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• Macy's sues to stop Amazon using famous New York billboard

  30-09-2021 23:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New York's famous department store claims Amazon plans to advertise directly outside its flagship site.
  
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• Petrol driver shortage: No improvement in supplies, say retailers

  30-09-2021 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Industry body, the PRA, says more than a quarter of its members still have no petrol or diesel.
  
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• Leicester City and JD Sports merchandise probe

  30-09-2021 20:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A competition watchdog has "reasonable grounds to suspect one or more breaches of competition law".
  
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• Cost of living: £500m in new grants to help poorest households

  30-09-2021 19:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government announces the support as other schemes, including furlough, close.
  
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• Furlough scheme ends with almost 1 million left in limbo

  30-09-2021 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Firms still relying on the scheme, which has protected the wages of millions, call for support as it closes.
  
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• oneM2M publishes whitepaper on IoT and sustainability to promote responsible design principles

  30-09-2021 16:03
  
  Sophia Antipolis, France, 30 September 2021: oneM2M has today announced the release of its first whitepaper on IoT sustainability. Co-written by diverse industrial stakeholders, it describes the sustainability landscape, surveys potential demand for sustainability solutions and shows how different organizations are pursuing sustainability objectives. It illustrates the potential of IoT systems, while identifying a set of design principles for achieving sustainability goals more consistently acro
  
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• Evergrande: Chinese property giant 'misses another payment deadline'

  30-09-2021 15:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The indebted Chinese property giant is said to have missed more payments to overseas investors.
  
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• Robin.io Granted Nine New Patents in Network Service Pipeline Deployment and Cloud-Native Storage Management

  30-09-2021 14:00
  
  Company awarded a total of nine patents in 2021, bringing its IP portfolio total to 75 patents. SAN JOSE, Calif.—September 30, 2021—Robin.io, the leader in Kubernetes data management for enterprises and 5G applications, received nine new patent awards from the U.S Patent and Trademark Office during the first nine months of 2021. The patent awards boost the company’s IP portfolio in three technologies central to the management and orchestration of 5G and enterprise cloud-native
  
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• Boohoo sales soar but shipping costs dent profits

  30-09-2021 13:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The fast fashion retailer saw pre-tax profits hit by high shipping costs in the six months to 31 August.
  
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• Logicalis UK officially named a 2021 UK’s Best Workplace™ in Tech

  30-09-2021 12:48
  
  London, 30th September 2021: Logicalis UK, today announces it has been named as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces™ in Tech for 2021. This news follows the recent recognition of its ranking of 61 in the 2021 UK’s Best Workplaces™ list in the Medium (50-250) category published by Great Place to Work®. The 2021 UK’s Best Workplaces™ in Tech list was released this morning by Great Place to Work® UK, recognising Logicalis UK among 98...Source: RealWire
  
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• Europe’s leading digital company on the crafting market continues its rapid growth after Corona lockdowns

  30-09-2021 11:06
  
  Hamburg, Germany. The Creative Club (TCC), formerly fabfab, continues its rapid growth on the digital Do-It-Yourself (DIY) market in the first half of 2021: Revenue in Germany up by over 70% compared to the previous year. TCC has grown twice as much as the DIY market and three times as much as the German e-commerce market.[1] TCC’s revenue in the Netherlands has grown by an impressive 130%. France is TCC's second biggest market: the group’s...Source: RealWire
  
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• Rapid house price growth continues in September, says Nationwide

  30-09-2021 11:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Property prices have risen at 10% or more a year for each of the last five months, the Nationwide says.
  
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• UK lockdown rebound stronger than first thought

  30-09-2021 10:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Household spending drove economic growth at a faster pace than previously estimated during spring.
  
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• China power cuts: What is causing the country's blackouts?

  30-09-2021 08:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Millions of homes and businesses have been hit due to a severe shortage of electricity.
  
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• Can you be coached on how to be happy?

  30-09-2021 01:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The happiness industry has grown in popularity during the pandemic but it's not without its critics.
  
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• Changing China: How Beijing's crackdowns are impacting business

  30-09-2021 01:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Businesses are under intense scrutiny as President Xi attempts to narrow China's wealth gap.
  
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