Category: News

  • Pizza Hut is giving away 1 million free pizzas

    Reading is essential, but it can also be fulfilling. Pizza Hut has announced plans to give away 1 million free pizzas as part of National Book Month. Company book! The program will offer free personal pizza to anyone – children or adults. And this time, you don’t even have to…

  • Address policy hurdles agricultural sector SMEs face to spur job creation

    Agriculture is the key to Africa’s economic recovery. The African Development Bank expects the sector to generate $1 trillion in profits by 2030. Therefore, there is a need for bold agricultural reforms that strengthen smallholder farmers and direct investments towards this sector. Study of the 2022 Alliance for a Green…

  • Wet weather drives UK retailers to slash prices in September

    UK retailers have announced the biggest drop in store prices in three years, as unseasonably wet weather in September prompted stores to offer deep discounts in a bid to attract shoppers. According to the latest figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and NielsenIQ, shop prices fell by 0.6% year-on-year,…

  • Curium Announces Strategic Partnership with PeptiDream for Prostate Cancer Theranostics in Japan

    This section is Partnership content provided The content in this section is provided by GlobeNewswire for the purposes of press release distribution on behalf of its clients. Postmedia has not reviewed the content. by Globe Newswire Breadcrumb links Globe Newswire Article writer: Published on October 1, 2024 • 5 minute…

  • Compulsory purchases for Metro will cost over NIS 10b

    Globes has learned that the cost of the compulsory purchase of land for the purposes of constructing the subway network in and around the Gush Dan area of ​​Tel Aviv will be no less than NIS 10 billion, making the compulsory purchase the largest ever undertaken in Israel. In order…

  • Clorox stock upgraded by Jefferies as topline growth improves By Investing.com

    On Tuesday, Jefferies upgraded Clorox (NYSE:) stock to buy from hold, setting a new price target of $187, up from the previous price of $174. The company highlighted the positive outlook for the company’s future performance, anticipating a return to historical levels of growth and profitability. Clorox, known for its…

  • 2 Monster Stocks to Buy Now

    Artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the world by storm over the past year. Demand for Generative artificial intelligencewhich can create intelligent responses, images and videos from simple text instructions, is thriving and expected to grow exponentially in the coming years. Some of the most widely used generative AI applications are…

  • Japan’s new PM supports higher corporate taxes, more defense spending

    Shigeru Ishiba, who became Japan’s new prime minister on Tuesday, is a former defense minister known for his deep knowledge of security policy. Ishiba’s push to bolster the military and call for the creation of an Asian NATO may anger Beijing, but he is cautious in his words regarding China.…

  • Joho rejects push to revoke Simba Cement’s Kilifi mining permit

    The Ministry of Mining has rejected a petition seeking cancellation of the license issued to Simba Cement Company, part of businessman Narendra Raval’s empire, in Kilifi County. The ministry told the National Assembly Environment, Forestry and Mining Committee that it had issued a license to Simba Cement to extract limestone…

  • National Insurance on employer pension contributions could raise billions for Treasury coffers

    The introduction of national insurance on employer contributions to pensions could generate billions for the Treasury, according to Sir Steve Webb, the former pensions minister. Webb, now a partner at LCP, points out that this reform could raise up to £16bn net a year and could be the most likely…

  • US Dockworkers Strike Set to Go Ahead After No Deal Announced

    Breadcrumb links BMN Business Dockworkers are set to walk out of every major port on the US East and Gulf Coasts, marking the start of a strike that could spread to the world’s largest economy and cause political unrest just weeks before the presidential election. Article writer: Bloomberg News Laura…

  • Japan’s business mood steady in July-Sept, keeps BOJ rate hike chance alive By Reuters

    Written by Makiko Yamazaki and Laika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese business sentiment stabilized in the three months through September, a closely watched survey showed, a sign that the economy remains on track toward a moderate recovery that leaves room for the central bank to raise interest rates further. But…

  • 3 cheap areas of the stock market to buy as the Fed unveils a ‘rare double whammy’ of stimulus, BofA says

    Ismagilov/Getty, Yellow Duck/Getty, Tyler Low/PI Bank of America said investors should snap up value stocks in three specific sectors. The company says it is poised to outperform as the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates while corporate profits continue to accelerate. Savita Subramanian, head of US equity strategy, refers to the…

  • Lawsuit accuses YouTube of harming youth mental health

    The state of Arkansas filed a lawsuit against YouTube and its parent company Alphabet on Monday, saying the video-sharing platform has become intentionally addictive and fueling a mental health crisis among youth in the state. Attorney General Tim Griffin’s office filed the lawsuit in state court, accusing them of violating…

  • Omtatah seeks to block new national health cover plan

    Busia Senator Okiya Umtatah and two others have moved to court seeking to block the implementation of the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) before its launch today. Mr Umtatah argues with Mr Eliud Karanja Matindi and Dr Magari Jikini that the subsidiary legislation required to operationalize the Social Health Insurance…

  • Wealthy investors flock to start-ups for tax breaks amid looming capital gains tax raid

    Wealthy investors are increasingly turning to startups to ease their tax burdens, especially with a potential capital gains tax hike looming in the next Budget. Investment in SEISs rose 250% between July 4 and September 16 this year, according to Wealth Club, as savers hope to reduce their CGT liabilities…

  • Titan Reports Voting Results from 2023 Annual General and Special Meeting

    This section is Partnership content provided The content in this section is provided by GlobeNewswire for the purposes of press release distribution on behalf of its clients. Postmedia has not reviewed the content. by Globe Newswire Breadcrumb links Globe Newswire Article writer: Posted on September 30, 2024 • 5 minute…

  • Israeli tech cos cutting back on employee share options

    Despite the war, salaries for tech workers rose 8% between June 2023 and 2024, higher than the average salary rise of 5.1% for the entire economy. The average monthly salary for a tech in Israel is now NIS 32,215. But tech companies have become much less generous when it comes…

  • Hagerty director Kauffman sells shares worth nearly $148k By Investing.com

    Director of Hagerty, Inc. sold (NYSE:HGTY) Robert I. Kaufman sold a total of 14,253 shares of the company’s Class A common stock in a series of transactions, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The sales, which took place between September 26 and 30, amounted to…

  • This week’s economic data could be ‘hugely bullish’ for stocks

    Friday’s monthly jobs report, along with a slew of other economic data scheduled for release this week, will likely push the stock market higher if it surprises to the upside. That’s because any evidence that the Fed is cutting interest rates amid an ideal backdrop of continued economic growth, a…