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Shoprite Checkers launches R8.9bn BEE employee scheme - News24

The Shoprite Group is issuing R8.9 billion worth of Shoprite Checkers shares to its employees through a new black economic empowerment (BEE) trust, effectively increasing black ownership in the subsidiary to 19.2%.

business - News24
10:57pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Exciting new cars confirmed for Australia - news.com.au

The future appears bright for electric car fans as Polestar confirms three more models headed our way.

business - News.com.au
9:59pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Twitter says committed to Elon Musk buyout even as he wavers - Business Insider

Twitter and Musk agreed to certain rules to ensure the deal closes, including a specific clause that forces the billionaire to complete the buyout.

business - Business Insider
9:44pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

‘Dangerous’: Alarm over Afterpay move - news.com.au

Afterpay has announced its moving into even more services such as restaurants, butchers and hairdressers as it targets “bricks and mortar” retailers, but consumer advocates have warned its latest offering is “dangerous”.

business - News.com.au
9:42pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Twitter says it's committed to enforcing Elon Musk's $44 billion buyout deal even as he appears to hesitate - Yahoo Finance

Twitter and Musk agreed to certain rules to ensure the deal closes, including a specific clause that forces the billionaire to complete the buyout.

business - Business Insider
9:21pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

China’s new home prices fall for the first time since December - Al Jazeera English

Average new home prices in 70 major cities fall 0.2 percent on a month-on-month basis after flatlining in March.

business - Al Jazeera English
9:02pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Pimco: navigating the end of the bond bull market - Financial Times

The California-based asset manager is trying to adapt to an era of rising interest rates and passive investing

business - Financial Times
9:01pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

The mauling of Tiger Global - Financial Times

Tech stock sell-off has lost Chase Coleman’s hedge fund $17bn this year

business - Financial Times
9:00pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Netflix swings the axe in sacking spree - news.com.au

Netflix has embarked on a sacking spree, axing 150 full-time and 70 part-time staff.

business - News.com.au
8:54pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Shanghai declares zero-Covid milestone but residents cast doubt on reopening - CNN

Shanghai officials on Tuesday said they had achieved "zero-Covid at the community level" in what appeared to be a turning point in a heavy-handed and costly campaign to tame an Omicron outbreak -- but many residents remain skeptical the city will reopen anyti…

business - CNN
7:36pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Elon Musk calls out Twitter employee caught in Project Veritas video mocking his Asperger's - Fox News

The right-wing guerilla news outlet had launched an #ExposeTwitter campaign against the tech giant.

business - Fox News
7:19pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

FIRST DRIVE | Watch out, Hilux! Ford's new Ranger likely to turn SA's bakkie game on its head - News24

The all-new Ford Ranger will debut in South Africa before the end of 2022. We head to Thailand to drive the bakkie and gauge its chances in the local market.

business - News24
7:14pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

‘Steep’ rise: Bad news for homeowners - news.com.au

A major bank has warned house prices will plummet this year as faster rate hikes have a chilling impact on the property market, amid fears that interest rates could rise by a whopping 0.4 per cent next month.

business - News.com.au
7:08pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Interest rates: Fund managers expect the market to fall another 12 pc - The Australian Financial Review

Investors believe the market can fall at least a further 12 per cent before the Fed steps in.

business - Australian Financial Review
6:50pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

ZMO.ai secures $8M led by Hillhouse to create AI generated fashion models - TechCrunch

With breakthroughs in machine learning, it’s no longer uncommon to see algorithmically generated bodies that can move and talk authentically like real humans. The question is now down to whether startups offering such products can achieve a sustainable busine…

business - TechCrunch
6:45pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Elon Musk's bumpy road to possibly owning Twitter: A timeline - CNN

A board seat accepted and then rejected. A stunning $44 billion takeover offer with uncertain financing. And a surprise early morning tweet putting the deal on hold, temporarily.

business - CNN
6:32pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Japan’s Q1 GDP shrinks as Ukraine, cost of living cloud outlook - Al Jazeera English

World’s No 3 economy shrinks at an annualised rate of 1 percent in January-March from the previous quarter.

business - Al Jazeera English
6:11pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Stop driving: Mercedes recalls 17,000 cars - news.com.au

Mercedes-Benz Australia has issued a recall of more than 17,000 vehicles for a potentially faulty brake mechanism.

business - News.com.au
5:06pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Jungle Ventures closes a $600M fund, bringing its total assets under management to over $1B - TechCrunch

Singapore-based venture firm Jungle Ventures is digging deeper into Southeast Asia and India with the close of its fourth fund. Fund IV totals $600 million, with $450 million for new investments and $150 million earmarked for follow-up investments in its port…

business - TechCrunch
5:01pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Grubhub’s free lunch offer in NYC crashed its website and app - Engadget

The delivery platform and restaurants struggled to keep up with thousands of orders..

business - Engadget
4:32pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Allianz fraud: Hedge fund managers Greg Tournant, Stephen Bond-Nelson and Trevor Taylor face jail in $US7 billion fraud - The Australian Financial Review

