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Ticketmaster agrees clearer prices after Oasis probe: UK regulator
Ticketmaster agrees clearer prices after Oasis probe: UK regulator
by  AFP

US ticket sales giant Ticketmaster has agreed to make its pricing more transparent following widespread anger over the exorbitant costs paid by some fans for the Oasis reunion tour, Britain's competition watchdog said Thursday. The Competition and Markets Authority launched an investigation into the company last year over concerns that it had misled fans into buying costly tickets.

Germany must move quicker on reforms, say experts
Germany must move quicker on reforms, say experts
by  AFP

Germany must move quicker with potentially painful reforms, experts warned Thursday, in the latest sign of unease at Chancellor Friedrich Merz's efforts to turn the struggling economy around. The Bild newspaper also reported Tuesday that business associations had berated Merz behind closed doors for moving too slowly on reforms.

Dutch lead charge on electric inland vessels
Dutch lead charge on electric inland vessels
by  AFP

At a windswept container park near the sprawling port of Rotterdam, a crane slots a 30-tonne white battery into a transporter vessel, enough to provide eight hours of zero-emissions freight. ITG has 17 terminals connecting key locations in the Netherlands and Belgium with the sea ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam, handling one million containers per year.

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