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Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine 91.6% effective in late-stage trial

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Russia is also conducting a small-scale clinical trial of a one-dose version of the vaccine, which developers expect to have an efficacy rate of 73% to 85%.

Kroger says it must close two Long Beach stores due to hazard pay ordinance

HERO workers but… pay for being hero off the card for cheapskate Kroger!

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As local governments look to enact hazard pay rules for grocery workers, businesses are pushing back, saying the extra pay is too costly to sustain. Kroger on Monday blamed its decision to close a Ralphs supermarket and a Food 4 Less in Long Beach on a hazard pay measure.

US tariffs on Scotch whisky ‘have cost £500m in lost exports’

Drop the tariffs tomorrow!

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Single malt sales to US have fallen more than third since retaliatory regime was imposed, says industry body

Losses to Scotch whisky exports after tariffs were imposed by the US have reached £500m, according to an industry body.

New figures suggest exports of single malt Scotch whisky have fallen by more than a third – amounting to more than £500m – since a 25% tariff was imposed in October 2019.

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