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  "id": 12639334,
  "title": "Fairfax Partners with Wittington Investments in Acquisition of The Boots Group",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/fairfax-partners-with-wittington-investments-in-acquisition-of-the",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-07T13:32:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Financial Post",
    "slug": "financial-post",
    "url": "https://financialpost.com/globe-newswire/fairfax-partners-with-wittington-investments-in-acquisition-of-the-boots-group"
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  "summary": "TORONTO, Oct. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (“Fairfax”) (TSX: FFH and FFH.U) announces that it has entered into agreements to partner with Wittington Investments, Limited (“Wittington”), the holding company of the Weston family based in Canada, to acquire The Boots Group (“Boots”), the leading pharmacy and health and beauty retailer in […]",
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        "title": "Fairfax Partners With Wittington Investments in Acquisition of Boots",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/fairfax-partners-with-wittington-investments-in-acquisition-of-boots",
        "published": "2026-10-07T13:52:49.000Z"
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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."
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