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Microsoft buys gaming firm Activision Blizzard for £50bn
Microsoft is buying gaming company Activision Blizzard for 68.7 billion dollars (£50.5 billion), gaining access to bloc...
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UK jobs market shrugs off Omicron as number of payrolled workers soars to record
Britain’s jobs market strengthened further last month despite the Omicron variant of coronavirus hitting the UK and th...
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B&M’s billionaire brothers sell £230m stake
The billionaire brothers who built up discount retailer B&M into a nationwide chain have sold more than a quarter of the...
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Google announces £762m investment to buy UK office site
Technology giant Google is investing around £762.5 million in buying a site in London where it is currently a tenant....
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Just Eat orders jumped a third in 2021
Fast food delivery giant Just Eat Takeaway.com saw orders jump by a third in 2021 as the pandemic kept up demand for eat...
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Making a home insurance claim ‘can drive up policy costs by more than 50%’
Making a single home insurance claim can drive up the cost of a policy by more than 50%....
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Christmas jumper proves hit for Lidl as festive sales rise
Strong demand for Lidl’s Christmas jumper has helped the discount supermarket chain notch up record numbers of festive...
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Virgin Media O2 phone users will not face roaming charges in Europe this year
Virgin Media O2 phone users will not face roaming charges this year after other networks announced the extra fee....
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Labour would hit North Sea oil and gas with windfall tax to reduce bills
Labour would impose a windfall tax on North Sea oil and gas producers to fund measures to ease the cost of living squeez...