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The food security crisis could kill more people than Covid has, says the Senegalese minister at the G-20

Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati delivers a speech during the opening of the Group of 20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 15, 2022. Senegalese Economy Minister Amadou Hott has called on the global food industry not to boycott trade in Russian and Ukrainian food products as the food crisis rages in vulnerable countries. Speaking at a meeting of Group of 20 finance leaders in Bali last week, Hott said that without an immediate solution, the crisis – which includes both food shortages and high pricesRead News

The billionaire aims to raise $ 500 million for Masiyiwa to expand digital business

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Events group Hyve is selling the Ukrainian company through a management buyout

July 19 (Reuters) – British exhibition group Hyve ( HYVE.L ) said on Tuesday it was selling its Ukrainian unit to a group led by Anatoly Sushon, managing director of the Ukrainian business, as events in the country continued to be delayed in following the Russian invasion. The decision comes more than three months after Hyve said it would sell its Russian business, citing warnings from customers that they would boycott its Western events if it continued to operate in the country. read more While many British companies have left Russia and suspended operations in Ukraine, Hyve is among theRead News

As Wildfire Threats Rise, There’s Booming Activity in Defensible Space

Published July 18, 2022 at 15:39 PDT In a community located on the foothills of Peavine Mountain in Reno, a work team animated up brushing tools. These weren’t your average Joe’s weed killers; these were high-powered scissors that sent leaves and branches flying everywhere. The crew was with Wilderness Forestry, a Reno-based company employed by homeowners, homeowners associations, and commercial properties to reduce forest fire threats. Its task is to create what is known as a “defensible space” – a buffer between property and the flammable vessel and vegetation surrounding it. “A lot of times when the developers are buildingRead News

Gov. Wolf Announces $268 Million in New ARPA Funding to Promote Small Business Development, Job Creation Opportunities Across Pennsylvania

Governor Tom Wolf announced that Pennsylvania has received nearly $268 million in Save America funding, through the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI), to spur small business success and job creation opportunities across the Commonwealth. “Supporting our small businesses and boosting Pennsylvania’s world-class business environment remains one of my top priorities and I thank President Biden for sharing that commitment,” said Gov. Wolf. “This funding from the Biden Administration is a significant investment in Pennsylvania’s future that will be used to empower our small businesses and create new jobs.” The American Rescue Plan reauthorized and expanded the SSBCI, originally establishedRead News

Paxton Stops Houston Companies From Scamming Texans With Fake Training Services

Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a temporary restraining order against a Houston business selling bogus forklift training services. The court ordered an injunction against Southwest Forklift LLC’s deceptive business practices, and froze its assets up to $350,000. The operators, Sergio Hernandez and Roxanne Rodriguez, reportedly offered one-day training for $80 to become qualified as “OSHA-certified” forklift operators. They also guaranteed employment upon completion. But consumer complaints and evidence revealed that they were posing as potential employers and posting fake job opportunities to get consumers to buy the company’s training. Read the temporary restraining order here.

How to prepare your business for a possible recession

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.75 percentage points on June 15, the third hike this year and the largest since 1994, to counter high inflation. But some critics worry that aggressive regulatory policies could push the US economy into a recession. “An effort to intentionally slow the economy certainly increases the likelihood of a recession later this year or next,” said Ben Johnston, chief operating officer of financial firm Kapitus. “We continue to see small businesses struggle with inflationary trends.” Unlike the pandemic-related recession, small businesses cannot rely on disaster loans and tax credit programs to survive thisRead News

“Doing Business with DOT”: First-ever Event Expands Opportunities and Access in New Procurement Season

The event at DOT Headquarters highlights the DOT’s ambitious goal of creating a competitive edge by attracting businesses of all sizes, including opportunities for Small Businesses and Mothers. NEW YORK — NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, with Mayor of the Office of Contracting Director/City Chief Sales Officer Lisa M. Flores, Small Services Commissioner Kevin D. Kim and the NYC Department of Planning & amp; The construction agencies, on the day they hosted the first ceremony of its kind where the agency welcomed hundreds of participants to the DOT offices in Lower Manhattan to showcase the agency’s contract offer.Read News

FARNBOROUGH NEWS: Boeing focuses on autonomy for defense business

LONDON — Systems using autonomous technology will be the cornerstone of Boeing’s technological development in the future, the company’s new defense chief said on July 18. “We’re really leaning heavily toward a future with autonomy,” said Ted Colbert, executive vice president and executive director of defense, space and security at Boeing. The T-7A Red Hawk jet trainer, the Air Force Integration System (ATS) and the MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aircraft as Boeing Defense systems are among the programs Colbert noted. “They offer an opportunity to take all the lessons of traditional, what I call, moving physical platforms forward, but also integrateRead News

Starbucks is looking to sell its UK business

According to UK newspaper The Times, the company is working with advisers to determine whether it could or should sell its UK business. Asked for comment, Starbucks shared with CNN Business an email it sent to its UK employees over the weekend, barring the company from participating in a “formal sale process” and reaffirming its desire to remain in the region. The report comes at a time when the UK economy is struggling, making it difficult for businesses to operate and residents to make ends meet. UK inflation hit 9.1% in May, the highest level in 40 years and theRead News

