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Kroger Co’s (KR.N) acquisition of Albertsons Companies Inc (ACI.N) could exacerbate income inequality through job losses and eroding wages at a time of high inflation, a group of the retailers’ biggest unions and antitrust experts wrote in a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday. “In many markets across the country, grocery competition would cease, likely […]
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If you’re paying Dish to stream live TV channels over the internet, prepare for a higher bill yet again: the company’s Sling TV streaming service is raising prices by $5 a month for the fourth time in five years. Sling Orange and Sling Blue pay TV packages will now cost $40 a month each — […]
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Two police officers have been jailed for 12 weeks for sharing racist and misogynistic messages in a WhatsApp group. Metropolitan Police officer Jonathon Cobban, 35, and his ex-colleague PC Joel Borders “joked” about tasering children and people with disabilities. They also made horrific racist remarks about the borough of Hounslow, in west London. Sarah Everard’s […]
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There are some big games of rugby this month but Saturday’s World Cup final between the Black Ferns and England is right up there. Interest has skyrocketed to such an extent over the past 24 hours that a world record attendance is assured at Eden Park for a contest with the potential to launch women’s […]
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New research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting, showed that the Vision Transformer, an open-source computer vision algorithm, could detect changes in nailfold capillaroscopy images from systemic sclerosis patients, as reliably as human rheumatologists. Systemic sclerosis (SSc, scleroderma) is a rare connective tissue disease marked by tightening […]
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Large volumes of arabica coffee are about to enter ICE exchange warehouses, traders with knowledge of the matter said, further weighing on global prices that have already hit one-year lows. The move to replenish ICE stocks removes one of the market’s last supports and may eventually provide consumers respite from high retail coffee prices which […]
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Were Samsung’s jaw-dropping 49-inch Odyssey G9 and Neo G9 not enough monitor for you? Did the 55-inch swiveling cockpit that is the Odyssey Ark leave you cold? The electronics and semiconductor giant is preparing to announce an unprecedented 8K resolution version of its massive curved screen, AMD just revealed at its RDNA 3 GPU event. […]
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Damning reports lay bare the shocking treatment of three teenage girls who went on to take their own lives. Nadia Sharif, Emily Moore and Christie Harnett were inpatients under the care of Tees, Esk and Wear Valley’s NHS Foundation Trust after long mental health battles. All three teenagers – who died within an eight month […]
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India and Pakistan have advanced to the T20 World Cup semi-finals after South Africa crashed out in a shock 13-run defeat to the Netherlands on Sunday. Victory in Adelaide would have secured the Proteas’ place in the final four regardless of other results, but they fell short of their 159 target on a sluggish pitch. […]
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New research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual scientific meeting, found that the recommended weight-based or non-weight-based dose of hydroxychloroquine led to more hospitalizations for flares among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), the mainstay treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), reduces flares and improves long-term outcomes. […]
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