In the pack houses of Hawke’s Bay apple growers, smart cameras scan the apples looking for blemishes and grading the fruit to ensure only the best is selected for domestic and international markets. SEC suspends Oando shares from stock marketThe Securities and Exchange Commission has ordered the Nigerian Stock… Retail sales have had their first quarterly rise in two years, but the outlook for the sector remains weak. Analysis – The residential property market remains sluggish, interest rates are likely to stay high until next year, but there’s some relief for investors. A portal of daily newspapers covering Philippine news headlines, business, lifestyle, advertisement, sports and entertainment.
- In early May, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Europe for the first time since 2019.
- Shares of Apple stock jumped more than 4 percent in after-hours trading on Thursday evening.
- Canadian retail sales slowed in March as shoppers spent less at furniture, home furnishings, electronics and appliances retailers, Statistics Canada said Friday.
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Ceria Group is committed to using renewable energy sources to power its nickel processing operations. Bank Indonesia decided to maintain the benchmark interest rate at 6.25 percent. The cap on energy bills for most UK households will drop by seven percent on the back of sliding wholesale costs, regulator Ofgem revealed. Sentiment has been boosted by the success of Britain’s mass vaccination programme with the pandemic now seen as having less of a negative impact than previously feared. Michael McCaul, Republican chairman of the US Foreign Affairs Committee, has warned of national security implications following Microsoft Pr… On Wednesday, the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs voted overwhelmingly to approve legislation aimed at relaxing restrictions on artifi…
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You’ll have a lot more energy throughout the day if you get a good night’s sleep, but not everyone does due to a medical condition. Twelve people were injured when a Qatar Airways plane flying from Doha to Dublin on Sunday hit turbulence, airport authorities said. North Korea has told Japan it plans to launch a satellite by early next week, an apparent effort to put its second military spy satellite into orbit.
A record was broken ahead of the Memorial Day weekend for the number of airline travelers screened at U.S. airports. Joachim Nagel, left, in 2016 next to Jens Weidmann, whom he will succeed as the head of Germany’s central bank, the Bundesbank. Germany names a career central banker, Joachim Nagel, to head the Bundesbank. The rapid spread of the Omicron variant has seemingly bolstered the Biden administration’s argument in favor of a vaccine mandate for large businesses. CNN’s announcement is part of a wave of large companies hitting the brakes on returning to the office, for many triggering uneasy feelings of déjà vu of the early pandemic.
Microsoft injects fresh $70 million in South Africa’s small and medium businesses
In what had long been celebrated every May 30 to honor America’s fallen soldiers, Memorial Day officially became a federal holiday in 1971, observed on the last Monday in May. Senator Bernie Sanders at a rally with striking Kellogg workers on Friday. Union members at four Kellogg cereal plants will vote on a second contract offer. Mr. Weidmann, a former financial adviser to Angela Merkel when she was Germany’s chancellor, was one of the most conservative voices on the E.C.B. board, a champion among central bank hawks who prefer tighter fiscal policies. Citigroup sent a memo to its staff in New York and New Jersey giving them the option to work from home through the holidays given the surge in cases in the New York metropolitan area.
- Palestinian medics said an Israeli airstrike killed at least 22 people Sunday when it hit tents for displaced people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, and ‘numerous’ others were trapped in the debris.
- The airline said it is treating 31 passengers injured during the flight journey.
- Enerplus Corp. says its shareholders have voted to approve a takeover of the company by U.S. company Chord Energy Corp.
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- Metro Vancouver renters are spending nearly two thirds of their monthly income on rent – more than double the recommended rent-to-income ratio – a new report suggests.