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Ad sales surge at Google parent Alphabet, but so do costs
Strong growth in ad sales on Google search and YouTube were not enough to offset a surge in costs at parent Alphabet Inc...
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Debenhams cuts dividend and warns on outlook as profit halves
Debenhams has issued a warning for the full-year outlook for the second time in four months ...
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Costa vows to recycle one billion coffee cups
Costa Coffee has pledged to recycle half a billion coffee cups a year by 2020. ...
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JD Wetherspoon shuts down all its social media
JD Wetherspoon has closed all its social media accounts saying it was taking a stand against an industry accused of mis-...
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Tesco shines in home market and beats annual profit forecast
Tesco beat expectations with a 28 percent rise in full-year profit on Wednesday, helped by a strong end to the year in i...
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UK store openings hit their lowest level in seven years as shoppers head online
The number of new high street stores opening in 2017 fell to 4,083, from 4,534 in 2016, according to research compiled b...
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British Gas announces increases to energy tariffs
British Gas is to increase its energy tariffs by an average of 5.5 per cent from next month. ...
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Lufthansa flights grounded due to strike action
Thousands of passengers at four German airports, including Frankfurt, were stranded as ground staff and other public sec...
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Zuckerberg apologises to Congress over Facebook data breach
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told Congress in written testimony that the social media network did not do...