Stricter rules are to be brought in to protect households from aggressive telemarketers and doorstep sellers by giving them more rights to cancel on-the-spot contracts. Economic affairs minister Micky Adriaansens said the regulations needed to be tightened “because consumers are still being put under pressure on the doorstep or on the phone to sign something like a new energy contract immediately.” Telesales will be restricted to consumers who have given their explicit consent, including former...
Several local businesses are up for sale, with price tags ranging from nearly $2 million to under $200,000.
Flower Lane Garden Club will host their annual plant sale and bazaar on Saturday, May 4 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. behind El Nopal Mexican Restaurant, 3140 N. National Road in Columbus. Continue reading at The Republic News.
If you own a house with some trees on the property, you know they have inherent value due to their natural beauty and shade (or possibly the fruit they grow), but few people think about the trees in their yards in terms of having a monetary value. But you should, because trees on your property actually do have value—and that value is often substantial.
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The sale of heat pumps, meant to replace traditional gas-fired central heating boilers, has collapsed this year, due to political uncertainty, low gas prices, and consumer questions, the AD said on Wednesday afternoon. Heat pump makers association DVW says that sales have halved year on year. In the first quarter of 2023, consumers bought 42,000 heat pumps, but in the same period this year, they have only bought 20,000. There is, the DVW told the AD, “a continual brake” on sales growth.
Although it was closely watched for the manner in which it handled its artificial intelligence (AI) investments, Amazon dropped a stunner of a Q1 earnings report Tuesday (April 30), driven by a big spike in its North American operations. Its overall, global operating income grew from $4.8 billion in Q1 2023 to $15.3 billion in 2024. […]
Paramount Global's sale talks with David Ellison's Skydance Media face a milestone later this week, but the battered Redstone family-controlled media company has been scrambling to meet another deadline — one that also carries huge implications. On Tuesday, Paramount and Charter Communications agreed to a deadline extension as the two sides worked to hammer out a new distribution agreement for Paramount's channels, which would replace a three-year pact that was due to expire this week, according...
From Shaolin wall-runners to caged birds and S&M clubs, these images have all inspired their own Granta magazine stories – and now is your chance to buy one Continue reading
A successful Pokemon collectibles campaign helped Coles grow its supermarket sales in the March quarter, offsetting a drop in liquor sales blamed on cost of living pressures. As the public and political glare intensifies on the profits of supermarket giants, Coles Group had $9.07 billion in grocery sales for the 12 weeks to March 24, […]