Category: Business

By Nick Routley The Consumer Price Index (CPI) provides a steady indication of how inflation is affecting the economy. This big picture number is useful for policymakers and professionals in the financial sector, but most people experience inflation at the cash register or checkout screen. Since the start of the 21st century, U.S. consumers have […]

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Our calendars are essential tools for staying on task, being productive, and prioritizing our time. Moreover, they play an important role when collaborating with others, meeting deadlines, and reminding us of upcoming events. And in addition to helping us reach our short-term goals, calendars are essential in achieving the long-term goals we’re set. However, how can a […]

EIT Digital Challenge, one of Europe’s best deep tech innovation competitions, is back with its tenth edition. If you are a deep tech scaleup, apply here for a chance to win free admission into the EIT Digital Accelerator. The EIT Digital Accelerator provides tailor-made support for high-growth European deep tech scaleups by helping them raise […]

David Malpass, a former senior United States’ Treasury official nominated by then President Donald Trump, served as chief of World Bank Group (WBG) since 2019. In a post on the social media platform LinkedIn, he said he intends to step down by June, one year before the end of his four-year appointment. “I’m proud of […]

Launched by India’s mission to the UN, during the International Year of Millets, the exhibition showcases different kinds of millets grown in India, their nutritional value and various health benefits. Millets encompass a diverse group of nutritious cereals including pearl, proso, foxtail, barnyard, kodo, browntop, finger and Guinea millets, as well as fonio, sorghum and teff.  Millet-based refreshments […]

Dive Brief: P97 Networks, a connected commerce and mobile payments company, has partnered with Visa to use the financial giant’s token technology to improve digital payment security, according to a press release.  The agreement aims to reduce friction for connected-car payments and enhance mobile payment acceptance at the 60,000 c-stores using P97’s solutions. As the partnership […]

Dive Brief: Convenience store retailer FavTrip will open a new location Thursday, its third overall and first built from the ground up, according to an emailed announcement. Located in Grandview, Missouri — about 17 miles south of downtown Kansas City — the store features a drive thru, walk-up window and delivery operations in addition to […]

Dive Brief: The Wills Group — owner of Dash In Food Stores — has appointed Lenny Comma, former CEO of Jack in the Box, to its board of directors, according to a recent announcement. This isn’t Comma’s first foray into the c-store industry. He began his career with ExxonMobil, where he worked across the company’s […]

Dive Brief: Shell’s board of directors is being sued by one of its investors “for failing to manage the material and foreseeable risks posed to the company by climate change,” according to a Thursday announcement. The lawsuit, filed by environmental law nonprofit ClientEarth, alleges Shell’s directors failed to create and implement an energy transition strategy […]