• Health club champions positive change

    Guardians of the Green Conservation and Health Club, the newest club at Edward Titche Elementary School, is teaching students, families, and team members about hygiene, waste reduction, fitness, and nutrition. The club is the brainchild of Kamron Barton, and it demonstrates her commitment to the well-being of students and the environment. “Establishing and sponsoring the [] The post Health club champions positive change first appeared on The Hub.

  • Post-war Israel will see economic growth

    The time to invest in Israel is now, although mainstream thinking suggests that the Israeli markets are less attractive due to the current conflict. This logic may be driven by existential security concerns of escalation risks with Hezbollah and other regional actors; budget deficits from increased military spending; reduced workforce participation due to reservist duty; pre-war civil divisions and fears over judicial reform; and/or historically high, pre-war interest rates.However, this...

  • Strange structures discovered in the Pacific could change our understanding of Earth

    Scientists believe they’ve found a window into the dawn of time on Earth, and it’s hidden beneath the Pacific Ocean.A team led by geophysicist Simon Lamb, of the University of Wellington and scientist Cornel de Ronde, of GNS Science, said the key to our past lies in a remote corner of South Africa a

  • NRF Expects ‘Moderate but Steady’ Retail Sales Growth in 2024

    The National Retail Federation (NRF) expects retail sales to grow between 2.5% and 3.5% in 2024. That forecast is in line with the 2023 annual sales growth and the 10-year pre-pandemic average annual sales growth — both of which were 3.6%, the trade association said in a Wednesday (March 30) press release. “The resiliency of consumers continues to […]

  • Chile Economy Posts Weaker-Than-Expected Growth at End of 2023

    Chile's economy grew less than expected at the end of 2023, reflecting high interest rates and uneven consumer demand.

  • Chile Economy Posts Weaker-Than-Expected Growth at End of 2023

    Chile’s economy unexpectedly posted a full-year gain for 2023 as upward revisions offset a weak fourth quarter, when a drop in mining compounded the drag from high interest rates and uneven demand.

  • National Association of Realtors Agrees to Radically Change Commission Structure

    The 6 percent commission, a longtime standard in home purchases involving a

  • Realtor association agrees to change commission structure to settle lawsuit

    The proposed agreement with the National Association of Realtors could dramatically change how much consumers pay during real estate transactions.

  • Jack Daniel's Whiskey Suffering Puzzling Post-COVID Sales Slump

    Some time back, I was talking to my cousin on the phone; we hadn't spoken in a while, so he was surprised when I told him "I don't drink anymore." "Really?" he replied - he has known me for a long, long time.

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    Reddit’s Jen Wong Has a Plan to Juice Post-IPO Growth

    Newly public Reddit has to level up its performance-driving products, and—after 20 years—figure out how to more fully monetize its signal-rich chat-based content. Reddit’s long-awaited IPO values the platform at $6.5 billion on 2023 revenues of $804 million (98% driven by ads), with a loss of almost $91 million. While it’s growing, it missed its 2021 goal to hit the $1 billion mark in 2023. And its revenue is dwarfed by rivals like Snap (roughly $4.6 billion in 2023, per earnings), let alone...

  • Cherry Blossom Festival announces schedule changes for this weekend due to weather

    MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Cherry Blossom Festival announced updates to its events this weekend due to the weather forecast for Friday and Saturday. Founders Day is being moved from Friday, March 22 to Thursday, March 21 at noon in Third Street Park. If there is a change to Friday at Third Street Park, the festival says it will share

  • China's Tencent posts weak revenue growth, plans to double buybacks

    China's Tencent Holdings posted a 7% rise in fourth-quarter revenue on Wednesday, trailing analysts' expectations, as China's economic slowdown takes a toll, and said it was expecting to at least double its share buybacks this year. The world's largest video game company and operator of the WeChat messaging platform reported revenue of 155.19 billion yuan ($21.56 billion) for the three months ended Dec. 31. That compared with the 157.2 billion yuan average of 23 analyst estimates compiled by...