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China Focus: NPC deputy brings rosy prospects to villagers through rose plantation

China.dot.org | 2022-03-09, 10:05

HAIKOU, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Yang Ying was busy teaching farmers how to trim the rose branches in a rose garden while asking for their expectations for the future, before leaving for Beijing for the annual "two sessions." Yang, 46, is a deputy to the 13th

Sebi approves LIC draft papers; clears decks for mega IPO

Asian Age | 2022-03-09, 10:04

The IPO is offer for sale (OFS) by Government of India and there will be no fresh issue of shares by LIC ...

Charles Entenmann, who helped franchise Long Island family bakery, dead at 92

New York Post | 2022-03-09, 10:04

More On: long island Prominent LGBTQ non-profit loses millions in funding following NY state probe Off-duty NYPD officer shoots LI home intruder who yelled ‘I will kill you’ Crew trying to make off with $90K in purses from high-end Hamptons store

Baker earns Stoke late draw at Barnsley

Business Ghana | 2022-03-09, 10:00

Barnsley's Championship survival hopes were dealt a harsh late blow by Lewis Baker's injury-time stunner for Stoke City at Oakwell. The former Chelsea midfielder with a penchant for spectacular goals smashed home in the 95th minute - his fifth goal in

International Women's Day: Digitising a manufacturing giant

The Times of India | 2022-03-09, 10:00

Revathi Advaithi is the CEO of the $24-billion Flex, a rare example of a non-white woman heading an electronics manufacturing behemoth. “I’m an Indian woman in an industrial environment in the US, which is not an easy place to be,” she says. She notes how

Jayashree Ullal: Takes revenue from $0 to $3 billion

The Times of India | 2022-03-09, 10:00

Jayshree Ullal has had a fabulous career. She was among Newsweek’s 20 powerful `Women to watch in 2001’. That was in the middle of her 15-year stint at Cisco. In 2008, she took over as president and CEO of a then budding networking startup called Arista

Abu Dhabi’s Magnati looking at expansion opportunities, says CEO

Gulf News | 2022-03-09, 09:59

Magnati, the payments business of First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC, is weighing expansion opportunities after Brookfield Business Partners LP agreed to buy 60 per cent stake in the firm, its CEO

Sri Lanka inches closer to IMF aid option after rupee plunge

Gulf News | 2022-03-09, 09:59

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s painful decision to effectively devalue its currency this week could pave the way for the island nation to get help from the International Monetary Fund as a $1 billion debt payment looms in four months. The country’s dollar bonds due July

IAG downgrades profit guidance

The Daily Telegraph Australia | 2022-03-09, 09:59

Insurer IAG has downgraded its annual profit guidance as claims across its brands from floods and storms in NSW and Queensland hit 24,000. ...

There is destined to be a ‘microchip shortage’ given what’s ‘going on in Ukraine’

The Daily Telegraph Australia | 2022-03-09, 09:59

Sky News host Chris Smith says looking at all the manufacturers of smartphones, there is destined

RBA governor starts to talk tough on inflation

The Daily Telegraph Australia | 2022-03-09, 09:59

War in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia have caused a “new supply shock” which will extend the period of inflation being above central banks’ targets, according to the Reserve Bank. ...

Dessange Salon and Spa Co-Hosts a Grand Launch for Their Salon in Bandra in Partnership ...

The Eastern Herald | 2022-03-09, 09:57

India: Dessange Salon and Spa, a high-end Parisian salon brand, announced the launch of their New Luxury Salon in Bandra. This one-of-a-kind premium salon for luxury services has an international presence in 45 countries, and in India has presence in New

Mintel Announces the Key Trends That Are Shaping the Indian Consumer Market

The Eastern Herald | 2022-03-09, 09:57

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India: Mintel, the experts in what consumers want and why, has announced the <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"

Process of imposing sanctions on Russia is flawed: Mian Zahid Hussain

Urdu Point | 2022-03-09, 09:55

Pakistan needs bold economic and political steps Karachi (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Mar, 2022) Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, and All Karachi Industrial Alliance and Former

Cement export decrease 1.68% in 7 months

Urdu Point | 2022-03-09, 09:55

ISLAMABAD, Mar 9 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Mar, 2022 ) :The exports of cement witnessed a decrease of 1.68 percent during the first seven months of financial year 2021-22, against

Government departments advised to 'pause' dismissal of unvaccinated workers

Stuff | 2022-03-09, 09:52

The advice follows a High Court ruling that vaccine mandates for Police and Defence Force workers is unlawful. ...

