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Consumer groups want airlines to pay for baggage fees 'distress'
Consumer groups want airlines to pay for baggage fees 'distress'
by  AFP

Sixteen European consumer groups on Wednesday called on the European Union to take action against seven low-cost airlines over their baggage fees. They say that the fees and policies imposed by the airlines breach European Union aviation regulations and European Court of Justice rulings.

Bitcoin hits record high amid optimism over US legislation
Bitcoin hits record high amid optimism over US legislation
by  AFP

Bitcoin hit a record high on Wednesday, driven by a wave of optimism over cryptocurrency legislation in the United States. Bitcoin broke back through the symbolic $100,000 threshold on May 8 for the first time since February, as Britain and the United States unveiled a trade deal.

Bloomberg financial markets data service hit by outage
Bloomberg financial markets data service hit by outage
by  AFP

Bloomberg, the financial data service used by traders around the world, was hit by an outage on Wednesday, briefly disrupting an auction of UK government debt. The service started working again but slower at around 1000 GMT. The UK Debt Management Office said it had to extend the bidding window for a government debt auction due to the "market-wide Bloomberg system issues".

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