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G20 health ministers agree to establish pandemic fund

  BALI / WAM The G20 health ministers have agreed to establish a pandemic fund. The fund will be commonly used to fix the health system and close the budget gap for the following five years, based on how the Covid-19 pandemic has been handled in the previous two years. At the G20updates press conference, Secretary General of the Indonesian …

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Morrisons, Asda face high cost of their debt-fuelled buyouts

  Bloomberg When the UK supermarket chains Asda and Morrisons were taken over last year, their private equity buyers took the typical step of piling them with debt. Now, that burden is becoming increasingly heavy as soaring inflation squeezes incomes, shoppers tighten their belts and borrowing costs soar. The UK’s third and fifth-largest supermarkets are facing combined annual interest bills …

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Alibaba keeps Singles Day sales tally under wraps for first time

  Bloomberg Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. decided not to disclose full sales results for its signature Singles’ Day shopping festival for the first time, after forecasts that the figure may suffer a decline unprecedented in the event’s 14-year history. Alibaba said in a statement gross merchandise value (GMV) was “in line with last year’s GMV performance despite macro challenges and …

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