It was always a brave promise. But John Lewis’s pledge to be “never knowingly undersold” – that it wouldn’t be beaten on prices – lasted for almost a century until it was dropped by the…
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Gardeners the world over dread the appearance of aphids on their plants. There are around 4,000 species of these sap-sucking insects and about 250 are pests that can wreak havoc on crops in a garden…
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HOUSTON (Reuters) -Nearly a fifth of production and 28% of output in U.S. Gulf of Mexico federal waters remains offline in the aftermath of Hurricane Francine, the U.S. offshore energy regulator said on Sunday. Francine…
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Milton Orr looked across the rolling hills in northeast Tennessee. “I remember when we had over 1,000 dairy farms in this county. Now we have less than 40,” Orr, an agriculture adviser for Greene County,…
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Previous CBDC research based on outdated assumptions – ECB paper – Central Banking End of drawer navigation content Skip to main content Authors say rejecting digital cash would have adverse unintended consequences The issuance of…
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices edged up in early trade on Monday amid expectations of a U.S. interest rate cut this week, though gains were capped by weaker China data and persistent demand worries. futures for…
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All of the 72 deaths caused by the fire at Grenfell Tower in 2017 were avoidable. The same could be said of the 346 people who died in two separate Boeing 737 MAX crashes in…
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The rings of Saturn are some of the most famous and spectacular objects in the Solar System. Earth may once have had something similar. In a paper published last week in Earth & Planetary Science…
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By Samuel Shen and Ryan Woo SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai halted transportation links, recalled ships and shut tourism spots including Shanghai Disney Resort on Sunday as it braced for Typhoon Bebinca, in what could be the…
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South Africa’s agricultural sector has more than doubled in value and volume terms since 1994. This success has been linked to international trade. Exports now account for roughly half (in value terms) of the annual…
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