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Box Babe Gift Co. thriving after uncertain launch in 2020

Box Babe Gift Co. is a personalized gifting service with curated boxes sourced from women-owned businesses. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A female-owned and operated Charlotte-area business that started the week North Carolina went into lockdown amid the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 is thriving 2 1/2 years later. Box Babe Gift Co. is a personalized gifting […]

America needs to get women back into work

As any summer traveller knows, many people working in the tourism industry these days seem overworked and stressed out. Leisure and hospitality was far harder hit than any other industry in the US during the pandemic, and it is still struggling to keep up, with some 1.4mn jobs unfilled compared with pre-pandemic levels. This isn’t […]

Global higher education finds itself at a crossroads

GLOBAL Global higher education finds itself at a crossroads unimaginable at the turn of the century when the world basked in the possibilities of globalisation, democratisation and multilateralism. Society is currently reeling from the multiple crises of climate change and loss of biodiversity, deepening inequalities, glaring developmental deficits, alarming democratic recessions, intolerant populisms, rising competitive […]

CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Berthoud business target of burglary

BERTHOUD, Colo. (KDVR) — A small business was the target of a burglary and the entire crime was caught on video. The video showed a burglar throwing a rock through a window, breaking into the building and stealing cash and other items. “It takes your safe space and makes it feel like it’s not safe […]

Putin’s War Economy Leading To Decline In Russians’ Standard Of Living – OpEd – Eurasia Review

Between the fourth quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022, the number of Russians classified by the Russian government as poor rose by 8.5 million, according to Russian government statistics, Maksim Blant of Radio Liberty reports (svoboda.org/a/armiya-bednyh-kak-voyna-vliyaet-na-urovenj-zhizni-rossiyan/31895963.html). Russian analysts point to the fact that in the fourth quarter, many Russians receive bonuses which […]

City Hall Cafe open for business

LOWELL — Walk in any entrance to City Hall during the week, and right away your nose will tell you that something delicious is happening in the building. Maybe it’s the smell of fresh-baked cookies or the aroma of grilled chicken wafting through the halls. The aptly named City Hall Cafe opened in January. It […]

U.S. economy on shaky ground

Coming off its fastest growth spurt in 37 years, the U.S. economy heads into the second half of 2022 caught between sputtering and slamming into reverse. There’s no doubt that conditions are slowing. The question is whether the current period ends up being a necessary downshift to control inflation, or an outright recession that could […]

Flora Aims To Cultivate Sustainable Cannabis Business In Colombia

Cannabis crops flourish on a Colombian hillside where Flora Growth is establishing sustainable, … [+] outdoor grows to supply hundreds of products. Courtesy Flora Growth Across the Americas and in many locations around the world, many of today’s cannabis crops are grown indoors, typically in large warehouses-turned-greenhouses that can produce multiple crops per year in […]

us dollar outlook: ETMarkets Investors’ Guide: Strength in dollar index may not carry on in remainder of 2022: Radhika Rao, DBS Bank

Welcome to ETMarkets’ Investors Guide, a show about asset classes, market trends, and investment opportunities. This is Saloni Goel. Many developed economies are struggling with decadal high inflation that has started reflecting on weak consumer demand. Central banks seem to be left with no option but to tighten monetary policies further, which is fuelling growth […]