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Vallejo resident’s fiance trapped in Tehran
The Reporter - California
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June 19, 2025
Christina Rogers and Mostafa Rezazadeh share a quintessentially modern American love story. Rogers, a Vallejo resident studying social work and working at North Gate Church, met Rezazadeh through his cousin. Rezazadeh lives in Tehran, Iran, and...
Flood of IPOs next week riding bulls
Financial Express
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By Nesil Staney The coming week is packed with both SME and mainboard initial public offerings (IPOs), with several major launches across sectors such as finance, infrastructure, and healthcare. Bankers involved in these transactions say there is...
Slovakia has given up on attracting quality people. It's disgusting, says expert
The Slovak Spectator
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June 19, 2025
Article continues after video advertisement Article continues after video advertisement When it comes to attracting qualified people, Slovakia is lagging behind neighbouring countries. According to Milan Kurota, the head of the consulting company...
Digital Divide: MSMEs struggle to tap into AI revolution as high costs block access
The Economic Times
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June 18, 2025
Even as more and more businesses are embracing artificial intelligence (AI), micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the country face challenges in adopting AI solutions due to financial constraints, including the high costs of...
Extra Flight Strengthens India-Europe Trade Connection
Logistics Business Magazine
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June 10, 2025
Expanding its extensive air network, UPS has nearly doubled its air freight capacity between Delhi and its European Air Hub in Cologne, Germany, to meet growing export demand from Indian businesses. Using a Boeing 747-8, businesses in key sectors...
GTVP Uplifts Traditional Apprenticeship In Ghana
Modern Ghana
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Ghana’s vibrant informal sector, long sustained by traditional apprenticeship systems, is undergoing a historic upgrade. The Ghana TVET Voucher Project (GTVP), a joint initiative between the Government of Ghana and the German Government through...
Afera and IVK Launch Unified PCF Calculation Tool for Adhesives and Tapes
Adhesive & Sealants Industry
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June 9, 2025
Image courtesy of Afera. Afera, The European Adhesive Tape Association, and the German Adhesives Association, Industrieverband Klebstoffe e.V. (IVK), recently announced the launch of TACK (Tapes and Adhesive Calculation Kit), a collaborative...
What “Liberation Day” Could Have Been
myMotherLode - California
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Image Source: Unsplash I ran a hedge fund for a while with a partner. We were a small shop, just the two of us. And given that our pay was tied to performance, there were years where the pay was pretty good… and years where I barely got paid at...
These sisters spent 24 years selling their signature bears. Then they saw an Aldi ad
The Sydney Morning Herald
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June 19, 2025
Trollope and Novati are considering their legal options, but their expectations of seeing any meaningful recompense are low, pointing to previous legal action that has been brought against Aldi – including US snack food giant Frito-Lay over...
Kathy Hilton And Anna Zuckerman Discuss Their New Jewelry Collection
Forbes
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Kathy Hilton and Anna Zuckerman showcasing their new jewelry collection. Center & Spring table. ... More Tigre de Tartán designs.Anna Sokol Photography Being a part of the Hilton Hotels family dynasty and having started several businesses herself,...
Forbes Daily: Consumers Pull Back On Spending Amid Economic Anxiety
Forbes
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Consumers raced to spend ahead of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Now, they’re pulling back. Retail spending fell 0.9% in May, the second consecutive month of declines as trade wars create economic anxiety. Earlier this year, retail spending...
An old mall storage unit is now a Star Wars paradise where you can build your own lightsaber
OregonLive.com
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June 18, 2025
On the first floor of the Lloyd Center mall, between the ice rink and the abandoned DEB store, a new galaxy is taking shape. It’s Docking Bay 45, a 3,000-square-foot, in-universe experience for “Star Wars” fans, where shoppers can build...
Starlink Internet Review: Plans, Pricing, Speed and Availability
CNET
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Unavailable in Provider unavailable in 90001 Edit Starlink rating How we calculated our rating We score internet providers for speed, value and customer care. Our data sources include the FCC, J.D. Power, The American Customer Satisfaction Index...
Cambridge university’s innovative plan to house staff and students
The Times
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“Where we’re sitting now was the university farm,” says Matt Johnson, the head of development at North West Cambridge. Today it’s Eddington Square, a bustling public plaza in a new neighbourhood named after the renowned Cambridge astronomer,...
Antonin Tron on founding Atlein, and an unexpected collab with Kylie Jenner
South China Morning Post
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June 18, 2025
When Antonin Tron, a veteran of brands such as Balenciaga and Louis Vuitton, established Atlein in 2016, he had lofty ambitions of starting a fully sustainable ready-to-wear label. The designer, however, soon realised how difficult it would be to...
Sidetrack Could Become The First Gay Bar In An American Airport
Block Club Chicago - Illinois
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June 18, 2025
O’HARE — Sidetrack, the city’s largest and arguably most popular gay bar, has applied to open a location at O’Hare Airport — a move that, if approved, would make it the first gay bar inside an airport in the United States. Sidetrack Could Become...
Madcap Milwaukee Calendar: Freak Show and Wild Ones
Shepherd Express - Wisconsin
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June 18, 2025
Friday Night Freak Show: Hedwig and the Angry Inch Friday, June 20 Oriental Theatre MKE 2230 N. Farwell Ave. WMSE’s long running Friday Night Freak Show has screened every cult classic imaginable. They return this month with 2001’s Hedwig and the...
Stuck in Israel: How Iran War Is Affecting Business, Travel and the Overall Psyche
Global Atlanta - Georgia
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June 18, 2025
Editor’s note: Guy Tessler of the Atlanta-based Pendleton Group was traveling back to his native Israel to deepen Atlanta’s ties with its Israeli sister city, Ra’anana, when Israel launched its attacks on Iran. With Israeli airspace closed, the...
Fiscal Forum: Future of the EU Tax Mix with Dr. Stefanie Geringer
Tax Foundation
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June 18, 2025
In August 2024, I had the opportunity to interview Dr. Stefanie Geringer, a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Law at the University of Vienna and Masaryk University Brno, a certified taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by...
Things to Know about Amazon Prime Day 2025, the Four-Day Sale and Biggest Shopping Event of the Year
Time Bulletin
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June 18, 2025
Amazon will hold an extended four-day Prime Day sales extravaganza from July 8 to July 11. This year, Amazon Prime Day will go for four days, which is twice as long as previous years. This will give customers more time to browse the e-commerce...