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Charlotte Lam Some vendors reported a 20 to 30 percent drop in business at this year’s Hong Kong Food Festival, which concluded yesterday at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. A vendor selling dried seafood and tonics said many people traveled outside Hong Kong, “maybe because of the long […]
‘There won’t be another budget like this again,’ says Reeves Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said figures showing the economy shrank in October show that Rachel Reeves’ […]
Britain’s economy shrank by 0.1% in October, underlining the scale of Labour’s challenge to get the economy growing. Figures from the Office for National Statistics showed the unexpected fall in GDP was driven by construction and production, while the dominant services sector stagnated. Economists, polled by Reuters, had expected the economy to grow by 0.1%. […]
MANUFACTURING OUTPUT contracted to second straight month in October, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Friday. Preliminary results in the PSA’s latest Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI) showed that the factory output, as measured by the volume of production index (VoPI), fell by 1.8% year on year in October from the 5% […]
In his victory speech on Nov. 6, President-elect Donald Trump claimed Americans had given him an “unprecedented and powerful mandate.” It’s a message his transition team has echoed in the last three weeks, referring to his “MAGA Mandate” and a “historic mandate for his agenda.” But given that Trump’s lead in the popular vote has […]
Supporters of both Nick Begich’s campaign and ballot measure two wave signs at passing traffic at the intersection of Northern Lights Boulevard and the Seward Highway in Anchorage, Alaska early Tuesday, November 5, 2024. (Joseph Hansen/Alaska Public Media) A ballot measure that would repeal the state’s open primaries and ranked choice voting system is still […]