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Capitalizing on the data economy

Hidden within these vast volumes of data are insights into consumer behavior, emerging market trends, even predictors of the future. For organizations, the goal is to make sense out of this rapidly increasing amount of data and find innovative ways to derive sustainable value from it, all while efficiently managing consumption of the cloud services […]

Sri Lanka shuts only oil refinery amid severe dollar crisis

Sri Lanka on Monday temporarily shut down its only oil refinery for 50 days following the non availability of crude oil supplies due to the ongoing severe foreign exchange crisis in the country. ”The Sapugaskanda refinery will be closed for 50 days from today,” energy minister Udaya Gammanpila told reporters here. He, […]

Latest news updates: Thailand’s economy returns to contraction after Covid-19 outbreaks

BBVA, the Spanish bank, has launched a €2bn bid for the 50.15 per cent of Garanti, Turkey’s biggest bank by market capitalisation, that it does not already own, using funds from its own recent sale of US assets. The acquisition price of TL25.7bn (€2.25bn) represents a 34 per cent premium on the average price of […]

Watered-down climate pact is better than nothing, top U.N. official says

GLASGOW, Scotland — It was no deal or a lump of coal at Glasgow climate talks and for Patricia Espinosa, the United Nations’ climate secretary, there was no choice. “No deal was the worst possible result there. Nobody wins,” Espinosa said in an interview with The Associated Press Sunday, about 15 hours after nearly 200 […]

Editorial | Strong economy boosts state’s spending plan | Editorials

Illinois’ tax revenues have dramatically increased. But questions about the state’s fiscal future abound. Whatever the reason, whoever gets the credit, Illinois got some good news on the state budget front last week. A growing economy has produced strong increases in tax revenues — primarily sales and income taxes — that are reducing the deficit […]

China: economic cooperation with the U.S. highly complementary

China reiterated that its economic cooperation with the U.S. is highly complementary as the bilateral trade between the two countries increased by 23.4 percent in the first 10 months of 2021. “The bilateral economic and trade cooperation is in the fundamental interests of the two countries and their peoples, and is also conducive to the […]

Dollar General Announces 18,000th Store Opening | Kentucky

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov 13, 2021– Today, Dollar General (NYSE: DG) announced the opening of its 18,000 th store located in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The Company marked the occasion by donating $18,000 to Gulf Shores Elementary School, which aims to support ongoing literacy and education programs within the school district. Additionally, customers were provided with complimentary […]

What is inflation? Here’s why prices go up, and who’s to blame

Inflation is, paradoxically, both incredibly simple to understand and absurdly complicated. Let’s start with the simplest version: Inflation happens when prices broadly go up. That “broadly” is important: At any given time, the price of goods will fluctuate based on shifting tastes. Someone makes a viral TikTok about brussels sprouts and suddenly everyone’s gotta have […]

Oil Forecast 2022 And Beyond

Oil Drilling Rig In The Gulf Of Mexico (Photo By Getty Images) Getty Images Oil prices have increased significantly from their pandemic lows and are substantially higher than 2019 levels. They don’t match the pre-fracking era of $100 oil, but they may get up there. The outlook for oil prices is driven largely by global […]

Ray Perryman: Powers transformed Texas economy | Columnists

My dear friend, Pike Powers IV, recently succumbed to Parkinson’s after a courageous struggle. Beyond the Austin area, you may not recognize his name, but he changed your life. He was the single most powerful force in turning Texas into an international technology powerhouse. His impact is unparalleled, and we are all beneficiaries. In the […]