HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s retail sales climbed for the seventh straight month in August, helped by a stabilising COVID-19 situation, an improved labour market, and economic recovery and thanks to a boost from a consumption voucher scheme (CVS). Retail sales in August rose 11.9 percent from a year earlier to HK$28.6 billion ($3.67 billion), government data […]
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Hong Kong Retail Sales Rise for 7th Month, Consumption Voucher to Support Sentiment
September 30th, 2021 Awake Goy
Nestle Granted Control Of Town’s Groundwater For Up To 45 Years
May 14th, 2016 Awake Goy
Nestlé has secured the rights to the groundwater under the town of Fryeburg in Maine for up to 45 years, thanks to the efforts of the state’s Tea Party Republican Governor Paul LePage. LePage helped Nestlé secure a contract giving Poland Springs, a Nestlé subsidiary, permission to take the small town of Fryeburg’s groundwater for […]