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The Reserve Bank's monetary policy committee (MPC) meets on Thursday and is expected to continue its current interest rates increase trajectory in a bid to contain inflation within the 3%-6% target.

While sympathetic to those who have been laid off, some commentators say the job cuts could be a boon to indigenous companies and help rebalance our economy

ACCO Brands is eyeing structural cost reductions next year as it looks to tackle the softening macroeconomic conditions. Speaking on yesterday’s quarterly earnings conference call, CEO Boris Elisman referred to “structural cost reduction initiatives to be implemented in 2023” as the company expects the business environment to remain challenging. Without going into specifics, he said

Developers and even the Taoiseach have singled out not-in-my-back-yard building objectors as the reason for the slow delivery of homes amid a housing crisis, but the numbers of houses and apartments being held up by legal objections don’t necessarily back up their argument

Less than two months before ANC delegates meet to elect new leaders, Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago has rejected renewed calls from various quarters, including a section of the ANC, for the bank to expand its mandate to include job creation and growth.

Arlene McIntyre of furnishing and design agency Ventura Design had an epiphany that helped her company adapt to rapid change

View the Kentucky New Era for Friday, November 4, 2022

The behind-the-scenes work on our Big Read team gives me a glimpse of how much dedication it takes to engage with the movement of culturally relevant teaching.

The 2022 Big Read Lakeshore and Little Read Lakeshore officially kicked off this week and will offer hundreds of events through the end of November.

Jerry Lee Lewis, whose death was erroneously reported by some outlets on Oct. 26, died two days later of natural causes. Get that and other celeb news here.