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Business sees $250 in tools stolen: Comox Valley RCMP investigate
CHEK
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June 7, 2025
Comox Valley RCMP is looking for a suspect who reportedly stole $250 worth of tools from a business in Courtenay. Mounties say that on May 2, a man stole $250 from a business in the 2200-block of Cliffe Avenue in Courtenay. Google Maps image shows...
Businessman crushed to death a day after moving into new home with newly-married wife
GhanaWeb
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June 7, 2025
An Asankragwa-based businessman, identified as Mr Bonnah, has been reportedly crushed to death just a day after moving into his newly completed home with his newly married wife and their two-month-old baby at Apowa in the Western Region. The...
BDC launches Commercial District Assessment Initiative to strengthen Baltimore’s Neighborhood Business Corridors
Baltimore Afro-American - Maryland
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June 7, 2025
Baltimore, MD—The Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) today (June 3) announced the launch of its Commercial District Assessment (CDA) initiative, a new effort to better understand the strengths and challenges of Baltimore’s neighborhood...
Clamoring to Invest in SpaceX but Can't? Consider Buying Stock in This Competitor That Just Upped Its National Defense Game.
Yahoo Finance
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Rocket Lab has a lot of similarities to SpaceX. Its government relationships and new Neutron rocket can drive revenue higher. Similar to SpaceX, Rocket Lab is valued at an expensive multiple to its sales. 10 stocks we like better than Rocket Lab ›...
Business leaders climb Errigal aiming to raise €1m for children's cancer charities
DonegalLive
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June 7, 2025
A team of over 20 business leaders from across the island of Ireland, UK and USA have climbed Errigal as the first part of a mammoth charity initiative. The 26 Mountains 2 Mayo challenge in aid of Cancer Fund for Children, a charity that empowers,...
Meet the founder who turned down $1.5 million — and built one of Africa’s fastest-growing companies two years in a row
Business Insider Africa
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June 7, 2025
From failure to opportunity WiSolar wasn’t Tonye Irims’ first venture, or his first failure. Before launching the company in 2016, he had tried his hand at two startups: WiMobile in 2006 and FriendsChip, a social payments platform he launched in...
Expert Urges Parents To Invest In Children’s Education
New Telegraph
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June 7, 2025
Share As part of efforts to combat illiteracy and ensure future generations contribute meaningfully to national development, finance expert Mr. Oluwagbenga Magbagbeola has urged parents to invest in the education of their children. Magbagbeola,...
Business News | Electric Passenger Vehicle Sales Cross 4% First Time in May 2025: FADA
Latestly
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June 7, 2025
New Delhi [India], June 7 (ANI): The contribution of electric passenger vehicle (EV) sales crossed 4 per cent in May, compared to 2.6 per cent of the same period of 2024, the data by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA)...
Investment fraud, Mangaluru resident looses over ₹24 lakh
The Hindu
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June 7, 2025
A city resident lost ₹24.22 lakh to online investment fraud. In a compliant to Cyber Crime, Economic Offenses, and Narcotics (CEN) station, the victim said in March he saw an advertisement related to trading on Instagram. On clicking the link, it...
Sacramento's Blue Diamond plant closure reflects broader economic concerns, analyst warns
KXTV, ABC 10 - California
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Founded more than a century ago, Blue Diamond has long been a pillar of California’s almond industry. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Blue Diamond Growers will shut down its Sacramento manufacturing plant later this year, marking the end of a 115-year...
The silent bloodbath that's tearing through the middle-class and rapidly flipping the US economy on its head
Daily Mail
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June 7, 2025
Elon Musk and hundreds of other tech mavens wrote an open letter two years ago about how AI was coming to 'automate away all the jobs' and upend society. It looks like we should have listened to them. Layoffs are sweeping America, nixing hundreds...
Galway jobs boost as 70+ positions created at medical device company
Galway Beo
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June 7, 2025
In more good news for the Galway jobs sector, more than 70 new jobs are set to be created by a medical device company. ICS Medical Devices plans to create 72 jobs by 2028 in a variety of sectors within the company. The new roles will be spread...
Retail therapy: Consumer fear stifling economic recovery – Liam Dann
The New Zealand Herald
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June 7, 2025
I suspect a lot of people are in the latter category right now. It’s entirely understandable. It’s not just the persistence of recessionary conditions that is unsettling people. Many industries are facing big structural upheavals as artificial...
American Airlines’ 787-9P ups the ante for Premium Economy
Runway Girl - Pennsylvania
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June 7, 2025
After experiencing the sleek privacy of American Airlines’ biz-plus Flagship Suite Preferred seat up front on the Boeing 787-9P inaugural to Los Angeles, your author was eager to assess the carrier’s newly redesigned Premium Economy cabin on the...
Capital One Group hosts ESG Summit to advance Uganda’s sustainable business agenda
Independent (Uganda)
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June 7, 2025
Group photo of Capital One Group staff members, guest speakers, and sponsors. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Capital One Group successfully hosted the 2025 ESG Summit this week, bringing together Uganda’s leading voices in sustainability,...
$50 million pay package for Tampa insurance company’s leading executives draws criticism
Tampa Bay Times - Florida
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Slide Insurance CEO and founder Bruce Lucas has come under criticism yet again. Lucas and his wife, the company’s chief operating officer and chief risk officer, earned $50.3 million during the second and third years after building Slide on...
Olympism365 Summit: major new commitments set to generate USD 200 million of investment
I News Cayman
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June 7, 2025
5 June 2025 – The Olympism365 Summit: Sport for a Better World today concluded with 68 organisations confirming 45 commitments to using sport as a tool to advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These initiatives are projected to...
Record Comrades Marathon to boost KZN Economy
SABC News
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June 7, 2025
The oldest and biggest ultra-marathon worldwide, The Comrades Marathon, is set to be bigger and better than last year. The race is tomorrow. This year’s down-run from Pietermaritzburg to Durban has attracted a record-breaking 24,000 runners. The...
Camel milk brings economic hope to Tunisia’s arid south
Sharjah24
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A pioneering effort led by women At the heart of this project is Latifa Frifita, a 32-year-old entrepreneur who launched Tunisia’s first camel milk pasteurisation unit in Medenine two years ago. Her effort is grounded in scientific research...
Study: Illinois places last in the country for economic health
The Victoria Advocate - Texas
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(The Center Square) – A new study paints a bleak picture of the economic health of Illinois. The personal finance website WalletHub has released its findings of the best and worst state economies. Researcher Chip Lugo said Wallethub used three...