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UK Fuel Theft Estimated at £194,000 a Day as Iran Conflict Lifts Prices
News

UK Fuel Theft Estimated at £194,000 a Day as Iran Conflict Lifts Prices

Fuel theft from UK forecourts rose 20% in incidents and 48% in value in the five months after the Iran conflict began, w...

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Shell Sells European Solar and Wind Arm to TotalEnergies in Renewables Retreat
Companies

Shell Sells European Solar and Wind Arm to TotalEnergies in Renewables Retreat

Shell is selling its European onshore renewables business — solar, battery and wind projects totalling 500 MW — to Total...

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TotalEnergies: Share Snapshot, Yield and Business Mix in Brief
Markets

TotalEnergies: Share Snapshot, Yield and Business Mix in Brief

A concise snapshot of TotalEnergies SE: current share metrics, dividend yield and the integrated energy businesses behin...

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Integer Holdings (ITGR): A Profile of the Medical Device Contract Manufacturer
Companies

Integer Holdings (ITGR): A Profile of the Medical Device Contract Manufacturer

Integer Holdings, the Plano-based medical device contract manufacturer behind Greatbatch Medical and Lake Region Medical...

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Birmingham tops UK car-theft rankings — but recovered cars carry a value hit cover often ignores
Insurance

Birmingham tops UK car-theft rankings — but recovered cars carry a value hit cover often ignores

Birmingham leads new UK vehicle-theft rankings, yet specialists warn recovered cars keep a permanent marker that can cut...

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Chinese Robots Are Flooding UK Warehouses — and the Insurance Market Is Catching Up
Insurance

Chinese Robots Are Flooding UK Warehouses — and the Insurance Market Is Catching Up

Geek+ robots already move goods for Tesco, Asda and Next across ten UK sites, but liability, certification and data ques...

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Geopolitical Risk Overtakes Supply Chains as Construction's Top Concern, Arch Survey Finds
Insurance

Geopolitical Risk Overtakes Supply Chains as Construction's Top Concern, Arch Survey Finds

More than half of construction firms now rank geopolitical instability their top concern, and nearly a third have moved ...

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Aviva's £200,000 Fund-Matching Scheme Gives Brokers a New Charity Route
Insurance

Aviva's £200,000 Fund-Matching Scheme Gives Brokers a New Charity Route

Aviva is matching broker charity fundraising pound-for-pound from a £200,000 pot, but its model differs sharply from gra...

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Forest E-Bikes to Add Third-Party Insurance After Uncompensated London Crashes
Insurance

Forest E-Bikes to Add Third-Party Insurance After Uncompensated London Crashes

London e-bike operator Forest will introduce third-party liability cover in September, but the cases behind the move sho...

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Denmark's First Extended Conscription Intake Begins 11-Month Service
Defense

Denmark's First Extended Conscription Intake Begins 11-Month Service

Around 1,600 Danish recruits start Denmark's longer military service as Copenhagen accelerates its Arctic-focused defenc...

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DIY Kitchen Skincare: What the Honey-and-Charcoal Trend Really Offers
Lifestyle

DIY Kitchen Skincare: What the Honey-and-Charcoal Trend Really Offers

Healthline's DIY hub pitches kitchen staples like raw honey, oatmeal and charcoal as skincare fixes. We weigh the claims...

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SPF Every Day? Tanning Risks? The Sun-Protection Facts, Sorted
Health

SPF Every Day? Tanning Risks? The Sun-Protection Facts, Sorted

Healthline's new sun-protection resource answers the everyday questions — daily SPF, tanning dangers, sunscreen types — ...

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Protein Needs, Explained: What 0.8 Grams per Kilogram Really Means
Health

Protein Needs, Explained: What 0.8 Grams per Kilogram Really Means

Healthline's new protein challenge breaks down how much protein you actually need, why food weight isn't the same as pro...

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China's Ocean Economy Grows 5.1% to 5.5 Trillion Yuan in H1 2026
Economy

China's Ocean Economy Grows 5.1% to 5.5 Trillion Yuan in H1 2026

China's gross ocean product hit 5.5 trillion yuan ($810bn) in H1 2026, up 5.1% year on year, as shipbuilding orders surg...

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China's SAFE Outlines FX Opening and Stability Plans for Second Half
Economy

China's SAFE Outlines FX Opening and Stability Plans for Second Half

SAFE pledges to extend cross-border FX facilitation nationwide, support e-commerce and service trade — while strengtheni...

