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Sainsbury’s sells its Argos business to Swift Partners for £120million

  • Sainsbury’s sells Argos to Swift Partners for at least £120 million.
  • The transaction is expected to complete in February 2027.
  • All 14,000 Argos staff are expected to transfer.

Sainsbury’s has agreed to sell Argos to retail investment group Swift Partners for at least £120 million, ending a decade of ownership. The move reflects Sainsbury’s strategy to concentrate on its core food business, while Swift says it will invest in and transform Argos amid intense online competition…

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Michael Jackson Boosts Sony Music Sales By 22% Amid Quiet Quarter For Movie Studio

  • Michael Jackson’s catalogue helped lift Sony Music sales by 22%.
  • Sony Pictures revenue fell during a sparse theatrical quarter.
  • Film division operating income still rose 21%.

Sony Music Entertainment’s sales rose sharply in the quarter ending June, helped by renewed demand for Michael Jackson’s catalogue following the release of the Lionsgate biopic *Michael*. The result contrasts with a comparatively quiet period for Sony Pictures’ cinema releases in North America, although the film division still…

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ALISON BOSHOFF: Tragic Natascha McElhone finds love again 18 years after the death of her husband… with actor 20 years her junior

  • McElhone is reportedly in a new relationship.
  • Her husband died suddenly in 2008.
  • The reported partner is 20 years younger.

The article reports that actress Natascha McElhone has found a new relationship, 18 years after the sudden death of her husband. It presents the development as a significant personal milestone following a long period in which she raised their children after his death. McElhone’s husband, cosmetic surgeon Martin…

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“I didn’t like it”: The 1982 Pink Floyd album the band disowned

  • *The Final Cut* exposed Pink Floyd’s internal divisions.
  • Roger Waters dominated the album’s creative direction.
  • David Gilmour later expressed dislike for it.

The article examines Pink Floyd’s 1982 album *The Final Cut*, portraying it as a divisive release that several band members came to dislike or distance themselves from. It matters because the record marked the group’s growing internal fracture and foreshadowed Roger Waters’s departure from Pink Floyd. The album…

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ITV brings forward £100m buyback ahead of Sky sale

  • ITV begins a £100 million early shareholder buyback.
  • Sky deal remains subject to regulatory approval.
  • ITV Studios faces mixed performance before independence.

ITV has launched a £100 million share buyback, bringing forward part of the cash return expected from its planned £1.6 billion sale of its Media & Entertainment division to Sky. The move accompanies ITV’s first results since the deal was agreed and is intended to provide an earlier…

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Charming homes for sale with family gardens in England – in pictures

  • Five English homes offer spacious family gardens.
  • Prices range from £435,000 to £1.1m.
  • Properties span Essex, Derbyshire, Sussex, Yorkshire and Kent.

Five English homes for sale are highlighted for their family-friendly gardens, ranging from rural cottages to larger period and modern properties. - Fanner’s Green, Essex: Grade II-listed three-bedroom cottage with fruit trees and field views, £720,000. - Buxton, Derbyshire: 1898 landmark house with large lawn, library and cellar,…

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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Besting ‘No Way Home’s $50M U.S. Previews – Thursday PM Box Office

  • Spider-Man sequel surpassed $50 million in previews.
  • It set Sony’s biggest-ever preview record.
  • Opening weekend could reach $300 million.

Spider-Man: Brand New Day has taken more than $50 million in US and Canadian Thursday preview screenings, surpassing the preview total for 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home. The result makes it the biggest preview performance for a Sony film and the strongest since the Covid-19 pandemic, signalling the…

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HSBC to pull out of Australian retail banking market

  • HSBC is leaving Australian retail banking and closing 19 branches.
  • Blackstone will buy its $36bn consumer loan portfolio.
  • Private and institutional banking services will remain.

HSBC will exit Australian retail banking, closing all 19 branches over the next 18 months and selling its mortgage and personal-loan portfolio to Blackstone. The move ends the London-based bank’s decades-long consumer presence in Australia, reflecting the difficulty foreign banks face competing in a market dominated by major…

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“I spend more time writing emails than playing guitar these days. That really bums me out. I’m trying to bring the joy back into creation”: Elder’s Through Zero is a bid to balance conflict and resolution

  • Through Zero follows DiSalvo’s post-album burnout.
  • Elder seek renewed joy and creative balance.
  • The album continues their prog and stoner-rock evolution.

Elder’s seventh album, Through Zero, is presented as a renewed creative statement from the psych-rock band after frontman Nick DiSalvo experienced burnout following 2022’s Innate Passage. DiSalvo says the pressures of administration had displaced the pleasure of making music, and the record seeks to restore that sense of…

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‘I was so self-assured in my early 20s. Then my frontal lobe hit’: Rachel Chinouriri, every pop star’s favourite UK pop star

  • Rachel Chinouriri describes overcoming early career panic and self-doubt.
  • Her candid songwriting has attracted prominent pop and indie artists.
  • She recently won her first major music award.

Rachel Chinouriri reflects on overcoming severe performance anxiety as her career gathers momentum, following a period in which she felt intense pressure to prove herself in the music industry. The Croydon singer-songwriter says early experiences of panic and embarrassment taught her that the worst outcomes she feared rarely…

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