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title: "TheBizLounge: Is #Sainsbury’s now worthy of your stocks basket? And how to con a billionaire"
publisher: "Share Talk"
author: "sharetalk"
published: "2017-10-18T13:59:46+00:00"
modified: "2017-10-18T14:04:31+00:00"
date: 2017-10-18
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# TheBizLounge: Is #Sainsbury’s now worthy of your stocks basket? And how to con a billionaire

**Published:** October 18, 2017
**Author:** sharetalk
**Categories:** TheBizLounge
**Tags:** Richard Branson, Sainsburys, SBRY, Virgin
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Taking the stress out of stocks… Sainsbury’s says it’s cutting 2,000 jobs to save £500m a year. The shares are off their summer peak, so is it a buying opportunity? And how fraudsters tried to scam billionaire Sir Richard Branson twice.

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