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Only 7 of 30 in Sensex from 1991: How Liberalisation Rewrote India's Blue-Chip Index
Markets

Only 7 of 30 in Sensex from 1991: How Liberalisation Rewrote India's Blue-Chip Index

Seven of the 30 companies in the 1991 BSE Sensex remain in the benchmark today, a measure of India's shift from manufact...

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Hrithik Roshan Leases Andheri Office Space to Clearsynth Labs at ₹17 Lakh a Month
Real Estate

Hrithik Roshan Leases Andheri Office Space to Clearsynth Labs at ₹17 Lakh a Month

Hrithik Roshan has signed a five-year lease for a 6,000 sq ft office in Andheri West with Clearsynth Labs, at ₹17 lakh a...

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Canada Tightens C20 Work Permit Rules, Slowing Some Indian Overseas Transfers
Politics

Canada Tightens C20 Work Permit Rules, Slowing Some Indian Overseas Transfers

Canada now requires C20 Reciprocal Employment applicants to already work for the overseas employer, a change that could ...

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US Green Card Backlog Leaves Indian Applicants Waiting Until October
Politics

US Green Card Backlog Leaves Indian Applicants Waiting Until October

India's EB-2 green card category stays unavailable until October and EB-1 could close early, while F2A family visas adva...

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Paytm jumps to 4-year high as Q1 net profit surges 79% to ₹220 crore
Companies

Paytm jumps to 4-year high as Q1 net profit surges 79% to ₹220 crore

Paytm shares hit ₹1,437 — their highest since December 2021 — after Q1 net profit jumped 79% to ₹220 crore; the board al...

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How Loan Intermediaries Turned China's Credit-Repair Policy Into a Debt Trap
News

How Loan Intermediaries Turned China's Credit-Repair Policy Into a Debt Trap

Loan intermediaries are exploiting China's one-time credit repair policy — funding repayments with high-interest private...

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Tianzhihang's 'Snake-Swallows-Elephant' Deal: Investors Wary of Shanghai MicroPort Orthopedics' Debt and Losses
Companies

Tianzhihang's 'Snake-Swallows-Elephant' Deal: Investors Wary of Shanghai MicroPort Orthopedics' Debt and Losses

Tianzhihang plans to buy 62% of Shanghai MicroPort Orthopedics, a firm with an 86% debt ratio and mounting losses, raisi...

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Xiaomi Raises Phone Prices Third Time This Year as Memory Costs Bite
Technology

Xiaomi Raises Phone Prices Third Time This Year as Memory Costs Bite

Xiaomi lifted prices on its Xiaomi 17 and Redmi K90 lines by 300–500 yuan on Aug 2 — its third increase this year — as m...

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Swings to $355M Opening, Second-Biggest Ever
Companies

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Swings to $355M Opening, Second-Biggest Ever

Sony's 'Brand New Day' posted $355M domestically and $927M globally — the second-biggest opening weekend on record, powe...

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Jollibee Opens First Downtown San Francisco Location Near Powell Street BART
Companies

Jollibee Opens First Downtown San Francisco Location Near Powell Street BART

The Filipino fried-chicken chain debuts on Market Street in the city's busiest transit hub as it pushes toward 500 US lo...

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Bercy Infos Entreprises: France's Business Guide Roundup Explained
News

Bercy Infos Entreprises: France's Business Guide Roundup Explained

France's official business info service compiles practical guides on partial activity, public-space permits, telemarketi...

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How the Tomov Brothers Pulled Zerone Studio Back From Bankruptcy — and Now Face a Scaling Test
Companies

How the Tomov Brothers Pulled Zerone Studio Back From Bankruptcy — and Now Face a Scaling Test

A creative studio on the brink of collapse found a lifeline in free viral videos. Now the Tomov brothers must turn their...

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Best-Value Toyota Corolla: Why the SE Trim Wins on Price and Features
Personal Finance

Best-Value Toyota Corolla: Why the SE Trim Wins on Price and Features

Car and Driver names the Corolla SE the lineup's best value. Here's what the sedan and hatchback cost, and which options...

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1977 BMW 320i With 9,000 Miles Heads to Auction on Bring a Trailer
Automotive

1977 BMW 320i With 9,000 Miles Heads to Auction on Bring a Trailer

A remarkably preserved first-generation 3-series — an overlooked E21 with just 9,000 miles — goes under the hammer on Br...

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Oil Prices Slide More Than 5% After Trump Holds Off on Iran Strike
Energy

Oil Prices Slide More Than 5% After Trump Holds Off on Iran Strike

Brent and WTI fell sharply on Monday as Donald Trump stepped back from a new strike on Iran to leave room for nuclear ta...

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