Following the Competition Commission’s rejection of the deal.

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Cashbuilds planned R1 billion-plus acquisition of The Building Company (TBC) from fellow JSE-listed group Pepkor has been officially canned, both companies confirmed in separate Sens statements on Thursday. The groups have had no option but to terminate the agreement, after the Competition Commission rejected the deal in May. Cashbuild and Pepkor first announced the deal…

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An asteroid known as Bennu will pass within half the distance of the Earth to the moon in the year 2135 but the probability of an impact with our planet in the coming centuries is very slight, scientists said Wednesday.

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A man watches the sky during the Geminid meteor shower over Brimham Rocks, a collection of balancing rock formations in the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in North Yorkshire, the UK on Tuesday. NASA calls the Geminids the “best meteor shower of the year.” Photo: VCG An asteroid known as Bennu will pass within…

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Biden is taking the heat for higher gasoline prices during the summer driving season

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Biden is taking the heat for higher gasoline prices during the summer driving season Colin McClelland Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, left, blasted the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden, right, yesterday for telling OPEC to send more oil after cancelling Canadas Keystone XL Pipeline.Photo by Postmedia/Reuters Article content Wounded after U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled…

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Megan Woods had said gentailers made ‘commercial decisions’ before power outage.

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Energy Minister Megan Woods on the causes of last night’s power outages. Video / Mark MitchellThe Government has walked back a statement by Energy and Resources Minister Megan Woods that gentailers made “commercial decisions” when it came to how much generation to have online on Monday night. Minister David Parker said Woods did not mean…

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A nurse in Germany risked nearly 9,000 lives by swapping COVID-19 vaccines with saline. Now, people are to be revaccinated with actual shots.

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Close to 9000 Germans will need to be vaccinated again after a nurse had swapped the COVID-19 vaccine with saline on multiple occasions, Reuters reported. The incident happened in early spring at a vaccination center in Friesland, a small district 62 miles (100 kilometers) North-West from the city of Bremen, Germany. Back in April, we had…

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Research sheds light on how marine ecosystems changed after the dinosaur-killing extinction event

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Sharks may have been spared a global extinction event millions of years ago that wiped out several species, including all large marine reptiles like mosasaurs and non-avian dinosaurs, according to a new study. Scientists, including those from Swedens Uppsala University, have shed light on how the dinosaur-killing extinction event transformed ecosystems and the kinds of…

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