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• A pleasure to hold hands with octopus | Brief letters

  23-09-2018 18:48
  Friendly octopus | Low-price retailers | PastiesAlthough octopuses are generally not touchy-feely with each other (Octopuses on Ecstasy, 21 September), perhaps they are better at being friendly with other species. I can empathise with that! On holiday in Turkey I came across a smallish octopus, tentacles less than a metre, slithering between rocks. We held each other’s arms and tentacles for several minutes before we parted. It seemed friendly, interested and tactile. I felt honoured.
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• Legal settlement brings card issuers scant relief

  23-09-2018 13:39
  Main battle over rules imposed on merchants begins next year
  
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• Dressed to kill: will Boohoo’s results leave high street chains in tears?

  23-09-2018 07:59
  The online retailer has been clothing itself in glory, but a £50m incentive scheme for its new boss has raised eyebrows for more than one reasonWill the brisk rise of online fashion company Boohoo continue? Incoming chief executive John Lyttle will certainly be hoping so: a £50m bonus payout depends on it.The retailer’s interim results, out on 26 September, will illustrate whether the strong growth the company has been enjoying of late has continued. In June, it reported that s
  
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• Mike Ashley to close three House of Fraser stores

  23-09-2018 01:02
  Sports Direct tycoon has been unable to agree terms with landlords of outlets in Edinburgh, Hull and SwindonThe troubled retailer House of Fraser is to shut three stores and is considering the closure of a fourth after its new owner, Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley, failed to agree terms with their landlords.Ashley, the owner of Newcastle United Football Club, recently bought the department store chain out of administration for £90m. Following negotiations with landlords around Britain, 2
  
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