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28 Feb
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Dick's Sporting Goods, US gun retailer, stops selling assault rifles

Dick’s Sporting Goods has announced the removal of assault-style weapons from its stores and has raised the age for gun buyers to over 21.

28 Feb
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Office Depot swings to fourth quarter loss despite improved revenue

US retailer Office Depot posted a $48m loss in its fourth-quarter on Wednesday, just twelve months after reporting a $55m profit for the same period.

27 Feb
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Director dealings: Coca-Cola director collects almost £2.5m in share sale

Anastasios Leventis, non-executive director of soda maker Coca-Cola, disposed of 100,000 ordinary shares in the firm on Tuesday, pocketing almost £2. 5m in the process.

27 Feb
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Papua New Guinea quake kills at least 14 and closes ExxonMobil LNG plant

A 7. 5-magnitude earthquake in the remote Papua New Guinea highlands left up to 14 people dead, leaving collapsed buildings and landslides in its wake, amid unconfirmed reports of as many as 30 fatalities.

27 Feb
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GW Pharmaceuticals granted orphan designation from EMA on cannabinoid product

Cambridge-based biopharmaceutical firm GW Pharmaceuticals has been granted orphan drug designation for its proprietary cannabinoid product platform for the treatment of tuberous sclerosis (TS) from the European Medicines Agency.

27 Feb
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Comcast tables hostile bid for Sky, markets wait for Fox/Disney's reaction

US broadcasting giant Comcast has put in a rival $31bn (£22. 1bn) bid to buy Sky, in a direct challenge to Fox and Walt Disney, with markets seemingly expecting that Rupert Murdoch and Disney will be forced to come back to the table with their own revised offers.

27 Feb
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Deutsche Bank to list €700bn asset management arm

Deutsche Bank has confirmed its plans to list its DWS asset management unit on the Frankfurt stock exchange.

26 Feb
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HRG and Spectrum Brands announce $10bn merger

Shares in consumer products company HRG Group picked up as much as 6. 29% in early trading on Monday after announcing that it had reached a $10bn merger agreement with Wisconsin firm Spectrum Brands.

26 Feb
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Weinstein company to file for bankruptcy after sale talks collapse

The Weinstein Company is set to file for bankruptcy in the following days after talks to sell assets to an investor group collapsed.

26 Feb
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Starbucks first coffee chain to trial 5p "latte levy"

Starbucks will be the first UK coffee chain to trial a 5p "latte levy" on takeaway paper cups in a bid to wean clients off of their use.

23 Feb
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Netflix gains improved rating form S&P on strong outlook

Netflix's high-yield bonds moved ahead on Thursday evening, after S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on the Californian firm's credit, saying that a stronger-than-expected operating performance in 2017 had forced it to take another look.

23 Feb
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Chancellor likely to confirm new taxes for digital giants

HM Treasury is considering imposing an extra tax on tech giants like Amazon, Facebook, Google's Alphabet and Apple on their revenues rather than their profits because they are not so easy to shift from one jurisdiction to another.

23 Feb
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General Mills to buy Blue Buffalo for $40 a share

US food company General Mills made a move into the pet food market on Friday as it agreed to buy Blue Buffalo for $40 per share in cash, which is around $8bn.

23 Feb
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Snapchat shares sink after celeb's negative tweet

Snapchat lost around $1. 3bn of its value overnight after Kylie Jenner, Kim Kardashian's sister for those not keeping up with the family, tweeted about the app.

22 Feb
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South Korean app allows women to share sexual harassment experiences anonymously

The new feature for the South Korean app 'Blind' allows women to share their experiences regarding sexual harassment and bullying in the workplace, giving importance to the #MeToo movement without risking being victimised yet again for whistleblowing.

21 Feb
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Fidessa agrees to £1.4bn takeover by Switzerland's Temenos

Fidessa was flying high again on Wednesday as it agreed to a £1. 4bn takeover by Swiss banking software company Temenos a day after confirming that the two were in talks.

21 Feb
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EC fines vehicle shipping and supplies firms for cartel behaviour

The European Commission handed out a total of €546m in fines to car shipping and parts suppliers for anti-competitive behaviour in three separate decisions, with all companies acknowledging their involvement in the cartels and agreeing to settle the cases.

20 Feb
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Qualcomm increases NXP offer in order to fight off Broadcom takeover

US chip giant Qualcomm upped its bid for NXP Semiconductors to roughly $44bn on Tuesday as part of its efforts to win shareholder support for the acquisition and further its expansion into the fast-growing motor vehicle chip market and reduce its reliance on smartphones.

20 Feb
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Thomson Reuters CEO hospitalised after heart incident

Thomson Reuters reported on Tuesday that chief executive Jim Smith is set to make a full recovery after being hospitalised following an arrhythmia incident on 12 February.

20 Feb
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Spain's Balearic Islands fine Airbnb €300,000 for illegally marketing apartments

The Balearic Islands regional government has fined Airbnb €300,000 for advertising homes whose owners didn't hold a licence for vacation rentals, a legal requirement since August 2017.