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British Steel could decide to shut Scunthorpe plant in days

Decisions taken within the next few days will determine whether British Steel's Scunthorpe plant stays open, the BBC understands.The plant's Chinese owner, Jingye, has cancelled two cargo shipments of coking…

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Sports

England’s Fran Kirby and Chloe Kelly to miss Belgium home match

Defender Alex Greenwood, midfielder Georgia Stanway and forward Lauren Hemp are among those already missing through injury, but Wiegman was in a positive mood as she previewed Friday's match.England began…

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Insurance

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Brokers in UK and Australia

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. this week announced two acquisitions – of the UK’s Bircroft Insurance Services and Australia’s Tresidder Insurance Brokers. Financial details of the transactions were not disclosed.…

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Sports

Football’s new phrase book – modern language or just jargon?

Is it simply the modern language of football? Or just "jargon" dressing up the game's time-honoured glossary of terms in fancy new clothes?From a "low block" to a "high press",…

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Cryptocurrency

CEX listings outperform Nasdaq and Dow IPOs with 80% average returns

Cryptocurrency listings have outperformed the average of traditional stock listings, despite recent community criticism regarding the manipulation potential of token listings on centralized exchanges.Token listing procedures on centralized cryptocurrency exchanges…

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Insurance

Britain’s Co-op Group Says Retail Crime Cost it $105 Million in 2024

Britain’s Co-op Group said on Thursday that losses from shoplifting in its food retail business rose by over 14% to 80 million pounds ($105 million) in 2024, or more than…

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Technology

Shenmue voted the most influential video game of all time in Bafta poll | Games

It is a game about love and identity, but it also has forklift truck races. It is a game about bloody revenge, but while you’re waiting to retaliate, you can…

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Entertainment

Tate Modern announces major gift from art dealers

Tate Modern has announced it has received a major gift from a couple of art collectors in the form of a painting by the US modern artist Joan Mitchell.It was…

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Business

TikTok bids; Trump’s ‘reciprocal’ tariffs; Final Four : NPR

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Cryptocurrency

Crypto donations top $1B in 2024, gain traction after Myanmar, Thailand quake

Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao donated over half a million dollars worth of crypto to the earthquake disaster relief effort in Thailand and Myanmar, in another testament to the growing…

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