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Turchia
Taxes on tobacco, alcohol too high in Turkey, finance minister says
Indirect taxes on tobacco, alcoholic beverages and automobiles are too high, Turkey’s Finance Minister has said, vowing no further hikes will be made in indirect taxes this year, in a bid to help ease the country’s inflation rate
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Russia
Pizza brands battle for Russia’s far-flung regions
Global pizza brands Domino’s and Papa John’s are preparing an assault on Russia’s provinces, betting they can turn a profit far from Moscow as online card payments become more widespread and consumers get to know foreign brands better
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Brasile
PCC firma parceria comercial com o Hezbollah e amplia poder financeiro
Que o Primeiro Comando da Capital, o temido PCC, ampliou os negócios para além das prisões paulistas já se tem notícia há pelo menos 10 anos. Que a facção criminosa cooptou integrantes das forças militares do Paraguai, uma reportagem do Correio, publicada há um mês, também já contou. O que ...
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USA
At Chicago Sun-Times, New Owners Vow Return to Paper’s Working-Class Roots
Despite the pledge, some in the nation’s third-largest city worry that The Sun-Times, now partly owned by trade unions, will veer from its tradition of covering them aggressively.
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USA
PM praises prize-winning farm startup
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has praised Siam Organic Co, a startup helping rice farmers to gain high yields from their organic crops, which won the first prize at an international business model contest in the United States.
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Portogallo
UA quer resolver problema da intermitência da produção energética
Uma parceria liderada pela Universidade de Aveiro está a desenvolver um dispositivo que permitirá armazenar e produzir energia quando necessário, utilizando hidrogénio. Isto resolveria o problema da intermitência da produção energética por fontes renováveis.
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Kenya
Kenya: Strict traffic law to curb fatal school van related accidents
Enforcement will remain an essential management measure for speed limits of 50km/h
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Kenya
Business: KQ moves to end abusive' union with Dutch Airlines, KLM
The abusive' marriage between Kenya Airways and Netherlands' Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM) might be headed for an uneventful divorce.
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Cina Kenya
Business: Why Kenya has failed to exploit economic ties with China
Biashara Street, which for long has been a forte for Kenyan-Indian enterprise, is now changing face. The street once dominated by Indians running their dukawalla has new tenants - the Chinese.
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Australia Kenya
Business: Edith Cowan University to conduct seminars for professionals
Australia's Edith Cowan University, in partnership with Australian Education Consultants (AEC), will hold student recruitment forums in Kenya from July 24 to 29.