… after a 475 basis-point hike in November; most economists surveyed by Bloomberg predict a smaller increase in the benchmark to 16.5% from 15%.
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More than 92,000 pounds of frozen meals are being recalled over concerns of plastic contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Nestle Prepared Foods is recalling approximately 92,206 pounds of Lean Cuisine baked chicken meals that …
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New Delhi: Not-so-expensive credit avenues, benign capital markets and the scramble to built a liquidity war chest to fight pandemic-induced financial woes saw Indian companies mopping up close to Rs 10 lakh crore through equity and debt in 2020. And the …
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The Netherlands is banning flights from the United Kingdom at least for the rest of the year in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of the COVID-19 virus in Britain does not reach its shores. THE HAGUE (AP) — The Netherlands is banning flights from the …
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The money and goodwill extended to restaurants early in the pandemic are drying up. Independent restaurant owners say that lifelines extended by landlords, banks and vendors when the pandemic first hit the U.S. are ending, while federal loans made as …
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