If everything goes according to plan, the first car “made in Rwanda” could be on the streets as early as May, according to the German automobile giant. After South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya, Rwanda is the fourth African country in which VW has invested. “I think we have come to the right place,” said Thomas Schäfer, managing […]
New Delhi, March 2 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday lauded PM Narendra Modi’s leadership, highlighting his stellar role in making India the fastest growing economy in the world over the last decade. Addressing a joint press meeting with Prime Minister Modi following their talks in New Delhi, Carney also spoke about the increasing […]
Travelers are in limbo as airport departure boards flip to red after air strikes in Iran resulted in closed airspace and triggered mass flight cancellations. The heart of the chaos is in the Middle East, where airports in Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi serve as megahubs for global connecting traffic. As of Sunday, all flights […]
Manulife Financial, Sun Life Financial and Great‑West Lifeco all posted growth in core or underlying earnings for 2025, supported by fee income from asset management, group benefits and international operations, even where reported net income was affected by market‑related items and assumption changes. Their core returns on equity typically remained in the mid‑teens or higher, […]
The “Life in Venice” housing development, a multibillion-dollar replica of the Italian city on the Chinese coast, stands silent. Many of the tens of thousands of homes are hollow husks of concrete and alabaster. But in recent years the remote, partially abandoned complex has drawn unlikely new residents like Sasa Chen, a burned-out young Chinese […]
COLUMBIA — The Shops on Sharp End entrepreneurship program in downtown Columbia celebrated Steep & Bloom on Saturday in a graduation ceremony, as the small business expands to a new location. The Shops on Sharp End, a retail incubator, sits in the heart of the black business district on Fifth Street, creating a shared space […]
BOSTON & HONG KONG & SINGAPORE & DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, March 02, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) today announced the appointment of Marcus Portbury as Regional President, Asia Middle East (AME). Subject to regulatory approval, Marcus will also be assuming the role of Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Branch. In both roles, […]
The fallout of US-Israeli strikes on Iran on energy markets is likely to increase short-term volatility rather than long-term fundamentals of the energy market. Iran has limited capability to sustain a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, given the US military presence in the Persian Gulf, and Tehran will isolate itself further by missile strikes […]
For more than a century, newspapers were sustained by a simple business model: Readers paid for the product through subscriptions and advertisers paid to reach those readers. The incentives aligned, and newspapers — even in the smallest communities — could survive. If a paper provided reliable information, covered local issues, and earned the trust of […]
What happened According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission dated Feb. 18, 2026, Adams Wealth Management initiated a new position in First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund (GRID 0.36%) during the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2025, buying 95,273 shares. The estimated transaction value was $14.58 million, based on […]
