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Traditional US retailers gain on holiday sales hopes

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Surgeon who burned initials into livers of two patients fined £10,000

A surgeon who burned his initials on to the livers of two patients during transplant surgery has been given a 12-month community order and fined £10,000. Simon Bramhall, 53, used an argon beam – used to stop livers bleeding during operations and to highlight an area to be worked on – to sign “SB” into…

Trump orders U-turn over sanctions against Chinese telecom group

President intervenes with commerce dept in ZTE case after talks with Xi