Glutathione is gaining wider recognition as a super antioxidant. Future Market Insights recently reported that the glutathione supplement market is projected to rise to over half a billion in the next 10 years.
Tag: dec 3 2024
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SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
Oneok, a U.S. oil and gas pipeline company, is trading $4.5 billion of its stock for the remaining shares it does not yet own of Enlink Midstream, a pipeline company operating in the south central U.S.
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SPOTLIGHT: RUSSIA’S ECONOMIC SQUEEZE
After nearly two years of fighting its war with Ukraine, Russia’s economy is feeling the pressure.
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SPECIAL REPORT: WILL CHINA RETALIATE AGAINST TRUMP TARIFFS?
At various times during his presidential campaign, Donald Trump said he would impose tariffs of 10, 25, 60, and 200 percent on Chinese imports into the U.S.
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VOLKSWAGEN WAGE WORKERS STRIKE ACROSS GERMANY
After months of labor strife and fruitless discussions between the company and Germany’s biggest labor union, Volkswagen’s factory workers walked off the job on 2 December.
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LUXURY INDUSTRY SHRUGS OFF LOSS OF MIDDLE-TIER CUSTOMERS
The luxury industry, purveyor of $12,000 wristwatches and thousand-dollar bottles of cognac, can expect 2024 sales to finish flat after losing an estimated 50 million customers—more than 10 percent of its market—since 2022, research firm Bain & Co. reported.
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SOUTH KOREA’S CENTRAL BANK CUTS INTEREST RATE
On 28 November, the Bank of Korea shaved a quarter point from its key lending rate, dropping it to 3 percent, partly over concerns that looming U.S. tariffs could damage South Korea’s export-dependent economy, the Financial Times reported.
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CANADA’S PER-PERSON GDP CONTINUED TO SHRINK IN THIRD QUARTER
Canada’s economy squeezed out 1-percent growth in this year’s third quarter, a sharp reduction from the 2.2 percent booked in the second, Statistics Canada reported.
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OPEC+ TRIES TO REIN IN OVERPRODUCERS AHEAD OF KEY MEETING
On 27 November, the Russian and Saudi oil ministers held talks with their counterpart in Kazakhstan, which has consistently produced more oil than its agreed-upon amounts and thereby angered the group’s other members.
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INDIA’S ECONOMY SLOWS UNEXPECTEDLY IN FISCAL SECOND QUARTER
In July through September, India’s economy expanded at an annual rate of 5.4 percent, its smallest growth rate in seven quarters.