UPDATE 2-UK's Kingfisher expects DIY boosting trends of COVID to endure

UPDATE 2-UK's Kingfisher expects DIY boosting trends of COVID to endure

… * Beats forecasts with 44% jump in 2020-21 profit. * Q1 of 2021-22 underlying sales up 24.2% so far. * Expects underlying sales to dip in second half. * Shares up 4.4% (Adds detail, CEO comments, shares). LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) – British home …
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Shetland electric cars can now be fuelled purely by the power of the sea

Nova Innovation’s tidal turbines have been powering local homes and businesses for more than five years. The company has now created an electric vehicle charge point on the island of Yell where drivers can …
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Aramco Oil Payments to Saudi State Fall 30% to $110 Billion

Aramco’s payments to the Saudi government fell by 30% last year, even as the company maintained its $75 billion dividend, with the coronavirus pandemic sending crude prices tumbling. The world’s biggest oil producer transferred 413 billion riyals ($110 …
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UK competition watchdog launches investigation into Penguin Random House's $2.18bn Simon & Schuster takeover

The CMA said on Monday it is concerned that if completed the deal, which would boost PRH’s US presence and make it by far the world’s largest books publisher, could lead to “a substantial lessening of competition within any market or markets in the United …
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BRING BACK LOUISIANA: Gov. Edwards asking for volunteers to get communities vaccinated

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – In an effort to help get more people vaccinated in communities across the state Governor John Bel Edwards has asked Louisianans to go sleeves up against COVID and launched a grassroots effort called Bring Back Louisiana.
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