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02.09.25 - 04:30
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Hong Kong stocks tread water after biggest advance in 2 weeks (SCMP)
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Hong Kong stocks traded in a narrow range on Tuesday after the benchmark gauge posted its biggest gain in more than two weeks a day earlier.
The Hang Seng Index fell 0.1 per cent to 25,600.07 as of 10.03am local time. The Hang Seng Tech Index dropped 0.6 per cent.
On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index slipped 0.1 per cent and the Shanghai Composite Index retreated 0.3 per cent.
Car dealer Zhongsheng Group Holdings advanced 5 per cent to HK$16.78, and household appliances maker Midea Group gained......
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01.09.25 - 19:00
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Pouring cold water on H₂O sommeliers | Letters (The Guardian)
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Readers respond to an article on restaurants that offer customers different kinds of water from a dedicated menuWater at £19 a bottle ('You're either going to be a pioneer or a joke', 28 August)(Meet the water sommeliers: they believe H₂O can rival wine – but would you pay £19 a bottle?, 28 August)? What a load of rubbish. Far better to order a free glass of tap water. At an Open University summer school some years ago, students were invited to take part in a trial. All were given 10 lots of two samples, Nottingham tap water and Highland Spring. There were enough participants over the weeks for a statistical sample. Answer? They could not tell the difference. Incidentally, licensed premises are obliged to provide free tap water on request. Refusing to do would be a breach of their licence condition.Rosalind ClaytonLondon• Perhaps Joe Rawlins and Gaëlle Radigon, the owners of La Popote restaurant, could consider putting tap water on the menu as “Corporation Pop”, as we called it when I...
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01.09.25 - 12:24
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Reeves says Thames Water should find ′market-based solution′ (The Guardian)
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Chancellor aims to reassure creditors but says ministers are planning for all options including special administrationBusiness live – latest updatesRachel Reeves has told investors she would like to see a “market-based solution” for problems at Thames Water, rather than placing the company into special administration.The chancellor sent a letter in July to the Thames Water creditor group, which represents about 100 financial institutions that are trying to create a rescue plan for the company. Continue reading......
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01.09.25 - 11:48
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Energiekonzern darf mit Erdgasbohrungen vor Borkum beginnen (DPA-AFX)
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BORKUM (dpa-AFX) - Der niederländische Energiekonzern One-Dyas darf in der Nordsee vor der Insel Borkum nun auch auf deutschem Hoheitsgebiet nach Erdgas bohren. Das zuständige Niedersächsische Landesamt für Bergbau, Energie und Geologie (LBEG) hat einem ......
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