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LONDON (Reuters) – Sales of own-label products at British supermarkets have grown at double the speed of branded goods in 2023, data from market researchers NIQ showed on Wednesday, as customers adjust to soaring prices. Food prices are up more than 19% over the last year, outpacing the broader inflation rate across the whole economy …

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By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) – Britain’s commodity-heavy stock indexes slid on Wednesday as weak China economic data drove commodity prices lower, while sentiment remained fragile ahead of a crucial vote on the U.S. debt ceiling issue. The exporter-heavy FTSE 100 logged a more than 5% drop in May, its worst May …

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LONDON (Reuters) – More than 1,600 companies identified by non-profit platform CDP as having the biggest impact on the environment are not disclosing environmental data, it said as it launched its latest campaign to get firms to provide the information. CDP, which has standardised data to allow investors and others to compare corporate performance in …

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By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -An all-private astronaut team of two Americans and two Saudis, including the first Arab woman sent into orbit, splashed down safely off Florida on Tuesday night, capping an eight-day research mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying them parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off …

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