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Venezuela's El Dorado, where gold is currency of the poor
AFP, Published on 17/06/2025
» EL DORADO — In the Venezuelan mining community of El Dorado, the majority of residents carry around gold instead of cards or cash to pay for groceries.
Food delivery market maturing
Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 26/06/2024
» Thailand’s online food delivery sector is becoming more sustainable with fewer players, according to an industry observer.
Supermarkets Push Store Brands to Lure Cost-Conscious Shoppers
Business, Trefor Moss, Published on 16/12/2022
» Supermarkets are doubling down on their in-house product lines, seeking to capitalize on the disposable-income squeeze that is hitting consumers.
Biggest gold bullion now worth $17m
Business, Kyodo News, Published on 22/04/2022
» SHIZUOKA: As the Ukraine crisis fuels instability and causes commodity prices to skyrocket, the world's largest gold bar has increased in worth to over 2.2 billion yen ($17.1 million) -- more than five times its value when it first went on display at a central Japan theme park in 2005.
What Makes a $60,000 Watch So Expensive?
Business, Jacob Gallagher, Published on 28/02/2020
» Most luxury wristwatches are similar in size; they (should) all tell the time. Yet their costs vary as widely as the prices of contemporary art. A stainless steel Rolex Submariner will set you back $7,900, but a pink gold Roger Dubuis Excalibur rings in at $76,000. Aside from the material differences, what factors determine such watches' retail value?
Biggest gold buying day off to a slow start
Business, Bloomberg, Published on 29/10/2019
» MUMBAI: Gold sales on the most auspicious day in India to buy the metal tumbled this year as high prices and concerns about an economic slowdown saw customers limit purchases.
Singapore to ban key source of artificial trans fat
TODAY, Published on 07/06/2019
» SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health will be banning all partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), a key source of artificial trans fat, as an ingredient in all foods in Singapore, whether manufactured locally or imported. The ban will take effect from June 2021.
Gold jewellery sales recovering in China
Business, Reuters, Published on 06/06/2018
» LONDON: Gold jewellery sales in number one market China are finally picking up after years of decline, but consumers are still shying away from platinum.