A sideline session of China Brand Day's official forum was held on Thursday, offering a platform for discussions on the development of Chinese brands. The forum, attended by experts, scholars and business leaders from around the world, provides valuable insight into the success of Chinese brands and the strategies they use to expand globally. Wang Hong, president of China Europe International Business School, highlighted the importance of brand economy in China's current high-quality development, adding that developing the brand economy is essential to meet people's needs for a better life and enhance China's global competitiveness.

https://www.shine.cn/biz/event/2305124893/

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TMX Group Limited ( TSE:X – Get Rating ) shares passed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of C$134.72 and traded as high as C$137.69. TMX Group shares last traded at C$135.38, with a volume of 187,892 shares trading hands. Analysts Set New Price Targets Several research firms have issued reports on X. National Bankshares decreased their price target on shares of TMX Group from C$150.00 to C$148.00 and set a 'sector perform' rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, February 7th.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/04/20/tmx-group-tsex-shares-pass-above-200-day-moving-average-of-134-72.html

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Piapot First Nation and White Bear First Nation in Saskatchewan are marking the 150th anniversary of signing on to Treaty 4 this month.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/treaty-4-150-years-adhesion-anniversary-1.7629430?cmp=rss

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FILE PHOTO: Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros at the Senate plenary on Monday, September 11, 2023. At the opening of a Senate probe into alleged cult Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. on Thursday, September 28, 2023, Hontiveros revealed more details about the Surigao del Norte-based organization that managed to recruit 3,650, including 1,587 minors. (Voltaire F. Domingo/Senate PRIB) MANILA, Philippines — Members who disobey the rules inside Sitio Kapihan – sort of an enclave where the alleged Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc.

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Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides, center left, and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, center right, tour of the anthropological laboratory of the Committee on Missing Persons, a UN facilitated body tasked with uncovering the fate of Greek and Turkish Cypriots who disappeared during inter communal fighting in the 1960s and a 1974 Turkish invasion that ethnically split the island nation, at a United Nations compound inside the U.N buffer zone in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, July 28, 2023.

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Oxen ( OXEN ) traded 1.2% lower against the US dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 8:00 AM E.T. on June 18th. Over the last week, Oxen has traded down 3% against the US dollar. One Oxen coin can currently be purchased for approximately $0.10 or 0.00000393 BTC on exchanges. Oxen has a total market cap of $6.62 million and $215,638.30 worth of Oxen was traded on exchanges in the last day. Here's how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last day: Bitcoin (BTC) traded 0% lower against the dollar and now trades at $26,506.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/18/oxen-reaches-1-day-trading-volume-of-215638-30-oxen.html

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Help us create a sustainable future for independent local journalism As New Zealand moves from crisis to recovery mode the need to support local industry has been brought into sharp relief. As our journalists work to ask the hard questions about our recovery, we also look to you, our readers for support. Reader donations are critical to what we do. If you can help us, please click the button to ensure we can continue to provide quality independent journalism you can trust.

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/puzzles/newsroom-daily-quiz-19-may-2023

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Argent Trust Co boosted its stake in shares of BlackRock, Inc. ( NYSE:BLK – Get Rating ) by 0.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 9,746 shares of the asset manager's stock after purchasing an additional 90 shares during the period. Argent Trust Co's holdings in BlackRock were worth $6,906,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/22/argent-trust-co-buys-90-shares-of-blackrock-inc-nyseblk.html

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By Karina Imran KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (Bernama) -- Malaysia, a significant market for the Tupperware business, is essential to the company's growth and ability to compete globally in the household products market, said Tupperware Brands Corporation president and chief executive officer Miguel Fernandez. In an exclusive interview with Bernama, Fernandez said Malaysia is the fifth largest market for the brand based on net sales, after Brazil, Mexico, the United States (US) and China. bootstrap slideshow According to him, Tupperware provides a unique business opportunity for over 35,000 families in Malaysia who make their monthly living selling the iconic brand's innovative products.

https://www.bernama.com/en/business/news.php?id=2219843

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17:56 UTC+8, 2023-04-16        0 The spring semester of Citizen Night School began this week.   17:56 UTC+8, 2023-04-16        0 Shot by Dong Jun. Edited by Ke Jiayun. Subtitles by Ke Jiayun. The spring semester of Citizen Night School began this week. For the first time it includes a class teaching foreigners how to make popular Chinese snacks. The class is held at the Shanghai Mass Art Center every Monday through July 3. Each session is 90 minutes long. Expatriates taking part are from the UK, Russia and Japan.

https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2304162286/

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Horizon Technology Finance ( NASDAQ:HRZN – Get Rating ) and Dividend and Income Fund ( OTCMKTS:DNIF – Get Rating ) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, risk and valuation. Institutional and Insider Ownership 9.8% of Horizon Technology Finance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.0% of Dividend and Income Fund shares are held by institutional investors.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/04/22/horizon-technology-finance-nasdaqhrzn-vs-dividend-and-income-fund-otcmktsdnif-head-to-head-comparison.html

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police-drug suspicions Drug probe launched into 7 companions after police officer fatally falls off apartment building SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) -- Police have launched an investigation into seven people over suspected drug use after a police officer fell off an apartment building in Seoul to his death while spending time with them, police officials said Tuesday. The senior police officer in his 30s, affiliated with the Gangwon Provincial Police Agency, died at around 5 a.m. on Sunday in Seoul's Yongsan district after falling from an apartment building's 14th floor.

