The annual cost of Prime, which includes two-day shipping and video streaming, was unchanged at $99.Amazon said the change does

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Dignity, the UK’s only publicly-owned funeral business, is cutting the price of its “simple” funeral by 25% to just under £2,000 amid growing competition. It says this, and a freezing of prices for some other services, will mean profits for 2018 will

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Shares in floor coverings specialist Carpetright have plunged 40% after it warned that full-year profits would be much less than expected.It blamed the profit alert on a “sharp deterioration” in UK trade, with sales in the key post-Christmas period

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Coca-Cola has announced a pledge to recycle a used bottle or can for every one the company sells by 2030.Calling it a “massive global ambition” the firm admitted its part in littering the environment and a responsibility to tackle the problem.The company,

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Net firms are getting better at removing illegal hate speech, according to the European Union.Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Microsoft all took place in a voluntary EU scheme to monitor their platforms for a six-week period at the end of 2017.On average they removed

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UK retail sales fell by 1.5% in December compared with November, the biggest monthly fall since the EU referendum, official figures show.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said many shoppers had shifted spending to November to take advantage of Black Friday

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Following Zambia’s cholera outbreak last year, the government has moved to clear street markets in a bid to curb the spread of the disease. But many street traders say their livelihoods are suffering and have been protesting at the authorities’ actions.

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Asda and Aldi are to ban the sale of energy drinks to children under 16 from early March. The move comes after Waitrose announced that customers buying drinks after 5 March could be asked to show ID.Asda has become the first of the “big four” supermarkets

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