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US hospitals buckling under delta surge: 25% of ICUs are over 95% full

Enlarge / PALM BAY, FLORIDA, 2021/07/29: A woman arrives at a treatment tent outside the emergency department at Palm Bay Hospital. (credit: Getty | SOPA images) The current surge of the COVID-19 cases driven by the hypertransmissible delta variant is straining hospitals across the US, particularly in the South. Twenty-five percent of hospital intensive care […]

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Carrefour shares pop as merger talks intensify

Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., the Canadian owner of Circle K convenience stores, is exploring a takeover of French grocer Carrefour SA in a roughly $20 billion deal that would create a trans-Atlantic retail giant. Couche-Tard’s initial proposal values the French company at about 20 euros per share, people with knowledge of the matter said. That would […]