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Known as the wildlife capital of New Zealand, Dunedin sits on the rim of an ancient volcano that is now Otago Harbour in the southern reaches of the country's South Island. In a country renowned for its natural beauty, Dunedin stands out: a city surrounded by breathtakingly beautiful landscapes teeming with endemic and endangered marine, bird, reptile and plant species. Two locals who have built careers out of a passion for protecting this natural landscape are Hoani Langsbury and Tahu Mackenzie.

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230730-six-of-the-best-ways-to-immerse-yourself-in-nature-around-dunedin

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Blue Mountains National Park has retained its top spot as the most visited national park in NSW. The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service 2022 Park Visitor Survey shows 6.4 million domestic visits were made to the World Heritage-listed national park, which is home to 260,000 hectares of bushland, including the Three Sisters, Meehni, Wilmah and Gunnedoo. The second most visited national park in NSW is the world's second-oldest national park, Royal National Park on Sydney's southern coast. 5 million visits were reported.

https://www.miragenews.com/top-ten-visited-national-parks-in-nsw-1099372/

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Singer-actress Maris Racal said she'd rather get asked by people about the career-related plans she makes with boyfriend, musician Rico Blanco, than about getting married. Maris is 25, while Rico is 50. 'He knows that I'm not yet ready. My career is my priority. I want to keep working. I'm not yet in the right headspace for that… maybe in 20 more years. Joke!' quipped Maris. However, the actress already has a dream wedding. 'I want to get married at San Agustin Church (in Manila). My first time there was for a shoot, and I liked it so much.

https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/501891/maris-racal-on-her-dream-wedding-with-rico-blanco

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KUALA LUMPUR (June 12): Bermaz Auto Bhd's net profit grew 27.84% to RM100.62 million for the fourth quarter ended April 30, 2023 (4QFY2023), from RM78.7 million a year earlier, on the back of higher revenue. Earnings per share increased to 8.63 sen from 6.77 sen, the automaker showed in a bourse filing. Quarterly revenue rose 19.51% to RM1.07 billion from RM897.36 million, mainly due to the final rush to register the balance unfulfilled back orders (made prior to June 30, 2022) in February and March, 2023 for the sales tax exemption incentives.

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Shin Woo-jun, 28, accused of hitting a woman while driving under the influence of drugs near Apgujeong Station in southern Seoul earlier in the month, leaves Seoul Central District Court after attending an arrest warrant hearing on Saturday. [YONHAP] The attorney of a critically injured woman hit by a Rolls-Royce driver accused of driving under the influence of drugs in southern Seoul filed a complaint Wednesday against the driver's doctors for prescribing the drugs. Twenty-eight-year-old Shin Woo-jun is accused of driving onto a sidewalk and hitting a 20-something-year-old woman near Exit 4 of Apgujeong Station at around 8:10 p.

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Minor International Public Company Limited ( OTCMKTS:MNRIF – Free Report ) saw a significant decline in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 296,400 shares, a decline of 33.4% from the May 31st total of 445,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 8,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 35.3 days. Minor International Public Stock Performance Shares of OTCMKTS:MNRIF remained flat at $0.92 during midday trading on Friday.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/07/02/short-interest-in-minor-international-public-company-limited-otcmktsmnrif-decreases-by-33-4.html

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MANILA, Philippines — The COVID-19 positivity rate in Metro Manila further increased to 17.2 percent as of April 29, according to Octa Research fellow Guido David on Tuesday. The current positivity rate is more than triple the World Health Organization's ideal threshold for positivity rate of five percent. Meanwhile, three other provinces recorded much higher positivity rates, the highest being Camarines Sur at 39.7 percent, followed by Rizal at 28.5 percent, Cavite at 28.1 percent and Laguna at 21.

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Brazil no longer violates the Paris Agreement, but concrete measures and clearer goals that go beyond eliminating deforestation are still needed. During an address at the UNSG Climate Ambition Summit on Wednesday, 20 September, Brazil's Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva, officially announced the revision of the country's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). The new target restores the GHG emission reduction target to what was committed in 2015, and increases the reduction targets for 2025, from 37% to 48%, and for 2030, from 50% to 53%.

https://www.miragenews.com/greenpeace-applauds-revision-of-brazils-climate-1088653/

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