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Sainsbury’s bags Asda in £7.3bn deal
Features A merged Sainsbury's and Asda would pose a powerful joint challenge to Tesco. But the deal raises serious competition concerns. Alex Rankine reports.
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What the merger between Sainsbury’s and Asda means for you
Features Sainsbury’s and Asda have decided to merge. John Stepek looks what it means for the troubled UK supermarket sector and asks: is it a good deal?
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Save on your season ticket
Tips Train fares are set to rise by an average 3.4% next month. But there are ways to spread the cost, says Ruth Jackson.
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A poor deal for deferred pension scheme members
Features Some five million deferred members of company pension schemes are missing out on valuable opportunities to make the most of their savings because of poor communications from their former employers.
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Britain’s convenience store battle
Features Sainsbury’s has bid £130m to buy Nisa, the mutually owned consortium of more than 1,300 independent retailers, which operates 3,000 small shops.
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Sainsbury's pre-emptive strike
Features Sainsbury's made an informal offer for Home Retail Group last November, it emerged this week, in “pre-emptive action” to fend off US online shopping giant Amazon.
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The ten most-hated shares in the FTSE
Features These are London’s ten most-hated shares, judged by the percentage of stock being shorted.
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Not such a Merry Christmas for supermarkets
News The festive period provided no let up for the beleaguered supermarket sector.
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Controversy of the day: Will Sainsbury’s fall next in the Great Supermarket Wars?
Features Sainsbury's saw its first fall in Christmas sales for a decade. Is it about to suffer the same fate as Tesco?
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