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  "id": 12182500,
  "title": "Sainsbury's held blockbuster merger talks with rival Morrisons",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/sainsburys-held-blockbuster-merger-talks-with-rival-morrisons",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-05T15:04:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-16184371/Sainsburys-held-blockbuster-merger-talks-rival-Morrisons.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
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  "summary": "A merger between the two would be one of the biggest supermarket deals in more than five years and create a giant with a market share of 23.6 per cent.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}