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US economic uncertainty means bigger 'Black Friday' discounts
The retail sector's efforts to entice holiday gift purchases builds to a crescendo this weekend with the annual "Black Friday" shopping day followed by the newer "Cyber Monday." The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts more than 182 million consumers will shop in stores and online over the shopping weekend.
Venice to launch tourist tickets in 2024
Venice announced on Thursday that it would introduce a fee for day tourists to enter the city's overcrowded historic centre on 29 days next year as it seeks to come to grips with overtourism. Day visitors will need to pay five euros ($5.45) to enter the city centre between 8:30 am to 4:00 pm during the peak tourist season from April 25 to May 5.
Crisis-mired Germany to blow through debt limit in 2023
Germany will seek to suspend a constitutional debt limit for a fourth straight year, its finance minister said Thursday, after a shock court ruling upended government spending plans and sparked a budget crisis. The finance minister, who has intoned on the importance of clear debt limits, avoided direct mention of the brake in an earlier press conference.
Argentina's Milei no 'Trump of the Pampas', analysts say
They are both abrasive, have a penchant for insults and vulgarity, and boast an untamed mop of hair.
Speed limit cut and car-sharing coming for jammed Paris ring road
Paris will set a speed limit of 50 kilometres per hour (30 mph) on the French capital's congested ring road and add a car-sharing lane after next year's Olympic Games, city hall said Thursday. Drivers are alone in some 80 percent of the cars on the ring road.
Novo Nordisk spends big in France to expand obesity drug capacity
Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk will announce Thursday a major investment in a French production site to expand capacity for a blockbuster anti-obesity drug, the French presidency said. Novo Nordisk already said this month it was investing 42 billion Danish kroner ($6.1 billion) to expand its facilities in Denmark.
Polish truckers expand Ukraine border blockade as farmers join in
Polish transport companies Thursday expanded their protests against what they call unfair competition from Ukrainian truckers by blocking another border checkpoint.
Turkey delivers another major interest rate hike
Turkey's central bank on Thursday surprised the market with a larger-than-expected interest hike as it ramped up its fight against inflation and efforts to support the slumping lira. And Erkan has been trying to calibrate rate hikes to levels that both fight inflation and avoid infuriating Erdogan.
The economy, stupid? UK PM Sunak's 'only' chance of re-election
UK leader Rishi Sunak's hopes of turning around his beleaguered Conservative party's fortunes before a likely general election next year hinge on a British economic recovery, observers say. However, it forecast that economic output would grow by just 0.7 percent next year, sharply down from a previous prediction of a solid 1.8-percent expansion.
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