Image copyright Getty Images UK retail giant Tesco has agreed to sell its operations in Thailand and Malaysia for ($10.6bn) £8bn. The supermarket chain has 2,000 stores across both countries, under the Tesco Lotus brand, and is selling them to Thai conglomerate CP Group. Chief executive Dave Lewis said the sale would allow Tesco “to […]
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The BNP Paribas Open, the near-major tennis tournament set to begin this week in the California desert, won’t be played as scheduled after a case of coronavirus was confirmed in the Coachella Valley. It’s the largest U.S. sporting event to be called off over concerns about the spread of the disease. The South by Southwest
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While little academic research has been done on female vice presidents, there’s plenty of data from business and economics that suggests women are more likely to be overlooked for chief executive positions and other top jobs. As in politics, it’s harder for assertive, ambitious women to be seen as likable, and easier to conclude they
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WASHINGTON — It was a blunt warning about the dangers of youth vaping: Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced late last month that his state had joined 38 others to investigate whether Juul Labs, the nation’s largest electronic cigarette company, promoted and sold its nicotine-heavy products to teens. It was a moment Juul had worked
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Image copyright Getty Images / Sony PlayStation Video game The Last Of Us is being turned into a TV series – and it’s going to be made by the man responsible for Chernobyl. Craig Mazin, who made HBO’s nuclear hit, will work with Neil Druckmann – the PlayStation game’s creator – to bring the series
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Image copyright Getty Images A Chinese firm is set to complete its takeover of British Steel on Monday. Jingye Group previously said that it would save more than 3,000 jobs in Scunthorpe and Teesside and modernise the towns’ steelworks. The firm reportedly offered £50m to buy the company after it collapsed and was placed under
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Elvis Merzlikins made 26 saves in his return after missing four games with a concussion, and the Columbus Blue Jackets held off the Vancouver Canucks for a 2-1 victory March 9, 2020, 6:47 AM 4 min read VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Elvis Merzlikins made 26 saves in his return after missing four games with a
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Ethiopian investigators are expected to release an interim report this week on the crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8 jet that killed 157 people March 9, 2020, 7:01 AM 3 min read Ethiopian investigators are expected to release an interim report this week on the crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8 jet that
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China has been accused of covering up information, silencing doctors and failing to warn the public in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak. Questions have also been raised about whether the spread of the disease could have been halted more effectively if the authorities had been more open. The head of the World Health
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Image copyright PA The Department for Work and Pensions has lost more employment tribunals for disability discrimination than any other employer in Britain since 2016. BBC Panorama found the DWP lost 17 of 134 claims of discrimination against its own disabled workers from 2016-19. And it paid out at least £950,000 in both tribunal payments
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