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Yahoo FinanceHermes eludes luxury slowdown, could overtake Louis Vuitton as top brand, analyst says
A Citi analyst contends Hermès is set to surpass its biggest competitor in the next few years and become the largest luxury fashion brand.
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Queen’s Park page carries water and gets immersed in politics
Carrying messages among MPPs in Queen’s Park and delivering ice-cold water, all the while keeping up on math and civics. It’s all in a day’s work for Highpoint Grade 8 student Bella-Sitara Singh Soares, in her three weeks as a legislative page, from Apr. 8-25. “I find it very fun,” she told the Herald recently on a weekend back home. Pages, from across the province, must find their own accommodation in commuting distance of Queen’s Park. A teacher for the page program covers math and legislative
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Taking stock of the Cubs' rotation: Where do things stand with Shota Imanaga, Javier Assad and the rest?
Chicago's pitchers are getting healthier, but questions remain after injuries and breakouts reshuffled the deck.
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Ottawa, Quebec commit $100M for semiconductor capacity in Bromont, Que., 280 jobs
BROMONT, Que. — The federal and Quebec governments are spending close to $100 million to boost the country's manufacturing capacity for semiconductors, which are vital in technologies ranging from artificial intelligence to quantum computing. At a news conference Friday in Bromont, Que., Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Ottawa will invest $59.9 million to help fund IBM Canada’s semiconductor packaging facility in the town about 70 kilometres southeast of Montreal. The investment will
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'Lumps and crepey skin are gone': Grab this anti-aging body lotion for just $11
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Arrest after man in 20s dies on railway line at East Acton
A man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after the death last Friday
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“Bluey ”Episode About Moving Inspires Heartwarming Zillow Ad from Ryan Reynolds’ Production Company: WATCH
The commercial is a play on "The Sign," the animated children’s show’s emotional season finale that premiered on April 14
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First meeting of Essex County Police Service Board-North takes place
On April 1, the Province’s Community Safety and Policing Act, 2019 (CSPA) came into effect, which merged municipal Police Services Boards. The very first meeting for the Essex County Police Service Board-North committee took place at the Town of Tecumseh Municipal Building on Monday, April 21, which had members affirmed or sworn in, a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson for the period until the date of the first meeting of 2025 were appointed, and the next steps in moving forward in forming procedu
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Over half of drivers would fail theory test resit, says survey
More than half of drivers would fail a resit of their highways theory test, a survey suggests.
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Payday for Mike Lynch as Darktrace bought for £4.2bn
Mike Lynch, the British tech entrepreneur on trial over an alleged multi-billion dollar fraud, is in line for a £300m payday from the US takeover of cyber security company Darktrace.
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London travel news LIVE: Tube stations forced to shut as 24-hour strike hits the Underground
Several London Underground stations are closed due to workers striking while two Tube lines were halted because of a casualty on the track. Transport for London said four stations were closed on the network at 3.50pm on Friday due to the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association action. The union said the action was likely to cause Tube stations to close at the last minute, including into Saturday morning, but Transport for London said there will not be significant disruption.
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Up to a fifth of US milk supply could be infected with traces of bird flu
The disease has been detected in several herds in several states
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Warren Buffett's real estate brokerage reaches $250 mln antitrust settlement
A real estate brokerage owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said on Friday it reached a $250 million settlement of nationwide antitrust litigation that is expected to change how real estate agents are paid. HomeServices of America, the largest U.S. real estate brokerage, was the last remaining defendant in a case against the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and four brokerages.
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Biden says he’s ‘happy’ to debate Trump after months of speculation
Biden had previously hedged on debating his indicted opponent, but seemed to change his tune during a wide-ranging interview on Friday with radio host Howard Stern
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Here’s the Cost To Retire Comfortably in Every State by Age
What stands between most people and retirement is having enough money to afford it. While many people love the idea of early retirement, say in your 40s or 50s, that goal is not very likely in most...
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Chicago appeals court rejects R. Kelly 's challenge of 20-year sentence
CHICAGO (AP) — The singer R. Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sex convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. Jurors in 2022 convicted the Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, on three charges of producing child porn and three charges of enticement of minors for sex. In his appeal, Kelly argued that Illinois' former and shorter statute of limitations on child sex prosecutions should have applied to his Chicago case rather tha
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Future Audi Partner Sauber Signs Nico Hülkenberg for 2025. Is He Up for the Task?
Hülkenberg, a 36-year-old driver with zero career Formula 1 podiums, will be a founding piece of Sauber's Audi-run future.
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Foreign automakers eager for Chinese partners at Beijing auto show
Global automakers including Volkswagen and Toyota came to this year's Beijing auto show looking to catch up to surging China EV makers that are dominating the world's largest auto market. The show that started this week showcased a marked shift in attitude among some foreign automakers, industry executives said. After being impressed by the bold leaps made by BYD and other Chinese automakers at last year's event in Shanghai, foreign automakers are now avidly searching for Chinese partners and announcing new tie-ups, the executives said.
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California college cancels graduation ceremony as protests over Israel's war in Gaza continue
Protests against the Gaza war grip dozens of campuses across America, with hundreds of arrests.
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Cap on plastic production may be too complicated for global treaty: Guilbeault
OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the world can solve its plastic problem without insisting on hard caps on plastic production. Guilbeault says talks on a treaty to end plastic waste are progressing well and he is confident a deal will be reached this fall when the final negotiations are held in South Korea. But he says a specific, legislated cap on how much plastic the world produces is likely too complicated to design and enforce. He says if negotiators agree to ban some sin