US authorities say Greg Tournant and his colleagues sold lies to investors that cost customers, and now the company, billions of dollars.

business - Australian Financial Review
4:15pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Barclays tips $75m into Barrenjoey, boosts valuation - The Australian Financial Review

The equity injection lifts its shareholding to 18.2 per cent and almost doubles the pre-money valuation of the Magellan-backed investment bank to $750 million.

business - Australian Financial Review
4:05pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Forrest takes back the top job at Fortescue in shake-up - The Australian Financial Review

Andrew Forrest will directly run his Fortescue Metals Group’s iron ore business for the first time since 2011, as part of a wide-ranging reshuffle.

business - Australian Financial Review
3:00pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Netflix is laying off 150 employees and cutting dozens from its Tudum fansite - The Verge

Netflix is laying off around 150 staff members, including 26 at Tudum, as the company’s revenue slows and subscriber counts dip. Most affected employees are located in the US.

business - The Verge
2:02pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

Apple slows return to office, will let employees stay remote and require masks in common spaces - The Verge

Apple had planned to expand its hybrid return to the office pilot, but it will expand the “phase-in” period instead and let people work remotely if they choose. It’s also requiring masking in common areas again.

business - The Verge
1:08pm PDT - May 17th, 2022

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lana01 (@chintuak01)
9:38am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @ITZYofficial: ITZY "None of My Business" https://t.co/wxpt3ZiQyI #ITZY #MIDZY @ITZYofficial #ITZY_KILLMYDOUBT #ITZY_NOMB #ITZY_NoneofM

Fefe●○ (@derysart)
9:38am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @MyLordBebo: Ukrainian man realizes that they’re lied to on TV! He sees that Poland is buying a lot of aluminum from Russia. -> Just bus…

Guillermolo (@_Guillermolo_)
9:38am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @simondonner: This is what makes EV range anxiety freakout articles silly. As EV sales rise, so does the market for charging. Folks will…

Shawn Radcliffe | @ShawnRadcliffe@sciencemastodon (@ShawnRadcliffe)
9:38am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @0HOUR: IRS is now going through all the small business PPP loans Anyone who gamed that system is going to get prosecuted

Joe_in_Indiana (@Joe_in_Indiana)
9:38am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @ApVeng: Oh! So that is why he commented on Kareena. I did wonder. I mean why would a business man (even if an ex businessman) speak abo…

(@PoohBaniPrvati)
9:38am PDT - July 26th, 2023

If your rent falls between N2m - N10m annually, you have no business still being a tenant. Your rent is enough to own that property. Use @tryteca rent-to-own financing. Start building equity and taking ownership today.

AfricanJoshwolfe (@Oyeanif)
9:38am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @appcsocialmedia: LIVE #APPNews: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif distributes #laptops and cheques under Prime Minister’s Youth Business L…

Bilal Ahmad (@BilalAhmad7602)
9:38am PDT - July 26th, 2023

I am frankly baffled by the Twitter name change. The poor business decisions are just... why? How did you even manage this?

Zoë (@owlemm)
9:38am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @mercola: Chase bank has shut down our business bank accounts along with the accounts of my CEO and CFO, as well as their family members…

T R U M P girl45 (@Annette64098797)
9:38am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @tomaskenn: FEC complaint claims Artificial Flower Co. illegally funneled money to Francis Suarez’ PAC. https://t.co/aghC9223a7

(@cigarsnob1028)
9:38am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @BladeoftheS: If you setup fake companies to receive Hundreds of Thousands in Covid Business Grants that you put in your pocket and then…

Dennis Barrett (@dennbarr44)
9:38am PDT - July 26th, 2023
RT @B5001001101: Priorities of Business People. https://t.co/ZcoGjQcC1g

RT @B5001001101: Priorities of Business People. https://t.co/ZcoGjQcC1g

வயா (@King_Of_Lanka)
9:38am PDT - July 26th, 2023

These leaders of finance need to nudge their representatives who say it is worthless tech. Oh wait! Maybe they did as it is disruptive to their tolltaking models so they are using the reps to psyops us https://t.co/LZNhMAnDW8

James McCall (@mccallios)
9:38am PDT - July 26th, 2023

The 31-year-old man now faces an arson charge for setting the fires outside his former employer, an automotive business, police said. https://t.co/16EdiRdxSw

Grayslake Patch (@GrayslakePatch)
9:38am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @_starlowkey: I need to be around people with business mindsets I got a goal to reach

C h a m p a g n e HNDRXX (@__iBeTheOne)
9:38am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @ZubyMusic: I hate all this 'we don't accept cash' nonsense. If you run an in person business, you should accept cash. It's ridiculous…

txaggal (@txaggal)
8:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @DrSyedHaider: I just tweeted about how my business bank account and PayPal were shut down with no notice for no reason and today my Air…

