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Bed Bath & Beyond plans share sale in bid to avoid bankruptcy

  Bloomberg Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has lined up investors for an eleventh-hour cash infusion that would allow it to stave off a bankruptcy filing. The retailer, which has been preparing for a Chapter 11 filing after lenders declared it in default last month, plans to issue convertible preferred securities and warrants, it said in a statement, in a ...

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Planes came scarily close for 30 seconds in Texas

  Bloomberg A FedEx Corp. wide-body cargo jet came within 100 feet of colliding with a Southwest Airlines Co. plane early February 4 in Austin, Texas, and the two planes remained in close proximity for at least 30 seconds, according to accident investigators. The FedEx Boeing Co. 767-300 had been cleared to land on the same Austin-Bergstrom International Airport runway ...

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UK retail sales growth slows

Bloomberg Retail sales disappointed in the UK last month as Britons facing higher household bills reined in their spending after splurging on Christmas festivities. Total retail sales rose by 4.2% year-on-year in January, around half the pace in December and down from 11.9% growth a year earlier, the British Retail Consortium and consultancy KPMG said in a report on Tuesday. ...

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