South Africa's Aspen signs deal to package and sell J&J COVID vaccine

Reuters | 2022-03-09, 09:47

JOHANNESBURG, March 8 (Reuters) - South African drugmaker Aspen Pharmacare (APNJ.J) on Tuesday concluded an agreement with Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) to package, sell and distribute the American group's

Toyota will meet union demands for pay hikes in fiscal year -president

Reuters | 2022-03-09, 09:47

TOKYO, March 9 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) agreed on Wednesday that its union demand for annual salary and bonus hikes will be fully met in the new fiscal year, President Akio Toyoda said. Nissan Motor followed suit with the same response to its

Palm oil prices set for new record highs in coming months -analyst Fry

Reuters | 2022-03-09, 09:47

KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 (Reuters) - Palm oil prices could hit a record 8,100 ringgit ($1,938) a tonne in coming months following a plunge in global edible oil stocks and a decline in export surpluses, including the impact of war in Ukraine, analyst James Fry

Airbus delivered 79 jets in Jan-Feb

Reuters | 2022-03-09, 09:47

PARIS, March 9 (Reuters) - Airbus delivered 79 jetliners in the first two months of the year as it targets annual deliveries of 720 jets, the European

Colombia launches offshore wind-energy plan, announces first project

Reuters | 2022-03-09, 09:47

BOGOTA, March 8 (Reuters) - Colombian Energy Minister Diego Mesa launched the country's plans for offshore wind energy at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston on Tuesday, while an agreement to develop the first wind project has been

Global LNG demand growth shifts from Asia to Europe on Russia sanctions

Reuters | 2022-03-09, 09:47

SINGAPORE, March 9 (Reuters) - Asia's liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand growth may cool this year as buyers baulk at record-high spot prices pushed even higher by Europe's shift to the super-chilled fuel amid the Ukraine crisis, analysts and

Eni and Livestream to raise $230 mln in green SPAC listing in London

Reuters | 2022-03-09, 09:47

MILAN, March 9 (Reuters) - Eni and Livestream LLC plan to float their New Energy One Acquisition (NEOA) Corporation on the London Stock Exchange to raise up to 175 million pounds ($230 million) to invest in energy transition, the Italian oil company said on

The IEA is ready to bring more oil to the market - Birol

Reuters | 2022-03-09, 09:47

PARIS, March 9 (Reuters) - The International Energy Agency (IEA) is ready to bring more oil to the markets by releasing additional stocks, its head Fatih Birol said on Wednesday,

Adidas expects Russia hit in 2022, but China recovery

Reuters | 2022-03-09, 09:47

Summary Companies Currency-neutral sales seen up 11-13% in 20222022 net income from cont. ops seen at 1.8 bln-1.9 bln eurosQ4 sales down currency-neutral 3% to 5.137 bln eurosQ4 EBIT 66 mln eurosShares open up 7% BERLIN, March 9 (Reuters) - German sportswear

Telecoms company Telkom puts Swiftnet listing on ice for now as Russia-Ukraine war knocks capital markets

Independent online (SA) | 2022-03-09, 09:47

TELKOM today announced that it was placing its plan to pursue a separate listing of its masts and towers business, Swiftnet, on ice due to “recent global events, current market conditions and the impact on the capital markets”. The listing was supposed to have

Hong Kong to focus COVID resources on elderly, no date set for mass tests

Reuters | 2022-03-09, 09:47

HONG KONG, March 9 (Reuters) - Hong Kong announced plans to devote more medical resources to elderly people on Wednesday as COVID-19 infections swept through care homes and deaths climbed rapidly among the mainly unvaccinated seniors. The government will

Porsche to suspend Taycan production in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen plant

Reuters | 2022-03-09, 09:47

FRANKFURT, March 9 (Reuters) - Volkswagen's (VOWG_p.DE) luxury division Porsche will suspend production of its electric Taycan model at the group's