Methuen is bouncing back after a near-crippling deficit and budget cuts if its latest Moody’s financial rating is any indication. Moody’s Investors Service this week said “the city’s negative outlook has been revised to stable following improvements to the city’s …
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Still working to turn a profit and shake off its fake-goods reputation, China’s e-commerce upstart Pinduoduo set itself another ambitious goal for 2025: surpass 1 trillion yuan or $145 billion annual gross merchandise volume of agricultural products.
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JAKARTA — The coronavirus pandemic has energized Indonesia’s drive for self-reliance in pharmaceuticals, with state-owned Bio Farma collaborating on a vaccine with China’s Sinovac Biotech and a company from the United Arab Emirates. The state-owned …
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Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. plans to launch a slew of index-based futures to widen its offerings to local investors, after starting a bullion index. The Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.-backed exchange, the nation’s biggest venue for commodities, began a …
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With rates remaining near record lows, now may be a good time to lock in a mortgage. There’s good news and bad news for homebuyers. While home prices have hit record highs, mortgage rates remain near record lows. This means buyers will have to shop …
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