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Aviva buys Direct Line, gaining share of the UK motor insurance market

Aviva buys Direct Line, gaining share of the UK motor insurance market

Aviva has agreed to pay £3.7bn for rival company (€4.5bn) in time for the Christmas Day deadline. Th...

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Japanese car makers Nissan and Honda announce plans to merge

Japanese car makers Nissan and Honda announce plans to merge

The two companies said they had signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday and that smaller Niss...

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US Starbucks workers' strike expands to more cities shutting down almost 60 stores

US Starbucks workers' strike expands to more cities shutting down almost 60 stores

The five-day strike from the Starbucks workers’ union which began in Los Angeles, Chicago and the co...

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Novo Nordisk shares plunge on the back of disappointing trial results

Novo Nordisk shares plunge on the back of disappointing trial results

Novo Nordisk has announced its latest trial result for the new obesity drug, CagriSema, which disapp...

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Albania's one-year TikTok ban met with anger among video platform's young users

Albania's one-year TikTok ban met with anger among video platform's young users

The Albanian government's decision to shut down TikTok for a year has angered some of the platform's...

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Union reaches agreement with Volkswagen to avoid plant closures

Union reaches agreement with Volkswagen to avoid plant closures

After more than 70 hours of marathon negotiations, the IG Metall workers union has reached an agreem...

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EU-Swiss single market trade deal faces challenging referendum 

EU-Swiss single market trade deal faces challenging referendum 

The right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP), the country's largest political force, said on Friday mor...

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Tesla recalls 700,000 vehicles over tyre pressure monitoring system

Tesla recalls 700,000 vehicles over tyre pressure monitoring system

Tesla is recalling almost 700,000 vehicles because of an issue with the warning light on the tyre pr...

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Trump threatens trade tariffs unless Europe buys a lot more US oil and gas

Trump threatens trade tariffs unless Europe buys a lot more US oil and gas

EU officials played down today Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat, after the US president-elect war...

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