UK regulator raps Sainsbury’s and Asda for preventing rival store openings
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UK regulator raps Sainsbury’s and Asda for preventing rival store openings

[1/2] A employee walks inside a Sainsbury’s supermarket in Richmond, west London, Britain, June 27, 2022. Picture taken June 27, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File PhotoLONDON, June 13 (Reuters) – Britain’s competition watchdog has secured pledges from supermarket groups Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L) and Asda to cease using unlawful land agreements after it uncovered 32 anti-competitive deals, it said… […]

Price war: Amazon excludes rival Temu from competitive price checks
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Price war: Amazon excludes rival Temu from competitive price checks

NEW YORK, June 13 (Reuters) – Amazon is excluding its new competitor Temu from its price searching algorithm that checks if products sold on its platform are competitive with rivals, saying the site doesn’t meet its standards.According to Amazon, Temu, an e-commerce marketplace that launched in September, does not meet its strict qualification requirements for… […]

Boeing delivers 50 jets in May as 737 MAX rebounds from defect
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Boeing delivers 50 jets in May as 737 MAX rebounds from defect

June 13 (Reuters) – Boeing (BA.N) delivered 50 jets in May, 13 fewer than European rival Airbus (AIR.PA), but a 43% improvement on the same month last year.Deliveries of the cash-generating Boeing 737 MAX increased to 35 jets in May, Boeing said Tuesday. The company handed over only 17 MAXs to customers the prior month,… […]

Analysis: EV charger makers guardedly look to adopt Tesla standard
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Analysis: EV charger makers guardedly look to adopt Tesla standard

June 12 (Reuters) – Electric vehicle charging companies are cautiously embracing Tesla’s (TSLA.O) charging technology as the main U.S. standard, mere days after Ford (F.N) and GM (GM.N) said they were adopting it, but questions remained about how any interoperability would work.The rare agreements between Tesla Inc and each of the two U.S. automakers, who… […]

Britain puts coal plant on standby as warm temperatures ramp up demand
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Britain puts coal plant on standby as warm temperatures ramp up demand

[1/2] Steam and smoke billow from the Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station near Nottingham, Britain, December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File PhotoLONDON, June 12 (Reuters) – Britain’s National Grid has asked Uniper (UN01.DE) to ready a unit at its Ratcliffe coal-fired power plant in case extra electricity is needed on Monday amid warmer temperatures.Britain has a target… […]

India providing credit line to Egypt
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India providing credit line to Egypt

BENGALURU, June 12 (Reuters) – Egyptian Supply Minister Ali Moselhy said on Monday that no credit line had been opened with India but discussions were ongoing regarding payments for imports using currencies other than the dollar.Bloomberg News, citing Moselhy, had earlier reported that India was providing Egypt with a credit line worth an unspecified value.… […]

Blink to launch fast charger for EVs with Tesla’s charging port
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Blink to launch fast charger for EVs with Tesla’s charging port

June 12 (Reuters) – Electric vehicle charging equipment makers Blink Charging (BLNK.O), ChargePoint (CHPT.N) and Tritium (DCFC.O) said on Monday they will offer chargers with Tesla’s connector, as the standard Combined Charging System (CCS) connector falls out of favor with automakers.General Motors (GM.N), one of the largest U.S. automakers, said last week it would join… […]

US Supreme Court’s dog toy ruling puts parody products on notice
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US Supreme Court’s dog toy ruling puts parody products on notice

June 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court handed brand owners a win against parody products on Thursday when it ruled that “Bad Spaniels” dog toys resembling Jack Daniel’s whiskey bottles are not shielded by the U.S. Constitution from the liquor maker’s trademark lawsuit.The decision is likely to force companies to toe a more careful… […]

Venezuela’s PDVSA resumes operations at El Palito refinery unit, sources say
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Venezuela’s PDVSA resumes operations at El Palito refinery unit, sources say

VALENCIA/CARACAS, June 11 (Reuters) – Venezuela’s state energy company Petroleos de Venezuela PDVSA (PDVSA.UL) has resumed operation at the catalytic cracking unit at the El Palito refinery, a government-allied legislator and seven sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday.The refinery’s reactivation, almost one year after its stoppage, is a key move to alleviate… […]