Walmart ‘reportedly interested in selling majority stake in Asda’
US-based retail giant Walmart is reportedly eyeing the sale of a majority stake in UK supermarket chain Asda.
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Sainsbury’s-Asda merger blocked as watchdog concludes prices would increase
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CMA widens scope of Sainsbury’s/Asda merger investigation to include discounters
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