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Sep 2023
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US investors target another English socc...

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From the BBC World Service: American interest in the top level of English soccer continues. Miami investment firm 777 Partners is in talks to buy Everton, based in the city of Liverpool. If the deal goes through half of the clubs in England’s Premier League will have U.S.-based owners. Plus, Bernard Looney, chief executive of oil major BP, has resigned abruptly amid a review of his personal relationships with colleagues. And, why French regulators are worried about radiation levels from the iPhone 12.

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