Category: News
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Election Day 2024 is here but 82 million ballots have already been cast
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Election Day 2024 arrived on Tuesday — with tens of millions of Americans already casting their ballots. These include records in Georgia, North Carolina and other states that could determine the winner. Early turnout in Georgia, which has flip-flopped between Republican and Democratic candidates in previous presidential elections, was very…
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Election Day 2024 is here but 82 million ballots have already been cast
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Election Day 2024 arrived on Tuesday — with tens of millions of Americans already casting their ballots. These include records in Georgia, North Carolina and other states that could determine the winner. Early turnout in Georgia, which has flip-flopped between Republican and Democratic candidates in previous presidential elections, was very…
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Agricultural insurance offers a good bet for boosting farm yields
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Kenya’s agricultural sector, which contributes about 20 percent of the country’s GDP and employs more than 40 percent of the population, faces increasing challenges due to climate change. The Food and Agriculture Organization estimates a staggering 490 trillion shillings ($3.8 trillion) of crop and livestock production have been lost over…
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Research suggests Trump tariffs could hinder U.S. manufacturing investment
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Protectionist trade policies, such as those proposed by Donald Trump, may inadvertently hurt U.S. manufacturing companies by increasing input costs, leading to lower investment, according to a study by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. Since tariffs are central to Trump’s economic vision, manufacturers could face higher costs on…
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International Petroleum Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2024 Financial and Operational Results
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This section is Partnership Content supplied The content in this section is supplied by GlobeNewswire for the purposes of distributing press releases on behalf of its clients. Postmedia has not reviewed the content. by GlobeNewswire Breadcrumb Trail Links GlobeNewswire Author of the article: Published Nov 05, 2024 • 22 minute…
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Tech leaders plan $800 Tel Aviv – New York return fares
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For more than a year, American airlines have not operated regular flights to Israel, and they left El Al Israel Airlines Ltd (level:Ellal) as the only carrier that operates direct flights between Israel and the United States. The worsening situation imposes a virtual siege on sectors of the economy that…
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Stocks might ‘go nowhere’ for the rest of this year amid Fed uncertainty and US debt concerns, market vet says
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Bloomberg Creative/Getty, Drew Angerer/Getty, Tyler Lu/PI Ed Yardeni says the S&P 500 may remain flat for the rest of the year. The market expert believes there will be no further Fed rate cuts until 2025 as the economy remains strong. He added that US government debt will also continue to…
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LeBron James reportedly spends $1.5 million a year on his biohacking regimen. Here is his daily routine
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Whatever LeBron James is doing to stay physically and mentally strong as he enters his 22nd NBA season, it’s working, and people are taking notice. In a new Netflix documentary series, starting from 5, On the lives of five of the league’s dominant figures through the 2023-24 season, reporters commented…
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LeBron James reportedly spends $1.5 million a year on his biohacking regimen. Here is his daily routine
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Whatever LeBron James is doing to stay physically and mentally strong as he enters his 22nd NBA season, it’s working, and people are taking notice. In a new Netflix documentary series, starting from 5, On the lives of five of the league’s dominant figures through the 2023-24 season, reporters commented…
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How banks are taking CBK loans to invest in Treasury bills
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Commercial banks borrowed from the Central Bank of Kenya’s emergency discount window to finance purchases of government securities as they saw a profit opportunity from the lower interest rate on the facilities compared to treasury bonds. The discount window was supposed to be used to provide temporary liquidity to banks…
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Unite union threatens legal action over cuts to pensioners’ winter fuel payments
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The union Unite has issued a stark warning to the UK Government over its controversial decision to cut winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners, threatening to pursue a judicial review if the policy is not reversed. The policy, initially announced in July and confirmed in the latest Budget, aims…
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A courtroom of relief: Feds recover funds for victims of scammed banker
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Breadcrumb links PMN BMN Business Article writer: Associated Press Martha Mendoza Published on November 04, 2024 • 4 minutes read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or log in if you have an account. Article content WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Sighs of relief erupted in a…
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Metro to serve Jerusalem population of 1.8m by 2050
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What will Jerusalem look like in 2050? According to plans submitted to a special hearing for Jerusalem District Planning and Construction, there will be a metro (underground railway) operating in the city, 220,000 new homes will be built and the population of the metropolitan area will double to 5 million.…
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Metro to serve Jerusalem population of 1.8m by 2050
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What will Jerusalem look like in 2050? According to plans submitted to a special hearing for Jerusalem District Planning and Construction, there will be a metro (underground railway) operating in the city, 220,000 new homes will be built and the population of the metropolitan area will double to 5 million.…
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Nursing Home Operator PACS Sinks After Hindenburg Short Report
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(Bloomberg) — Shares of nursing home operator PACS Group Inc. fell. by 28% on Monday after Hindenburg Research released a short report alleging that the company was – among other things – “systematically defrauding taxpayers.” Most read from Bloomberg The decline halted volatility in the health care company’s stock, and…
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Trump trade unwinds after Selzer Iowa poll has Harris ahead
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One of the country’s top pollsters just sounded a big red flag at the Trump campaign. On Saturday, J. Ann Selzer, an Iowa pollster celebrated for her accuracy, released her final poll before Election Day, which showed Vice President Kamala Harris leading former President Donald Trump 47% to 44% in…
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Telkom woes deepen as 1m more customers flee, extending last year’s trend
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Kenya’s third-largest telecommunications company, Telkom Kenya, shed more than one million customers in the 12 months to June this year, new disclosures showed, extending a trend observed the previous year when the company lost 899,458 customers. Analysis of official data released by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) shows that…
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Telkom woes deepen as 1m more customers flee, extending last year’s trend
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Kenya’s third-largest telecommunications company, Telkom Kenya, shed more than one million customers in the 12 months to June this year, new disclosures showed, extending a trend observed the previous year when the company lost 899,458 customers. Analysis of official data released by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) shows that…
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James Dyson condemns ‘spiteful’ inheritance tax in budget, warns of impact on family businesses
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Sir James Dyson has strongly criticized Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ latest Budget, describing the new inheritance tax policy as a “spiteful” move that threatens the future of family businesses in the UK. Under the changes, family-owned businesses and farms worth more than £1m will face a 20 per cent inheritance tax…
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James Dyson condemns ‘spiteful’ inheritance tax in budget, warns of impact on family businesses
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Sir James Dyson has strongly criticized Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ latest Budget, describing the new inheritance tax policy as a “spiteful” move that threatens the future of family businesses in the UK. Under the changes, family-owned businesses and farms worth more than £1m will face a 20 per cent inheritance tax…