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US retail giant Walmart will team up with Japan’s Rakuten to launch a new online grocery delivery service. Customers will place orders through Rakuten, which will then be fulfilled by the joint venture. The operation – to launch later this year –

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Four of the BBC’s leading male news presenters have agreed to take a pay cut after revelations over equal pay. Jeremy Vine, John Humphrys, Huw Edwards and Jon Sopel have all agreed, either formally or in principle, to reduce their salaries. It follows Carrie

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Any time we want to chill our drinks, we can reach into the freezer for ice cubes. But what did people do before freezers came along? Millions bought ice from the so-called “Ice King”, an American called Frederic Tudor. He became a multi-millionaire by

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During winter when the nights are long and days short, getting up for work in the dark and coming home in the dark can be grim. Some of us succumb to the January blues, leading to increased illness, reduced productivity and a general feeling of melancholy. But can

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Six out of ten broadband customers endured slow service or had their connection stop working altogether last year, according to Citizens Advice.It wants the government to appoint a telecoms consumer advocate to help promote the case of fed-up customers.The advocate

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The number of drivers breaking down after hitting potholes has seen a “concerning” rise, according to the RAC.The RAC saw an 11% jump in breakdowns caused by poor quality roads in the last three months of 2017.The firm blamed snow and icy conditions, and

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Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has called for a fundamental change in ministers’ tone on Brexit, accusing UK negotiators of being “cowed by the EU”.The Eurosceptic backbencher said in a speech that “close alignment” with the EU after Brexit

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The billionaire investor George Soros has criticised tech “monopolies” such as Facebook and Google, calling them a threat to democracy.At his annual dinner at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mr Soros warned that social media platforms were

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Media playback is unsupported on your device President Donald Trump has predicted a “tremendous increase” in UK-US trade, after talks with Theresa May.He also said the US and UK were “joined at the hip” on military matters, while Mrs May said

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More big firms have been caught up in the problems of meat supplier Russell Hume.Hilton Hotels said that a “small number” of its hotels have disposed of products from the meat supplier.Russell Hume is the subject of an investigation by the Food Standards

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