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New Hickory River location in Champaign now open
CHAMPAIGN — The new Hickory River Smokehouse restaurant in Champaign was set to open at 11 a.m. Monday. Owner Mike Madigan said the new location at 3514 Fields South Drive,
Ryanair CEO says recovery remains fragile, risks remain
Ryanair is continuing to experience a very strong recovery but it remains fragile
Russian prosecutors ask for 24-year sentence for ex-reporter
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian prosecutors at the trial of a former journalist asked the court Tuesday to hand him a 24-year prison sentence on treason charges. Ivan Safronov. who worked as a journalist for a decade before becoming an adviser to the head of the Russian
As Michelin-starred chefs walk, Bay Area mom-and-pop restaurants persevere against COVID challenges
Viviana Masarweh dumped more pots of coffee down Doyle Street Cafe’s drains than into warm mugs back in March 2020. Barely two weeks had elapsed during the first COVID-19 lockdown before she and her husband, George Masarweh, returned to unlock the doors of the
Honda Is The Latest Carmaker To Plan A Big U.S. Battery Plant—Just In Time For ...
The carmaker and LG plan to build a $4.4 billion U.S. factory to supply lithium-ion batteries starting in 2025. ...
PLG Part Two: Understanding Product-Led Growth As A Qualification Method
With PLG, the roles between sales and customer success become fuzzier. ...
Five Stage Framework For Reducing Transformation Complexities
"I call this process the CCACC framework, and it stands for Confronting, Comprehending, Accepting, Committing, and Continuing." ...
Is Ordering In Over?
Now that we’re examining post-pandemic consumer behaviors, are delivery apps here to stay? Yes, but there’s going to be a shake-out at the top—that’s clear from our research. ...
Britney Spears And Elton John’s Collaborative Single Begins To Hit The Billboard Charts
Britney Spears and Elton John’s collaboration will enjoy a huge week on the charts in a few days, but it’s rollout has already started. ...
Dell, Nvidia, VMWare launch integrated datacentre AI platform
It combines Dell PowerEdge servers built on Nvidia GPUs and DPUs with VMWare’s vSphere 8 enterprise software. Billed as “a comprehensive, cloud-native suite of
German inflation accelerates to record as ECB weighs next hike
Berlin: German inflation quickened to an all-time high on soaring energy prices, bolstering calls for a jumbo interest-rate increase when the European Central Bank meets next week. Consumer prices in Europe’s biggest economy, calculated under European Union
Germany upbeat on energy security; Russia cuts gas to France
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday
Gen Z, millennials speak out on reluctance to become parents
At 24, El Johnson has made up her mind that she won't bear children, though she and her girlfriend haven't ruled out adoption. ...
German inflation back at near-half-century record after dip
Germany's annual inflation rate rose to 7.9% in August, returning to its highest level in nearly half a century after it dipped in the two previous months, according to official data ...
US futures point higher after Fed's comments upset markets
Wall Street was poised to rebound Tuesday after two days of widespread losses stemming from last week's Federal Reserve pledge to fight inflation by keeping interest rates elevated. ...
Warner Bros and Rocksteady launch training program for underrepresented developers
Rocksteady Studios, the team behind the acclaimed Batman: Arkham games and the upcoming Suicide Squad, is
Super.com rebrands to Super Good Games
Games publisher Super.com has changed its name to Super Good Games, and its
Sizeable fuel price cut predicted for September
The pain that motorists have endured at petrol pumps these past few months may be alleviated a bit next week as there could be a sizeable cut in fuel prices. This is according to Koketso Mano, an FNB senior economist.
A four-point action plan to know your customer and avoid bad debts
Johannesburg - Entrepreneurs take on new customers in the hope of making their business stronger and ultimately seeing them thrive. The opposite can also occur when acquiring new clients as certain customers weaken businesses by draining resources and
Survey finds SA women professionals boost income by going freelance by up to 61 percent
As a leading global talent-on-demand platform, Outsized marked this Women’s Month by running a survey of female independent consultants in South Africa, to gauge their experience of working as on-demand talent. What we found was both eye-opening and
Kotak Mahindra Bank pitches for standardising fraud reporting to RBI
Kotak Mahindra Bank on Tuesday pitched at the RBI for a standardisation in fraud reporting, after data showed the private sector lender has been witnessing huge number of such cases. The appeal from Kotak Mahindra Bank came days
What Is an Inverted Yield Curve? Why Does It Point to Recession?
What Is an Inverted Yield Curve? An inverted yield curve occurs when short-term interest rates of a security trend higher than long-term interest rates of a similar security. Long-term rates ...
Couche-Tard reaches deal with Competition Bureau to address Wilsons deal concerns
OTTAWA — Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., which has signed a deal to buy the Wilsons chain of gas stations in Atlantic Canada, has reached an agreement with the Competition Bureau to resolve its
Musk cites whistleblower as new reason to exit Twitter deal
Elon Musk and Twitter lobbed salvos at each other Tuesday in the latest round of legal filings over the billionaire Tesla CEO's aborted plan to buy the social media platform. Musk filed more paperwork to terminate his agreement to buy Twitter, this time based
Greece: 30 migrants picked up from islet off Crete
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say they have picked up a group of 30 people from a wooden boat that had lost steering and was drifting close to the rocky coast of a small islet north of Crete, in the latest case of boats carrying migrants running into
Best Buy 2Q results fall amid softening demand for gadgets
NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy posted declines in fiscal second quarter profits and sales as the nation’s largest consumer electronics chain struggled with weakening consumer demand for gadgets and high costs that rippled through its supply chain. But the
Heavy Seas Beer adds 4 canned cocktails to lineup, including Orange Crush
Maryland’s Heavy Seas Beer is now producing a line of vodka-based canned cocktails. The ready-to-drink cocktails are in limited distribution in Maryland, Virginia and Delaware, and are available for takeout at Heavy Seas’ Baltimore County tap
Tourists flocking back to Ireland but numbers still down on pre-pandemic
More than 1,965,400 passengers arrived in Ireland on overseas routes during the month of July, CSO data shows The Guinness Storehouse at St James’s Gate, Dublin, is one of Ireland's top tourist attractions. Photograph: Tim Clayton/Getty Images Colin Gleeson
Bank of Ghana goes live on EMTECH’s regulatory platform
EMTECH, a modern central banking infrastructure provider, announced its API-First Digital Regulatory Sandbox Platform was selected by the Bank of Ghana (BoG). The central bank is using it to modernise its regulatory review process and regulatory reporting
Use pension funds for infrastructure – Project Management expert
A Project Management expert at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) has advocated for the use of pension funds for infrastructure projects. Prof. Martin Morgan Tuuli observed that the use of foreign loans for such purposes comes