You can’t buy these books

In their attack on libraries, megapublishers roll a Trojan horse into the courts. In a remarkable brief filed on July 7 in an ongoing lawsuit, four corporate publishing titans (Hachette, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, and Wiley) accused the Internet Archives of theft, “mass scale copyright infringement,” and “[ distribute] free full-text digital bootlegs.These are wild allegations — especially considering that the Internet Archive Open Library operates in the traditional terms followed by libraries in this country for centuries.The Open Library lends books, which they own, to a patron at one time, for a fixed time — such as other libraries.SuchRead News

Back to School Means Scrambling, Too: These Latest Books Are Here to Help

They bully. We have collected new and old books, in an attempt to prepare children for the ever-challenging person who, adults know, manifests itself outside of childhood as well. Bullies, the bane of children everywhere. We’ve collected new and old books, up to middle grade and including a number of beautiful illustrations, in an effort to prepare children for the kind of constant challenge that adults know extends beyond childhood. Picture Books Lana Llama and Lori Doody, illus. by the author. Running the Goat. 2022. ISBN 9781927917817.PreS-Gr 2–A charming but conflicted intelligent creature who hates the ways in which sheRead News

9 Books to Bring on Your Summer Holidays

Recommended by: Alexandra Avila, book sales and coordinator of staff advice at Bookworks in Albuquerque, N.M. In this, her first series of short stories, Lisa Taddeo explores life among strong women in beautiful cities that navigate the difficult world of money, sex and friendship. People are ripped off headlines, some developing new dating sites and others having unique encounters in political fundraising. Ms. said. Avila’s book contains the horror and horror of “Fleabag” and “Sex and the City.” Recommended by: Valerie Koehler, manager of Blue Willow Bookshop in Houston Two elderly women who have been eternal friends are arguing toRead News

New books by Jewish author NorCal appeal to a diverse readership – J.

“The Dressmaker’s Daughter” by Linda Boroff (Santa Monica Press, 240 pages). It’s 1940, and Romanian-Jewish teenager Daniela, a brilliant student, is striving to become a doctor. But as the Nazis invade, she is captured, deported to Transnistria – part of modern Moldova – and forced to care for wounded Romanian soldiers while serving as co-wife of an Iron Guard chief. She longs for her lover, Mihail, who was hired by her mother to serve as her teacher before the war and has since joined the partisans. Boroff, who lives outside of Santa Cruz, told J. that her hectic young adultRead News

Arts Round: A Few Firsts and a Return to the National Book Festival – WCP

This week’s headlines prove it: summer isn’t over until the block party is over and the National Book Festival packs its bags. Those who disobey will be let go: DJ Spinderella is just one of the big names performing at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture at the first Hip-Hop block party on Aug. 13. Spinderella, the DJ, rapper and producer most famous for his work with Salt-N-Pepa, will cap off the day-long festivities with a personal mixed dance party that will conclude at 11pm. The party celebrates the one-year anniversary of the Smithsonian Anthology ofRead News

The Arts Festival is looking at a new customer – The Clanton Advertiser

By JOYANNA LOVE | Managing Editor The Chilton County Art Show saw several new artists participating as vendors this year on July 16. For Jael Wall of Shelby County, the festival was a way to sell her art before opening her store next month. “I’ve heard a lot of good things in my Facebook community about the art festival here,” Wall said of why she wanted to attend. She said she was “really impressed with … so many vendors.” Wall said she started her business two months ago and “does a little bit of everything,” including commissioned paintings and customizedRead News

Aires Mateus’s Light-Sculpted Arts and Photography Museum in Lausanne Photographed by Paul Clemence

Aires Matthew Museum of Sculpture and Photography in Lausanne Captured by Paul Clemence After five years of construction, the Portuguese architectural firm Aires Matthew has completed its long-awaited mudac: the museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Art in Lausanne, Switzerland. The sculpture building is part of a new cultural district and a city regeneration plan introduced by Canton Vaud, the City of Lausanne, and the CFF (Swiss Federal Railways), which features three art museums that translate the memory of the site, echoing it. Former industrial status with prismatic geometric shapes, concrete surfaces, and sharp lines. During his recent esplanade inRead News

Barch Named Associate Dean for Research in Arts and Sciences – The Source

Deanna Barch, chair and professor of psychology, has been named associate dean for research at the Arts & Science at the University of Washington in St. Louis. Her new job starts on July 1. A leading scholar in the field of cognitive and language deficits in disorders such as schizophrenia, Barch who recently directed the Arts & The Science Initiatives Steering Committee is currently leading its implementation efforts. Barch succeeded William B. Tolman in this role, charged with developing the school’s research, scholarship, and creative arts profession. A panel of faculty led an internal investigation that identified Barch, who isRead News

Music Nonprofit Provides an Outlet for Children to pursue the Arts passionately and practically

