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American grocery store company Albertsons of Boise, Idaho backs out of a $24.6 billion merger deal between Cincinnati-based grocer Kroger and files a lawsuit against them that includes a $600 million termination fee.
2024-12-11

The Turkish lira plunges to an all-time low of 17.0705 to the U.S. dollar, triggering a direct central bank intervention in the stock market. The lira has lost 55% of its value this year, including 37% in just the last 30 days. President Recep Erdoğan announces a 50% rise in the minimum wage from next year.
2021-12-17

French health minister Olivier Veran announces that the country will offer free birth control to all women under the age of 25, which will also include free contraception-related medical visits, starting in 2022. This measure will cost the government about 21 million euros (US$24,828,552) per year.
2021-09-9

A $300 billion stimulus bill proposed by the Republican Party is blocked in a 52–47 vote in the U.S. Senate.
2020-09-10

Global stock markets have lost US$6 trillion in value over the last six days.
2020-02-28

Discovery Communications announces it will acquire Scripps Networks Interactive for US$ 14.6 billion.
2017-07-31

American luxury fashion company Coach, Inc. agrees to purchase shoe brand Stuart Weitzman for $574 million.
2015-01-6

Vladimir Putin urges the Western and Arab world to review their position. He asks to end the violence first, then sit around the table and only then move on to "these practical steps about the internal organisation of the country itself". [http:--www.starafrica.com-en-news-detail-news-view-putin-urges-west-rethink-on-syria-as-bat-251427.html ("Star Africa")]date=August 2019
2012-09-6

North Korea positions a rocket for a launch later in the week, drawing protests from the Western world, South Korea and Japan, all of which suspect the rocket may be a ballistic missile test.
2012-04-9

Police in El Salvador discover barrels containing US$9 million in suspected drug money.
2010-09-5