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NYC’s mayor reflects on childcare, housing, bigotry, Iran and the future of the Democratic Party.
Constellation Brands Inc. projected slower-than-expected growth for its beer business this year, renewing concern that declines in alcohol consumption have yet to hit their floor. Organic beer sales, which measure changes in sales volumes, are seen in a range of down 1% to up 1% in the company’s current year, Constellation said Wednesday. The range trails analysts’ average estimate for a 2.2% increase. While the guidance represents an improvement from the previous fiscal year, which ended Feb. 28, the lower-than-expected outlook suggests even popular brands such as Modelo and Corona are struggling to sidestep a broader decline in the category. (Source: Bloomberg)
Mexico’s central bank’s decision to cut interest rates last month faced strong opposition from two of its five board members, who warned about lingering inflationary pressures from the war in Iran.
The camp of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Thursday slammed President Bola Tinubu for exhibiting what it called a "disturbing pattern of absentee leadership" following a series of brief public appearances and missed engagements in Lagos and Plateau States. The post ’10 mins in Jos, zero in Lagos’ – Atiku faults Tinubu’s absentee governance appeared first on Vanguard News.
First Brands Group’s former chief strategy officer asked a judge to dismiss a civil lawsuit that blames him in part for the auto-parts supplier’s collapse, arguing that founder Patrick James and his brother, Edward, concealed the alleged fraud that brought down the company.
Residents in Sidon are surveying the destruction after Israeli strikes flattened a religious complex.
Data-center operator CloudHQ plans to raise $1.4 billion through US asset-backed securities backed by a pair of Virginia facilities leased to undisclosed hyperscalers.
LA28 sold more tickets to the domestic audience than any previous Olympic Games as sales open to rest of the world.
Co-founder of Sierra predicts that AI agents will make software interfaces obsolete.
Bus fares paid by commuters within a city in Nigeria per drop surged by 26.71 percent year on year, driven by rising fuel costs, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) transport fare watch for February. The report showed that the average fare paid by commuters for bus journeys within the city per drop […] read more Intracity bus fares jump 26.71% amid rising fuel prices

A big indie showcase has just wrapped up, and now I have a lot more games to look forward to. The third iteration of the Triple-I Initiative, an annual showcase for upcoming releases put on by a group of studios, aired on Thursday. It featured some familiar franchises, like an indie-developed Castlevania and a new entry in the Don't Starve series, as well as some impressive new titles. You can watch the full show here, but here are some of the highlights. A new look at the Castlevania game from the developers behind Dead Cells Konami is teaming up with Evil Empire and Motion Twin, which worked on the hit roguelike Dead Cells, on Castleva … Read the full story at The Verge.
Dawson Partners plans to hit the fundraising trail for its next flagship vehicle after the private credit manager closed a prior iteration in October with about $7.7 billion.