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    Hammond-based food supplier eyes $21 million expansion in Tangipahoa Parish

    HAMMOND — S&W Wholesale Foods, a Hammond-based food supplier, announced a $21 million investment into a new facility in Tangipahoa Parish on Thursday.S&W will acquire a new Hammond facility that will expand the company's operations across the Gulf Coast. The project will retain more than 100 local jobs and create around 60 new construction jobs for renovations, including a roof replacement and refitting to accommodate office space. The expansion will be done by the end of the year.The...

  • Labour's bid to renationalise Britain's railways: What does Keir Starmer plan to do? How much will it cost? Will it mean cheaper fares? Will passengers return to the dark days of British Rail?

    Sir Keir Starmer 's party are pledging to transfer train operators to public ownership within the first five years of a Labour government.

  • Millions of New Yorkers May Be Planning to Leave

    About 7 million New Yorkers plan to leave the state, a new survey revealed this month.In a new Marist poll, 37 percent of New Yorkers—roughly 7 million people—said they plan to move away. The number was slightly more concentrated among Republicans, as 46 percent said they plan to leave the state compared to just 29 percent of Democrats.: How to Sell Your HomeThe mass migration echoes a trend that gained momentum during the COVID-19 pandemic and continued in the years that followed as Northerners...

  • Posti plans nearly 300 job cuts

    The restructuring plans were due to reduced demand, not external factors like the labour market situation, the company said.

  • Will it work? Labour's plan to reconceptualise the high street

    In this column Sam Fowles take policies on their own terms. This week he asks whether Labour's plan to revive the high street will work.

  • CAE plans expansion projects as passenger load increases

    This year, Columbia Metropolitan Airport expects to see 1.4 million passengers, surpassing even pre-pandemic numbers.

  • Objective celebrates year of growth and major plans for expansion

    For the third successive year the Sheffield city centre-based agency which was established in 2011 is celebrating double digit growth. And to maintain momentum, and help achieve their ambitious five year expansion plan, the Objective team are about to launch an innovative new AI insight tool. “Our continued investment in the very best people and technologies has facilitated a third consecutive year of record breaking growth,” said Objective managing director Dan Broadbent. “And we are now...

  • Square Enix Will Abandon More Than $100 Million in HD Games

    With the company looking to change the way it makes games, Square Enix will abandon more than $100 million in HD games.

  • NPP has created 2.1m jobs in seven years – Bawumia

    The Vice President and flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has said the government has created 2.1 million both in the public and private sector in the last seven years.

  • The Hague’s tallest residential towers will be shorter than planned

    Two residential towers that are set to be built in The Hague will not rise as high as previously planned. The height of one tower was planned to reach a height of 180 meters, but that will be scaled down to 139 meters. The other tower will be 105 meters instead of 153 meters in height.The towers are part of The Grace complex, and were supposed to become the two tallest buildings in The Hague. That will no longer be the case, but they will still be built by the Den Haag HS station. Because both...

  • The pro-Israel groups planning to spend millions in US elections

    A handful of groups, led by Aipac, have been a powerful force in American politics – but has Israel’s war in Gaza changed the equation?A handful of pro-Israel groups fund political campaigns in support of individual candidates in US elections, led by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), a powerful force in American politics. Before the 2024 election, Aipac plans to spend tens of millions of dollars against congressional candidates, primarily Democrats, whom it deems...

  • TikTok: Ban Will Hurt 7 Million US Businesses

    TikTok says a ban on its platform in the U.S. hurts free speech and American businesses. The social media platform made this argument Sunday (April 21), one day after the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would outlaw TikTok in the U.S. if the company’s China-based owner ByteDance doesn’t divest its stake within a year. “It is […]