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The Associated British Foods plc (ABF) Insider Buys £84078 in Stock
The company raised its full year dividend 12% to 41.0 pence, up from 36.75p the prior year. Mr Miah said that unlike other retailers, Primark had not seen any impact of the pressures faced by the United Kingdom consumer on its real income and trading in the most recent trading period is encouraging.
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Deals and freebies offered for Veterans Day 2017
Loop 281 in Longview. Eat'n Park Restaurants are honoring all active and former US military personnel with a 10 percent discount through November 30. Requires drink purchase. Only valid at participating locations. All veterans and active military can enjoy a complimentary entree under $12.95 on Friday and Saturday November 10-11/2017.
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Forget Bugatti, Koenigsegg Agera becomes fastest vehicle in the world
The owner of the Agera had used his connection in the film industry to convince Nevada authorities to shut down an 11-mile stretch of Highway 106, which runs between Las Vegas and the town of Pahrump, Top Gear reports. Koenigsegg also claims to have set another record on the day. All that remains is for the world speed record, which was recorded and verified by Racelogic , to be officially recognised.
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London Living Wage rises to £10.20 an hour
The report revealed that three in five (59%) who earned below the RLW had experienced a sharp rise in living costs, whereas almost two times as many (17%) noticed a decline in pay compared to those who experienced an increase (9%). Living wage advocates will gather at Parliament today to congratulate the new Government. "Millions of people are living in poverty despite being part of working households", TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said.
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Broadcom offers to buy Qualcomm in $130 billion deal
It's prepared to launch a proxy battle should Qualcomm spurn the $70-a-share proposal, a person familiar with the matter has said. Reports suggest that Broadcom would not go over Qualcomm's offer of $110 per share to acquire NXP, so it may add urgency to NXP investors to close the deal after all.
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Intel joins forces with AMD to battle Nvidia
Behind the new chip design is Intel's EMIB , " a small intelligent bridge that allows heterogeneous silicon to quickly pass information in extremely close proximity ". The new partnership is nearly certainly a response to the growing threat posed by Nvidia , whose graphics processors are now used for everything from high-end PC gaming to cryptocurrency processing to deep learning neural networks and more.