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Obatala adherents had announced a five-hour curfew beginning from 2pm to 7pm on Wednesday in some areas in Ife town. Oba Isoro O. Dada advised residents of the areas where the Oro procession would pass through to respect and stay indoors for the benefit of Ile-Ife. The Oro will begin exactly at 2pm and will end at 7pm.
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2 years ago Read more at Punch Newspapers

Changes to Board of Directors ADMIN Thu, Mar 28 2024 04:01 pm Ascension Capital confirms that following completion of the acquisition of Being AI group of companies its board of directors now comprise: Sean Joyce, Executive chair - David McDonald, Executive Director – Group Chief Executive - Katherine Allsopp-Smith, Roger Gower, Independent Director - Joe Jensen. Evan Christian has appointed her alternate director.
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2 years ago Read more at BusinessDesk

ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence fell 9 points in March to 86.4. For business, the survey showed the construction sector experiencing the largest fall in activity, followed by retail, but the picture for retail appeared to be brightening. A wide regional divergence was evident in the survey this month, with Wellington an outlier on the downside.
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2 years ago Read more at New Zealand Herald

Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) is a measure of a company's yearly pre-tax profit (it) relative to the capital employed in the business. This is based on the trailing twelve months to December 2023. In the above chart, we have measured Farm Fresh Berhad's prior ROCE against its prior performance.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

ANZ Business Outlook survey showed headline confidence fell 12 points to a net 23 percent, while companies' own outlook fell seven points. Pricing intentions and inflation expectations also fell, with inflation expectations falling below 4 percent to 3.8 percent.
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2 years ago Read more at RNZ

Christine Watts, former Wunderman and 303 MullenLow, has joined as business partner. Christine brings a people-first approach and extensive experience working with global brands like Pernod Ricard in Australia and New York.
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2 years ago Read more at Little Black Book - LBBonline

Munster’s bid for the URC play-off places continues this Saturday night. The defending champions will be boosted by the return of at least some of the quintet of Ireland stars who played such a prominent part in securing back-to-back championship titles in Dublin. Welcoming a winning group of players back into the squad provides a natural boost for a squad that has won five matches in a row in their absence.
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2 years ago Read more at Irish Examiner

Finland spends 24% of their total expenditure on housing, followed closely by the British, according to the Resolution Foundation. The British think tank found that people in Finland spend the most on housing - far higher than the EU average of 15%. Housing in Poland, by contrast, has the lowest share of spending of any OECD country, taking up 6% of expenditure.
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2 years ago Read more at Euronews

Insolvency levels have been ticking upwards since the end of the pandemic. Insolvencies during the first three months of the year reached more than 200, surging 41% on the same period a year earlier. The hospitality and retail sectors made up 40% of the total number of insolvencies.
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2 years ago Read more at Irish Examiner

ANZ-Roy Morgan consumer confidence fell 9 points in March to 86.4. Inflation expectations were unchanged at 4.5%, while expected house price inflation fell from 4.1% to 3.4%. NZD/USD took a hit, extending its Waller losses from earlier: Has hit its lowest since November.
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2 years ago Read more at ForexLive