An Emmy-winning local jazz vocalist is committed to ensuring students have the opportunity to follow paths in the performing arts, regardless of medium. Now 11 years after it began, an annual summer program still offers musical exposure for all ages, with an opportunity for students to test out what they’ve learned in two public concerts. Art Correspondent Angel Idowu takes us to the West Loop for “Timeless Gifts: A Musical Revue.” “It’s a reminder, a re-image, a tribute to some of the great iconic pieces in African American musical theater, film and TV that have appeared,” said Joan Collaso, theRead News

Streaming: Netflix takes over Munsters, Prime Video refreshes deign

Confirming Bloody Disgusting’s report from earlier in the year, Rob Zombie took to Instagram today to confirm that Netflix has acquired his upcoming feature adaptation of “The Munsters”. Meanwhile, Amazon has launched a fresh new look for its Prime Video service. “Introducing a redesigned, simplified main navigation menu that’s easy to access. This helps customers browse our wide selection (including movies, TV shows, sports and premium channels) and find what they’re looking for quickly and easily,” Prime Video said in a statement. “Customers have an easy path to titles included in Prime membership, such as The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, TheRead News

‘Forever Summer: Hamptons’ Starring in Prime Video Reality Series, Life in the Hamptons for Locals vs. Out-of-towners

Prime Video has a summer reality series that you don’t want to miss. From the producers of Bravo in Southern Charm, meet the Forever Summer: Hamptons actors. The series is described as an adult docusoap. At the back of Hamptons beach, a group of college kids from different backgrounds come down to town in the summer. The confusion between the natives and the children of the city certainly causes some friction. During the day, they are working in a seaside restaurant. At night, they are partying, testing friendships and exploring love. Prior to the show’s July 15 release date, ShadowRead News

Most People Want to Watch the Most Underrated Sci-Fi Show on Prime Video

Before Tatiana Maslany played She-Hulk, she was the star of Orphan Black, a modern sci-fi classic on Prime Video. Orphan Black is one of those highly watched shows that doesn’t know much going into it. Just know that Maslany won an Emmy for the incredible amount of work he did in five seasons, including being a producer later. The show begins when Sarah Manning, a British con-artist who wears The Clash T-shirts, witnesses a woman jumping in front of a train. The twist: this woman looks like him. Are the identical twins long lost? Or is there something going onRead News

Rumour: Lord of the Rings scholar Tom Shippey fired for telling Prime Video they were ‘polluting lore’

Recent rumors state that Tom Shippey, The Lord of the Rings scholar and former consultant of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, was fired from the Prime Video show because he reminded them that they were “dirty lore”. Source: The Lord of the Rings on YouTube Prime When Prime Video first announced the Lord of the Rings series in July 2019, they revealed Shippey was part of the production as Tolkien Scholar. However, in February, Vanity Fair led readers to believe that Shippey was forced to give “interviews that are not allowed to German fan sites” whereRead News

Reality Series Killer CAMP Gets New Adaptation At Amazon Prime Video

Fans of the slasher and reality television genre have something new to look forward to. As confirmed in a press release (via Deadline), Amazon Prime Video has completed a deal to produce a new iteration of the Killer Camp competition series. The show is being adapted in the Netherlands, with Skywan’s Skyhigh TV producing this new adaptation of the format set by Child Television on Tuesday. According to the press release, the series will focus on eleven well-known influencers from the Netherlands who check into the “Pleasant Camp” in the American style of the 80s. One of them hatches aRead News

What time will Anything’s Possible arrive on Prime Video?

Anything is possible — courtesy of Prime Video We’re all ready to see Billy Porter’s directorial debut. Everything is possible arrives at the end of the week. What time can we start streaming? When it comes to Billy Porter, we’ll check out everything with him in it. Now it comes to his directorial debut. Everything is possible comes at the end of the week. The film follows Kelsa, a confident transgender schoolgirl. She is ready to navigate her senior year, knowing that not everyone will be on her side. But what about love? This Gen Z coming-of-age story proves thatRead News

Amazon Prime Video signs an agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery, to premiere HBO Max Originals in India

Amazon Prime Video signed a new deal with HBO Max. In this photo illustration, the Amazon Prime app … [+] appears on a mobile phone. (Photo by Edward Smith / Getty Images) Amazon Prime Video announced a collaboration with Warner Bros. Discovery and a list of eleven HBO Max Original series and 10 original HBO Max features in service for Prime members in India. These include the DC Super Hero Peacemaker series, Kaley Cuoco -starring The Flight Attendant and And Just Like That – a new chapter about the Sex and the City franchise. New Gossip Girls, Doom Patrol, MindyRead News

The 50 Best Amazon Prime Video Original Shows

Amazon Prime Video is at the top of the list of ‘streaming services people seem to love’, along with Netflix, Hulu and HBO Max. The platform was one of the first to not only host popular cable programs for cable cutters at a solid subscription price, but it also became a leading producer of its own content, such as Transparent or Mozart in the Jungle. Still, Amazon Prime Video is often known more for non-original content than what it actually makes at home. But just because the company has agreements with just about everyone for distribution rights, does not meanRead News