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S&P 500 Gains and Losses Today: Lululemon Stock Falls as Forecasts Reflect Consumer Caution
Yahoo Finance
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Michael Nagle / Bloomberg via Getty Images Major U.S. equities indexes gained ground on Friday. The S&P 500 added 1% on Friday, June 6, as a strong jobs report pointed to resilience in the labor market despite tariff-related concerns. After...
Sydney Sweeney defends selling her bathwater soap, plus 5 other bizarre celebrity products
KRNV - Nevada
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Sydney Sweeney is defending her partnership with a soap company to sell products infused with her bathwater. Yes, you read that correctly, she is selling products with her very own bathwater in them. On the red carpet for her new film, “Echo...
Google’s monopoly ruling reveals a deeper threat to innovation
The Journal Record - Oklahoma
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June 6, 2025
Randall R. Rader A recent federal court ruling found that Google violated antitrust laws to maintain an illegal search engine monopoly. While a landmark decision, it is just the tip of the iceberg, exposing a deeper, underlying issue plaguing...
Senate tries to quietly gut popular fuel economy program without consumers noticing
Consumer Reports
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June 6, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Thursday released its text for the budget reconciliation bill that is racing its way through Congress. Hidden in the details was a little-noticed provision that...
Man Charged With 14 Counts of Retail Theft
Silicon Valley Daily - California
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June 6, 2025
San Francisco, CA – The District Attorney’s Office announced that Neil Peck (51), has been charged in connection to burglary and attempted grand theft incident at a retail store on the 700-block of Mission Street from October 7, 2024, to May 22,...
CNET's Tariff Price Tracker: Watching 11 Key Products Daily, Here's What I've Seen
CNET
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June 6, 2025
A trade court has ruled Trump's tariff barrage illegal but the possibility that prices could climb remains real. James Martin/CNET I've been keeping tabs on several popular products on a daily basis for CNET's tariff impact tracker, watching for...
Will Milk Money Usher in a New Indie Retail Era of Newbury Street?
Boston Magazine
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June 6, 2025
Does the glam clothing and gift boutique's arrival represent a shift in Boston's main shopping drag? From the newly opened second location of Milk Money, a fashion and accessories shop at 172 Newbury Street, owner Nash Yacoub can see the building...
Shopping park 'unlike anything Europe had ever seen' 40 minutes from Liverpool
Liverpool Echo
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June 6, 2025
Liverpool has an abundance of popular shops based in the city centre, as well as in towns and retail parks across the wider region. But for the last three decades, thousands of Scousers have made the trip a bit further afield to visit one...
Innovative local company teams up with Mayo Women's Football League
Connaught Telegraph
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Published: Fri 6 Jun 2025, 7:39 AM THE Mayo Women's League has announced a new sponsorship partnership for its senior women's league and divisional cups. Eco-Powered Cabinets have come on board to sponsor the women's league, Rumley Cup, Mary Walsh...
Manufacturer invests in automation to boost sustainability and innovation
Andover Advertiser
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The third-generation British manufacturer of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units, VES Andover Ltd, has made a major investment in smart automation to boost sustainability and innovation. The company, which operates across more...
Laboratory? A Big Seed Treatment Innovation Came from a Winnipeg Garage
Seed World
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June 6, 2025
As EcoTea hits one million Canadian acres this year, it can be hard to believe the microbial seed treatment making waves across Western Canada started in a garage back in 2007. Winnipeg’s Dale Overton, a trained ecologist with a master’s in...
Matalan implements Toshiba’s next-gen retail software solution
Retail Insight Network
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June 6, 2025
UK’s fashion and homeware value retailer Matalan is implementing the VisualStore commerce platform, developed by Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, for faster, smoother and connected shopping across multiple channels. The collaboration is set to...
Power returns for Three Rivers Electric customers
KMIZ ABC 17 - Missouri
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June 6, 2025
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 500 Three Rivers Electric Cooperative customers were without power on Friday afternoon. The Co-op serves parts of seven counties, including Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Maries, Miller, Moniteau and Osage. Its outage...
Utilities charging consumers to fund data centers
Finance & Commerce - Minnesota
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June 6, 2025
The Blueprint Tech firms like Google and Meta seek cheap electricity for data centers. Utilities offer secretive discounts, shifting costs to regular users. Louisiana project could cost $3B, with unclear public liability. States consider laws to...
Farmers and The Warehouse give body cameras to staff after concerns of ‘abusive’ customer behaviour
The New Zealand Herald
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June 6, 2025
“The cameras will only be activated when an event occurs in a store where the safety of our staff and/or customers may be at risk,” the policy states. It says the information may be shared with “our employees, contractors and service providers”,...
FCA could lift ban on crypto ETNs for UK retail investors
MoneyWeek
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June 6, 2025
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to consult on lifting the ban on selling cryptocurrency Exchange-traded notes (ETNs) to retail investors in the UK. ETNs are similar to an exchange-traded fund (ETF), but they are technically debt...
Kenyan macadamia sector rallies stakeholders to strengthen local consumption and processing
Food Business Africa Magazine
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June 5, 2025
KENYA – At the inaugural National Macadamia Conference held at Embu University, leading players in Kenya’s macadamia sector came together to call for stronger collaboration aimed at boosting local consumption and processing. Despite Kenya being...
Xiaomi Introduces Redmi Pad 2 with special deals – I honestly had no idea you could get so much tablet for so little
Digital Camera World
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June 6, 2025
Xiaomi has launched a new Redmi Pad 2 generation of its accessibly priced tablet series with three different memory options, three different colors, and the option of 4G connectivity. The 11-inch tablet with 90Hz 2560 x 1600 (2.5K) display (that's...
'The idea' - Manchester United's £120m shopping spree signals Omar Berrada transfer shift
Manchester Evening News
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June 5, 2025
There are a few common threads running through Manchester United's transfer activity in the early weeks of this summer. The club is looking to sign two Premier League-proven attackers who can bring pace, power, and athleticism to the team. But...
Six Degrees appoints new COO and CITO for innovation
Source Security
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June 6, 2025
Six Degrees is pleased to announce the appointment of Mike Drolet as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Tony Healy as its new Chief Information and Technology Officer (CITO). Both appointments bring an impressive track record to Six...