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By Shanima A (Reuters) -British e-commerce firm THG is looking to demerge its technology services arm as it seeks to shore up its balance sheet with its cash-generative nutrition and beauty businesses. THG’s shares, which initially rose on Tuesday, were 3.1% lower by 0756 GMT as it forecast its full year core earnings would be …

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(Reuters) – The FTSE 100 rose to a two-week high on Tuesday, lifted by increasing bets of a larger U.S. interest rate cut and strength in domestic retail shares after an improved forecast from Kingfisher. The blue-chip index FTSE 100 rose 0.7% to its highest since Sept. 3. The pound eased slightly, relieving some pressure …

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By DhanushVignesh Babu (Reuters) -Flutter Entertainment said on Tuesday it would buy Snaitech for 2.3 billion euros ($2.6 billion) including debt from gambling technology group Playtech, cementing its position as the leading gambling firm in Italy. The deal is to close by the second quarter of 2025 and will add to earnings per share immediately …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Demand for London’s most expensive homes cooled last month as high earners worried about the possibility of tax increases by Britain’s new centre-left government, a property data firm said on Tuesday. LonRes said sales of property in prime central locations in the British capital were down by 7.5% compared with the same …

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ROME (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that his government’s first budget next month wouldn’t take steps that undermine his goal to generate growth, but warned that unfunded spending commitments could damage the economy. Elected in July, Starmer has said he has a dire inheritance left by the previous Conservative administration, and new …

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(Reuters) – The UK government has ordered more than 150,000 doses of Bavarian Nordic’s mpox vaccine to boost its preparedness against a new form of the virus currently spreading in African countries. While no cases of clade I mpox have yet been detected in the UK, the strain has rapidly spread outside the Democratic Republic …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Former British TV presenter Huw Edwards, the long-time face of the BBC’s flagship news programme, was given a suspended sentence at a London court on Monday after admitting making indecent images of children. Monday’s sentencing sealed a fall from grace for Edwards, a household name in Britain for around two decades who as …

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By Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) -Junior doctors in England accepted a pay deal on Monday made by the government, a breakthrough that follows a series of strikes, including the longest walkout in the history of the National Health Service (NHS) earlier this year. Junior doctors, who are qualified physicians, often have several years of experience …

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