Tom Roten™ (@TomRoten)
8:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @bw71961: ~ The U.S. should renew the USMCA in 2026, Because in 2022 alone the total value of trade within North America exceeded $1.5 T…

Jaye T. (@JayeJaybird54)
8:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @soompi: WATCH: #ITZY Shows Off Their New Choreo By #LaChica In Dance Practice Video For "None Of My Business" https://t.co/6rAqX0Fzx4 h…

Yeri (@Yeri8181)
8:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @jojomasc88: UPDATE: Bag is finally at YVR (2 days later w/ no updates along the way) but now I have to take time off work to get it oth…

Jeff Mascarenhas (@jeffreym99)
8:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @MrRexPatrick: The @ato_gov_au regularly treats the @AuSenate with contempt by improperly keeping information from it. The Senate lets t…

ops (@ops_227)
8:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023
RT @oiirul82ii: HE HAS NO BUSINESS LOOKING LIKE A COLLEGE BOYFRIEND IN THE MILITARY https://t.co/qaJUlyONgq

RT @oiirul82ii: HE HAS NO BUSINESS LOOKING LIKE A COLLEGE BOYFRIEND IN THE MILITARY https://t.co/qaJUlyONgq

kei; SEVEN ★ (@honsoolboy)
8:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @Dobbs30166321: We need to challenge this it's not a police business to approve door to campaign.

#PeoplePower_Ourpower (@faithcutler)
8:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @lukebroadwater: .@GlennThrush: The plea deal negotiated between Hunter Biden & the U.S. attorney in Del. is on the verge of collapsing…

BIDEN BLUE (@schwanderer)
8:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023

I need to find a track, or a nice gym in Philly I don’t wanna work out around a bunch on niggas I wanna go to the gym looking crazy and mind my business

3:02 (@Freezzus)
8:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023
RT @UnclePamilerin: The business of nightlife and its impact on afrobeats - @TheNLseries https://t.co/TSaVKuez1J

RT @UnclePamilerin: The business of nightlife and its impact on afrobeats - @TheNLseries https://t.co/TSaVKuez1J

Yakubu Musa lere (@YakubuMusalere1)
8:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @ITZYofficial: ITZY "None of My Business" https://t.co/wxpt3ZiQyI #ITZY #MIDZY @ITZYofficial #ITZY_KILLMYDOUBT #ITZY_NOMB #ITZY_NoneofM

#คิมชอยพลอยลูกหมี ไม่ย้ายด้อม แต่ติ่งเพิ่ม (@KYUMPB)
8:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023

All I wanna do is own a bunch of business and grow my own crops

Bari Bandz (@baribandz___)
8:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @ZubyMusic: I hate all this 'we don't accept cash' nonsense. If you run an in person business, you should accept cash. It's ridiculous…

NyadSwimmer (@NyadSwimmer)
8:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @IAMCouncil: The leader of Assam state has blamed Muslims for price spikes. In 1923, Jews in Germany — who were a dominant force in bu…

Gregor Shamsa (@gulaab_ali_)
8:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @ITZYofficial: ITZY "None of My Business" https://t.co/wxpt3ZiQyI #ITZY #MIDZY @ITZYofficial #ITZY_KILLMYDOUBT #ITZY_NOMB #ITZY_NoneofM

FIREWORKS ≷ yeji, vanquisher of nightmare (ꈍ꒳ꈍ) (@awesomehuman14)
8:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @atrupar: Hunter Biden has already been mentioned at least 104 times *this morning* on Fox News and Fox Business, according to a transcr…

PFFlyer (@WildWestShow4)
8:48am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @DrSyedHaider: I just tweeted about how my business bank account and PayPal were shut down with no notice for no reason and today my Air…

Tia Loca (@tialoca4001)
8:39am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @AriTheDon: People be trying to act like they so private and don’t want people in they business. Stfu you ain’t got shit going on, ain’t…

raquellatoia (@RockyRoad_814)
8:39am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @ITZY_STREAM: ITZY "None of My Business" Performance Video (4K) has surpassed 1,000,000 views on Youtube. Use as a filler when streamin…

Bleu (@Bleu_Amaia)
8:39am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @BladeoftheS: If you setup fake companies to receive Hundreds of Thousands in Covid Business Grants that you put in your pocket and then…

Nathan attempting to understand both sides. (@NathanR33900744)
8:39am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @FraserNelson: The only party to support Coutts today is Labour. No surprise: as Katy Balls reveals in her cover story, it's cosying up…

M S A S C L E P I U S W H I S T L E-B L O W E R (@citizenj0urn0)
8:39am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @Jim_Jordan: Joe Biden in 2019: "I have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings.” Biden in 2020: "My son has not ma…

OneofManyofOne (@TastBud17)
8:39am PDT - July 26th, 2023

RT @ParisNotFrance_: I will cut a friend off before I ever get on social media airing out her personal business . Y’all really be keeping “…

main character. (@_lifeofasag)
8:39am PDT - July 26th, 2023