Monday, 8 February 2021

New boost for minority businesses in underserved communities

Small minority-owned businesses have often struggled to gain access to capital and other tools to grow

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Future Group Shares Soar After Court Lifts Hold On Reliance Deal

Future Group,the country's second largest retailer with over 1,700 stores, had agreed to sell its retail businesses to market leader Reliance last year

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Ireland's Tour Of Zimbabwe Postponed Due To Covid-19

The decision was taken after Zimbabwe Cricket officials advised Cricket Ireland that the tour cannot proceed at present due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation in Zimbabwe.

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Company With Almost No Revenue Posts 3,000% Gain In 8 Months, Beats Tesla

And if investors are certain of one thing in the mania that is sweeping through financial markets, it is that green companies are can't-miss, must-own investments of the future

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Today in History

Today in History Today is Tuesday, Feb. 9, the 40th day of 2021. There are 325 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 9, 1825, the House of Representatives elected John Quincy Adams president after no candidate received a majority of electoral votes. On this date: In 1870, the U.S. Weather Bureau was established. In 1942, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff held its first formal meeting to coordinate military strategy during World War II. In 1943, the World War II battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an Allied victory over Japanese forces. In 1950, in a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis., charged the State Department was riddled with Communists. In 1960, Adolph Coors Co. chairman Adolph Coors III, 44, was shot to death in suburban Denver during a botched kidnapping attempt. (The man who killed him, Joseph Corbett, Jr., served 19 years in prison.) In 1962, an agreement was signed to make Jamaica an...

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Corps wants delay on hearing to shut down Dakota Access line

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday asked a federal judge to delay a hearing on a temporary shutdown of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, citing the changeover in personnel with the new administration

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CSA Asks ICC To Intervene After Australia Call Off South Africa Tour

Cricket South Africa has written to the ICC asking it to consider the financial losses less wealthy cricket boards have to incur when tours do not take place as planned.

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Sensex Gains Over 200 Points, Nifty Above 15,100

Wall Street at closed at all-time closing highs on Monday as investor optimism was stoked by prospects of a speedier economic recovery from the global health crisis

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UN experts say North Korea still modernizing nuclear arsenal

U.N. experts say North Korea has modernized its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile arsenals by flaunting United Nations sanctions and continues to seek material and technology overseas for use in these programs

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Stocks To Watch: Future Retail, BPCL, Torrent Pharma

The Delhi High Court on Monday quashed an order that halted Future Group's Rs 24,713 crore deal to sell its assets to Reliance Industries, amounting to a setback to Amazon.com's efforts to block the...

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Petrol, Diesel Prices Hiked By 35 Paise On Tuesday

The price of petrol was hiked by 35 paise to Rs 87.30 per litre and diesel rate was increased by a similar amount to Rs 77.48 per litre in Delhi, according to Indian Oil Corporation

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Sensex, Nifty Set To Have A Positive Opening

Wall Street reached all-time closing highs on Monday as investor optimism was stoked by prospects of a speedier economic recovery from the global health crisis, driven by increased stimulus and an...

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4 La. State Police troopers charged in excessive force cases

Four Louisiana State Police troopers have been arrested on charges of using excessive force, deactivating their body-worn cameras and making false statements about two arrests in 2019 and 2020

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