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German football may be having its annual winter break, but in the marketing departments of the Bundesliga’s top clubs, work is well under way preparing for the summer tour. And for the last few years that has meant trips to Asia.German clubs have, by their own

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The House of Fraser department store chain has confirmed that it is seeking to reduce rents on some of its stores.The retailer confirmed that it had written to some landlords asking for their “support”.The move, first reported by Sky News, suggests that it

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US employers added fewer jobs than expected in December, capping a year of slowing jobs growth.Non-farm payrolls rose by 148,000 last month, amid losses in the retail sector, the Labor Department said.But the unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%, the lowest it has

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Deutsche Bank will take a €1.5bn (£1.3bn) charge following changes to the US tax code, meaning it will not make a profit for 2017.The bank said its trading revenue in the fourth quarter also declined about 22% year-on-year, amid lower market volatility and less client

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Billions of disposable coffee cups are thrown away in the UK every year, with most ending up in landfill sites.Coffee shop owners are under mounting pressure to do more to stop that from happening.MPs are calling for a 25p “latte levy” on disposable coffee

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A musician who made a 10-hour long video of continuous white noise – indistinct electronic hissing – has said five copyright infringement claims have been made against him.Sebastian Tomczak, who is based in Australia, said he made the video in 2015 and

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Toshiba’s troubled nuclear division, Westinghouse Electric, is set to be acquired by a Canadian company in a deal valued at $4.6bn (£3.4bn).The deal, which was announced by Westinghouse, would resolve the fate of a business that has weighed on the future of the

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Media playback is unsupported on your device Mustard maker Colman’s is to leave its base in Norwich where the condiment has been produced for 160 years.Colman’s, which employs 113 people at its site in the city, will move its production to Burton-on-Trent

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Waitrose is to ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children aged under 16.The supermarket said customers buying drinks containing more than 150mg of caffeine per litre would be asked to prove their age from 5 March.It follows concerns over the impact of

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