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Continued 'weak' business conditions for architecture firms in July: Architecture Billings Index
Archinect - California
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anchor Graph by Archinect using data provided by the American Institute of Architects The latest AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index was released this morning, reporting another sluggish month for the architecture industry. July's score of 46.2...
Losing Customers Daily? These 5 Fixes Could Save Your Business
Entrepreneur
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August 20, 2025
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Poor pricing always comes with a profit margin, whatever the category or product you have. In 2024, returns in ecommerce reached $743 billion, almost 15% of all retail sales in the US....
IMF says reforms could lift Albania’s economy by 9%
Gazeta Tema
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August 20, 2025
TIRANA, Aug 20 (TemA) – Albania and other Western Balkan economies could grow by about 9% in the medium term if structural reforms are fully implemented, the International Monetary Fund said in a new report. The IMF highlighted challenges in...
Cyprus Business Now: tourism, housing, property, inflation, CSE
Cyprus Mail
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August 21, 2025
Cyprus’ outdated property law allows nationals of third countries to acquire real estate, even as individuals, with little oversight, according to a recent response from the Interior Ministry to parliament. The ministry confirmed that foreign...
Trump Administration REVOKES Business License of Employer Who Hired Illegal Alien Responsible for Killing 3 in Florida Truck Crash
The Gateway Pundit
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August 21, 2025
The Trump Administration has dropped the hammer on a reckless California trucking company that knowingly hired an illegal alien truck driver who went on to cause a deadly crash in Florida last week that claimed the lives of three innocent...
LG H&H’s Q2 profit drops due to market competition, domestic business restructuring
Cosmetics Design Asia
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August 21, 2025
The South Korean company’s financial results were announced on 31 July. In Q2 2025, it recorded overall sales of KRW1.60tn (USD1.14bn) and operating profit of KRW54.8billion (USD39m), marking a decrease of 8.8% and 65.4% respectively, compared to...
Tourism set to drive HCM City’s economy in new development phase
VietnamPlus
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August 20, 2025
HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City is accelerating the rollout of strategies, master plans, and policies through 2030 to reinforce tourism’s position as a core economic pillar in the city’s new development phase following recent administrative...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 1:06 a.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Target CEO to step down amid company struggles NEW YORK (AP) — Target has named an insider as its next chief executive officer. The announced on Wednesday comes as the discount retailer tries to reverse a persistent sales malaise and to revive its...
Lifetime Email Hosting: A Strategic Investment for Your Business
Entrepreneur
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August 20, 2025
Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you'll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. TL;DR: Your inbox just got...
What It's Like to Fly 17 Hours in Air New Zealand's Economy Skycouch
Conde Nast Traveler
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August 20, 2025
Each of the three seats in the Skycouch row has a leg rest that can extend to the seat back in front of you, and when those of all three seats are flipped fully up you’re left with a platform, or couch, that makes use of your legroom as well as...
Kraken acquires Capitalise.ai as crypto companies buy AI startups
Coin Telegraph
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August 20, 2025
Crypto exchange Kraken has acquired Israel-based startup Capitalise.ai, a no-code trading automation platform that turns natural-language commands into executable strategies, for an undisclosed amount. The technology will be integrated into Kraken...
Musk's Starlink courts luxury airlines to grow in-flight wi-fi business
The Economic Times
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August 21, 2025
For the past three years, Elon Musk has steadily elbowed his way into the booming market for in-flight Wi-Fi, with his Starlink service signing up blue-chip carriers from Air France to Qatar Airways to United Airlines. Alaska Air Group Inc. said...
Arizona AG vows to fight for detained Peoria business owner
Peoria Independent - Arizona
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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes blasted the Trump Administration’s immigration policy at a meeting in Peoria Aug. 19, particularly its handling of Kelly Yu, who is being held in an Eloy detention center and faces deportation at any moment....
Certifications help online shoppers verify companies’ sustainability claims
Finance & Commerce - Minnesota
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August 20, 2025
The Blueprint Sustainable product labels online lack a single standard. Third-party certifications help verify climate claims. Experts urge checking for transparent, quantifiable goals. Amazon, Walmart, and Target feature certified eco-products....
Xiaomi's latecomer EV business on track to turn a profit this year
Nikkei Asia
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Electric cars in China Chinese company logs brisk sales, but production struggles to keep up Xiaomi's new YU7 electric SUV received 240,000 preorders within the first 18 hours of being released in June. (Photo by Itsuro Fujino) ITSURO FUJINO...
Grand Coteau business owner voices concerns after firing of fire chief
KATC 3 ABC - Louisiana
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August 21, 2025
ST. LANDRY PARISH — Residents in Grand Coteau are voicing concerns about safety after Mayor Patrick Richard terminated Fire Chief Riley Grisham. Brent LeBlanc, owner of Big Hill Café @ Brent’s, says the move leaves him questioning what would...
IKEA expects India business to grow 10% in FY25, to expand network
ETRealty.com
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August 21, 2025
ALMHULT: Leading Swedish furniture and home furnishing retailer IKEA expects its India sales to grow by over 10 per cent in the financial year 2025, a top company official said here. IKEA follows the September-August financial year. While speaking...
ICYMI: Smaller companies, outstanding performance in our Top 5 Under 50
On-Site
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August 20, 2025
Leading big projects with small teams takes collaboration and flexibility, as our Top 5 Under 50 winners illustrate. Fillmore Construction’s Ever Square project in Edmonton includes a six- storey office building, a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, a lube...
NCC, Governors Forge Partnership to Boost Nigeria’s Digital Economy
This Day
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August 21, 2025
Chuks Okocha in Abuja In a significant step towards advancing Nigeria’s digital transformation, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, has commended Governors in the...
NCC, NGF Partner To Accelerate Nigeria’s Digital Economy
News Investigators Nigeria
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August 20, 2025
News Investigators/ The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) have pledged their commitment to enhancing broadband connectivity and safeguarding critical national information infrastructure (CNII) across...