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Halloween spending to reach record $13.5 billion nationwide

The National Retail Federation predicts Halloween spending will hit $13.5 billion this year, with affordability driving creative shopping strategies.

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Halloween spending to reach record $13.5 billion nationwide

The National Retail Federation predicts Halloween spending will hit $13.5 billion this year, with affordability driving creative shopping strategies.

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Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to Kagan and Soai for untangling mirror images in molecules

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Scientists Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for untangling mysterious mirror images in molecules, a discovery that has been used to develop countless drugs and transformed modern medicine.Many molecules come in versions that look alike but...

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Boots sold in £7bn deal to Canadian billionaire family

The sale of the High Street chain was announced on Wednesday.

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