LONDON—The British and Irish arm of German discount supermarket group Aldi will invest 1.3 billion pounds ($1.8 billion) in its business over the next two years as it attempts to accelerate its growth in market share, it said on Monday. The retailer plans to open another 100 new stores in Britain, expand its logistics infrastructure,…
NGOs Launch Declaration on Preventing Forced Organ Harvesting
September 27, 2021
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U.S.-based advocacy group Doctors Against Forced Organ Harvesting (DAFOH) and four other NGOs are calling on governments and the public to support a new initiative to end China’s state-sanctioned practice of forced organ harvesting. Together the groups launched a declaration (pdf) entitled the “Universal Declaration on Combating and Preventing Forced Organ Harvesting” on Sept. 26,…
Farmers Need an ROI for Precision-Ag Adoption to Grow
By Brian Maxted AgTech. Precision Ag. Farm tech. Call it what you want, but we need more of it if we’re going to meet the challenge of feeding nearly 10 billion people by 2050. Unfortunately, a new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service shows we still have a way to…
3 Tips for Overcoming Business Disappointment
By Aaron Price The pursuit of success in any field is often riddled with setbacks and obstacles, and many of the world’s great business leaders failed many times before finding themselves on a fortuitous path to glory. It’s no secret that plenty of well-planned endeavors fall apart mid-flight due to forces beyond one’s control. And…
Crypto-Linked Stocks Plunge in Hong Kong, Bitcoin Steadies
September 27, 2021
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HONG KONG/SINGAPORE—Cryptocurrency-linked stocks dropped in Hong Kong on Monday morning, after Chinese authorities intensified their crackdown on the industry, while major cryptocurrencies steadied. Shares of crypto asset manager and trading firm Huobi Tech, an affiliate of Huobi Global, one of the world’s largest exchanges, fell more than 30 percent after the opening bell. Huobi Global…
Ohio Mom Finds, Reunites With Son She Gave Up for Adoption 33 Years Ago Through DNA Test
An Ohio woman and Virginia-based man have reunited 33 years after she gave him up for adoption as a newborn baby, through a DNA test that they both took. Greg Vossler, 33, traveled 300 miles from Winchester to Wadsworth to visit his birth mother, Melanie Pressley, in June 2021. Melanie, 53, hadn’t seen her son…
Bitcoin Exchanges Cut Ties With Chinese Users Following Beijing’s Latest Crypto Ban
September 27, 2021
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Cryptocurrency exchange giants are cutting ties with Chinese users after Beijing vowed to crackdown on the virtual currency market last Friday. Chinese cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global said on Sunday it had stopped taking new customers in mainland China, effective from Friday. The prominent crypto exchange will retire existing mainland Chinese user accounts by the end…
Bank of Ireland Blames Irish Pay Cap as CFO Announces Departure
DUBLIN—Bank of Ireland blamed state-imposed curbs on bankers pay and bonuses for the announcement on Monday that Chief Financial Officer Myles O’Grady would leave the bank for a role outside the financial sector. Ireland capped executive pay at 500,000 euros ($552,300) a year during the euro zone’s costliest banking rescue more than a decade ago….
Millions of Britons Could Face ‘National Shortage’ of Turkeys This Christmas
Millions of Britons could face a “national shortage” of turkeys, toys, and trees this Christmas due to a lack of skilled European employees following Brexit, according to the chair of a farming association. The Road Haulage Association (RHA) last month said the UK is facing a shortage of around 100,000 HGV drivers, which along with Brexit, has…
The COVID Caste System
Commentary Caste systems are not merely unjust; they are also ugly to behold. Commenting to me once on India’s caste system, when I was a child, my father said, “People in this country still use the word ‘untouchable,’ which is if you think about it a very unlovely term.” While India’s caste system persists despite…
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