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Amazon may cut Whole Foods prices more to beat Wal-Mart

Bloomberg Jeff Bezos will have to trade in his potato peeler for a meat cleaver if he wants to fight a price war with Wal-Mart Stores Inc., his biggest grocery competitor. Despite price reductions on kale, bananas and more after Amazon.com Inc. officially took control of Whole Foods recently, the grocer has long touted the superior quality of its food ...

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Gasoline surges as traders eye Harvey impact on energy assets

Bloomberg Gasoline climbed to the highest level in more than two years as traders assess how quickly key Gulf Coast refineries and pipel- ines are able to return to service following Harvey. Motor-fuel prices jumped 13.5 percent in New York. Harvey has shuttered about 23 percent of US refining capacity since its first landfall on the Texas coast as a ...

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Vestas expects a rebound in Brazil

Bloomberg Vestas Wind Systems A/S expects demand for wind power to rebound in Brazil, after a slowdown in Latin America’s top market prompted the turbine supplier to focus more attention elsewhere in the region. “I see Brazil coming back in the next year,” said Marco Graziano, president at Vestas Mediterranean. “You’ve got to be patient.” The world’s biggest turbine supplier ...

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