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Antwerp shipping company CMB.TECH set to become one of the largest maritime companies in the world
VRT
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August 20, 2025
The Antwerp-based maritime group CMB.TECH is set to become one of the largest maritime companies in the world following a merger with the Norwegian shipping company Golden Ocean. With the merger, Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) will have a fleet of...
How do companies sift through mountains of job applications?
Alabama Public Radio
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August 20, 2025
As companies face a mountain of applicants for open positions, they’re using novel approaches to find the best candidates. Here & Now‘s Sarah McCammon talks about it with Wall Street Journal columnist Callum Borchers. This article was originally...
Vandals target Jewish-owned San Jose business with hate messages
NBC Bay Area - California
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August 20, 2025
San Jose police are looking for the graffiti vandals who targeted a Jewish-owned business with hate messages. The incident happened late Monday night near Excite Ballpark in San Jose. Surveillance video shows three people dressed in dark clothing...
7 Books That Will Strengthen Your Mind And Build A Bulletproof Business
Forbes
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7 books that will strengthen your mind and build a bulletproof business getty Building a business tests every part of you. Your confidence when deals fall through. Your discipline when motivation disappears. Your leadership when your team looks to...
TJX Companies Q2 Net Income Rises
RTTNews
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August 20, 2025
The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) reported second quarter net income of $1.24 billion compared to $1.10 billion, prior year. Earnings per share was $1.10, up 15% from $0.96. Net sales were $14.4 billion, an increase of 7% from a year ago. Comparable...
“This is a merger out of distress, not progression” – can ABF-Hovis deal bolster UK bread businesses?
Yahoo Finance
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Leaf through at least the last ten years of Associated British Foods’ annual reports and it’s clear the UK bread market has been no cakewalk for the food, ingredients and retail group. There have been years in which ABF has reported year-on-year...
TICAD9: ‘Tinubu in Japan for serious business, not for gimmicks, photo ops’
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 20, 2025
The Presidency on Wednesday strongly condemned what it described as the deliberate attempt by mischief-makers on social media to misrepresent Nigeria’s participation at the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) in...
Moose Jaw business faces ‘crushing’ 200% tax increase due to reappraisal
Moose Jaw Today
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Owners of Crackmasters Auto Glass say their recent property assessment shocked and frustrated them since it hit “even harder” than last year. MOOSE JAW — Owners of Crackmasters Auto Glass say their recent property assessment shocked and frustrated...
Will Vibe Coding Spark a New Economy?
PYMNTS.com - Massachusetts
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August 20, 2025
Vibe coding is the practice of using artificial intelligence (AI) to build applications by describing ideas in plain language. For example, to build an eCommerce landing page, the prompt could be something like this: “Make a Shopify-style landing...
One Of The Economy's Most Important Numbers Is Quietly Getting Better
Yahoo Finance
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Jim West / Universal Images Group via Getty Images Automation is increasing productivity which bodes well for the future of the standard of living. An uptick in worker productivity bodes well for the future of the standard of living in the U.S.,...
Fired Antitrust Official Reveals How Trump’s Friends Turned Justice Into A Pay-To-Play Business
Techdirt
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August 20, 2025
from the corruption-in-the-trump-world,-how-unshocking dept When I was in DC last week, everyone seemed to be talking about the brewing drama at the Department of Justice’s antitrust division. The HPE/Juniper merger settlement had raised eyebrows,...
North Rockland traffic disruptions and angry business owners in photos
The Journal News - New York
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Traffic is limited to one southbound lane on the Farley Bridge on route 9W in Stony Point, seen Aug. 19, 2025. Construction of the Champlain Hudson Power Express, a transmission line that will carry hydropower from Canada to New York City, is...
How Businesses Stop Complex Social Engineering Attacks Early – An SOC Team Guide
Cyber Security News
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August 20, 2025
Attackers have leveled up. Powered by AI and professional-grade toolkits, today’s social engineering scams are nearly impossible to tell apart from the real thing, and automated defenses rarely catch them. That’s the real challenge for security...
A Billion-Dollar Business Is Brewing In Textile Waste – Potential For Hundreds Of Plants...
Textile World
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ESPOO, Finland — August 20, 2025 — According to a Finnish research project, textile recycling is a massive opportunity for the whole of Europe. Recycling technology is advancing rapidly, but a lack of regulation and challenges relating to the...
New 25 per cent US tariffs on steel and aluminium hit UK business
The Times
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British manufacturers face additional costs that could amount to hundreds of millions of pounds each year after an unheralded sharp increase in tariffs applied to finished goods exported to the US. President Trump has added a 25 per cent tariff on...
Aboitiz Foods beats EPR targets by over 300%, reinforces commitment to circular economy
Punto Central Luzon
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August 20, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — Demonstrating steady progress in its sustainability journey, Aboitiz Foods, the food and agribusiness arm of the Aboitiz Group, surpassed the Philippines’ Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Law plastic recovery targets by...
Business social – August 20
Jamaica Observer
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August 20, 2025
Lt Col Godphey Sterling (left), director general at JaCirt, speaks with National Commercial Bank’s Chief Technical Officer Saravanan Thangavelu at at Fujitsu’s CEO Breakfast. Fujitsu Caribbean recently partnered with Check Point Software to host a...
Long Island business groups back revived pipeline project
Long Island Business News - New York
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August 20, 2025
THE BLUEPRINT: Long Island trade groups support the revived gas pipeline project Northeast Supply Enhancement would add 37 miles to Williams’ system Pipeline could save NY up to $6B and reduce diesel truck use Project still faces opposition from...
Beyond grief: Meet the sisters breathing new life into the funeral business
IOL
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When one walks into a funeral home, the expectation is often hushed voices, sombre music and a cloud of grief. But stepping into the Goodall and Bourne Funeral Undertakers, Athlone offices of sisters Candice Austin, 37, and Lynn Truter, 42, you’re...
OPERATION VAPE ZERO: 18 businesses busted for selling vaping products to people under 21 in Onslow County
WITN - North Carolina
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August 20, 2025
ONSLOW COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Seventeen store clerks have been charged with selling vaping products to those underage in Onslow County. It comes as the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office announces the success of “Operation Vape Zero”, an operation...