Category: Business
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Battle of Giants
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This Wednesday, the Meta platform (Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) has just launched its newest app. Threads is the microblogging bet that promises to shake the foundations of Twitter. It is no secret that since Elon Musk’s entry into Twitter, the platform has been losing many users. Positioned by Meta as “a separate space for real-time…
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Island Waterpark – World’s Largest Indoor Oceanfront Waterpark Opens in Atlantic City
The famous boardwalk of Atlantic City will enter a new era this summer with the debut of ISLAND Waterpark at The Showboat Resort. ISLAND Waterpark is the largest indoor oceanfront waterpark in the world. Covering 120,000 square feet and containing over 317,000 gallons of water, the waterpark features 11 slides, including the tube slides Electric…
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The World’s Largest Cruise Ship Is Almost Ready
The world’s largest cruise ship has completed its construction at a shipyard in Finland and has made its first outing to open waters for sea testing, ahead of its expected delivery in November this year. Being a new type of cruise ship, there will be all kinds of new features on board, including a water…
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Tobacco Farmers Transition to Sustainable Crops in Brazil
In front of a bountiful table – with rice, beans, meat, corn, cassava, sweet potatoes, cabbage, and cucumbers – Álvaro Luettjohann smiles: “Everything we are going to eat is organic and produced here.” Álvaro and his wife, Adriana, live in Candelária, a small town in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Visiting their…
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Pay Small Businesses in Brazil via WhatsApp
This smooth and secure checkout experience is a true revolution for individuals and small businesses looking to buy and sell on WhatsApp without needing to access a website, open another app, or pay in person. On WhatsApp in Brazil, you can search for a business, browse goods and services, add them to your cart, and…
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evoluSHEIN x Anitta Offers a Complete Range of Styles with Sustainable Materials
SHEIN, a global e-commerce retailer of fashion, beauty, and lifestyle products, announced that it has teamed up with global pop star Anitta to launch evoluSHEIN x Anitta, the first product collaboration featured in SHEIN’s evoluSHEIN by Design initiative, which has accelerated the use of more sustainable materials and responsible manufacturing practices across the company. SHEIN…
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New Law Aims to End Discrimination Against Pregnant Women at Work
This week, a new federal law went into effect in the United States requiring employers to provide “reasonable accommodations” for pregnant and postpartum workers, expanding protections for millions of people. The law, called the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, has been in the works for over a decade. It was first introduced in Congress in 2012…
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Is De-dollarization Really Happening?
Calls to stop relying on the US dollar for international trade are growing. More and more countries – from Brazil to Southeast Asian nations – are asking for trade to be conducted in currencies other than the US dollar. The US dollar has been the king of global trade for decades – not only because…
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What’s Behind the Delays and Cancellations of Domestic Airlines?
Thousands of passengers were stranded this week due to bad weather that canceled hundreds of flights in the United States.