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Week Ahead: US and Canada Jobs, ISM PMIs, Eurozone Flash CPI, UK Retail Sales
MON: US Labor Day, South Korean Trade Balance Prelim (Aug), Chinese Caixin Manufacturing PMI (Final), EZ, UK, US Manufacturing PMI (Final), New Zealand Terms of Trade (Q2) TUE: South Korean CPI (Aug), EZ Flash HICP (Aug), US ISM Manufacturing PMI...

Dave Brown is named deputy coverage chief, Washington, D.C., with The Wall Street Journal
Dave Brown Emma Tucker | The Wall Street Journal I’m pleased to announce the appointment of Dave Brown as deputy coverage chief, Washington, D.C. As the news from Washington shows no sign of slowing, Dave will help to elevate our industry-leading...

Tax-free in Florida: Back-to-school sales end Labor Day…
Florida's back-to-school sales tax holiday ends on Aug. 31. Tax-free school supplies include computers, accessories, clothing and learning aids under specific price limits. Certain disaster preparedness supplies are now permanently tax-exempt....

INDUSTRY OPINION: Why GIA’s new laboratory-grown grading could hurt consumers
29th August 2025 By Ruth Faulkner The GIA’s changes to how it grades laboratory-grown diamonds will come into effect on 1 October, but contemporary jeweller Christine Sadler argues that this could spell misunderstanding for consumers. This area is...
Best leveraged ETFs: A high-risk, high-reward bet on short-term market volatility
There are a multitude of leveraged strategies aimed at retail investors. Most of these follow the performance of major indexes, while others track niche areas of the market like the semiconductor and biotech industries. With leveraged strategies,...

B.C. crane industry wants provincial standard for riggers
Members of B.C.’s construction crane industry want WorkSafeBC (WSBC) to set a provincial standard for riggers to fill a critical regulatory void which now allows individuals with little or no formal training to load tower cranes with thousands of...

Madeleine Keane on books: Summer is coming to an end but literary festivals continue apace
Check out Write By the Sea, Clifden Arts Festival, the Red Line Festival Poetry Competition and more 'Small Things Like These' author Claire Keegan will be speaking at the Write By the Sea festival. Photo: Getty Today at 15:30 Summer may be waning...
Bitcoin whales send BTC price under $109.5K as market ‘wobbles’ into US PCE
Key points: Bitcoin whales take the blame as “spoofy” transactions send BTC price action below $110,000. The Bitcoin “whale playbook” means that price is repeating behavior from earlier in August. US PCE inflation data is under the microscope as...

How to Start Investing in the Stock Market: A Simple Guide for Beginners
Everyone remembers their first stock purchase. For me, it was a small sum in a company I believed in, and the excitement of seeing that number move up or down was unforgettable. That’s the thing about the stock market—it looks intimidating from...

Wyoming Launches Stablecoin, SEC Chair Discusses Tokenization and Congress Eyes Market Structure Legislation
[co-author: Samantha Ackel] There were significant crypto developments at both the state and federal levels. In Wyoming, the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT) officially launched on mainnet, making the state the first public entity in the United States...

I’ve read 76 books this year, thanks to taxes and libraries. But the state is threatening that boon: Our Best Life
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Thank heaven for libraries. So far this year, I’ve read 76 books. I’ve bought a handful – by authors I particularly want to support. The rest I’ve borrowed from the library, most of them without physically entering the building....

The Anime NYC Guide to Working in the American Manga Industry Manga publishers at Anime NYC shared their advice on breaking into the industry from lettering and logo design to creating your very own comic.
Image via depositphotos.comHow many of the 148,000 attendees at Anime NYC 2025 want to find work in the manga business? Probably a lot of them - at least five panels focused on career-building, and even the question and answer segments on...

Another industry selects Bismarck
The monthly Bismarck Board of Alderpersons meeting was highlighted by the announcement of another industry coming to Bismarck. Gail Kingsbury, CEO and co-founder of United Tiny Homes, headquartered in Goodyear, Arizona, was introduced by Mayor...

Best of the Week: Metabolic Risks in Horses, Market Health for Instrument Vendors
This week, LCGC International published a variety of articles on hot topics in separation science. Some of the articles included in this week’s update explore topics such as the metabolic risk in horses, the bioactivities in chili pepper...
Liposome Development and Manufacturing Services Market Industry Trends and Global Forecasts to 2035: 800+ Clinical Trials Related to Liposomes Have Been Registered To Date - ResearchAndMarkets.com
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 29, 2025-- The "Liposome Development and Liposome Manufacturing Services Market Industry Trends and Global Forecasts to 2035: Distribution by Type of Product Formulation, Scale of Operation, Type of End User, and Key...

Fliphtml5 Empowers Users To Create Ebook With AI For Effortless Digital Publishing
(MENAFN- Market Press Release) August 28, 2025 4:22 am - FlipHTML5 allows users to create eBooks with AI and turn plain text into stylish, engaging digital eBooks effortlessly. In the digital age, eBooks have become a powerful medium for sharing...

Innovator made strides in early mining industry
HANNIBAL - Darwin P. Flinn, whose remains are eternally resting in Hannibal’s Riverside Cemetery, was quite an innovator during his lifespan. Before moving to Hannibal circa 1870 from LeRoy, N.Y., he had already earned a patent, along with his...

From RIYA To Voice Print, Akash Ambani Unveils Future Of Immersive Storytelling At RIL AGM 2025
Last Updated:August 29, 2025, 14:56 IST Akash Ambani introduced RIYA, a voice-enabled search assistant and Voice Print, through which viewers can enjoy sports and entertainment in their favourite Indian language Akash Ambani (RIL)Reliance Jio...

Trailblazer swaps publishing for law after 45 years in the industry
Pietermaritzburg’s Primi Chetty has, during her 45 years in the publishing business, broken many glass ceilings, and shows no signs of slowing down as she retires from her role as CEO of publishing giant Shuter & Shooter. When she was appointed as...

Newspapers And This Month’s Very Thin Silver Lining
The shock hasn’t completely worn off. The news earlier this month of the closure of four newspapers in eastern South Dakota — the Brookings Register, the Huron Plainsman, the Moody County Enterprise in Flandreau and the Redfield Press (a paper I...