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Iceland boss hits out at parent ‘exploitation’ in baby milk market

The Observer 01 Dec 2023
The boss of Iceland has hit out at “exploitation” of new parents and joined calls for a price cap on baby formula after the competition watchdog found evidence of greedflation by leading manufacturers ... Richard Walker, the executive chair of Iceland, said ... Walker said Iceland was ...
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Karen Millen

The Daily Mail 25 Nov 2023
‘I’m a creative.’) The pair took out a £100 bank loan, bought 1,000 metres of white cotton and Millen made shirts on her parents’ kitchen table ... ‘It was very hard getting finances from the banks to help support us ... In 2008, the Icelandic bank Kaupthing, which by then owned Karen Millen, went bust.
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Iceland Keeps Rate Unchanged As Volcano Eruption Looms

MENA FN 23 Nov 2023
(MENAFN - The Peninsula) AFP Reykjavik. Iceland's central bank said Wednesday it was keeping its key interest rate unchanged despite a poor inflation outlook, citing economic uncertainty over the ... .
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Paris booksellers flay call to remove them for Olympics

Messenger-Inquirer 18 Nov 2023
Paris booksellers, who have operated from little dark green kiosks on the banks of the Seine for some 150 years, are incensed by plans to remove them for the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics ... It is the sole livelihood for many of the 230-odd booksellers whose stalls flank the city's famous Left and Right banks.
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Nation & world news – at a glance – for Saturday, November 18, 2023

West Hawaii Today 18 Nov 2023
For months, Ukrainian forces have been carrying out stealth raids into Russian-held territory on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River near the southern city of Kherson, Ukraine ... On Friday, Ukrainian officials broke their silence and said their forces had seized a sliver of land on the Russian-controlled bank.
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Outlooks Revised On Three Icelandic Banks On (Arion banki hf)

Public Technologies 17 Nov 2023
Outlooks Revised On Three Icelandic Banks On Receding Economic Imbalances; Ratings Affirmed. November 17, 2023 In our view, the economic risks facing Iceland's banks are receding in tandem with a stabilizing housing market and unwinding private sector leverage, leading us to see the economic risk trend as positive ... Icelandic banks are receding.
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Princess of Wales gives her biggest speech yet as she leads early childhood summit

ITV 15 Nov 2023
The Princess of Wales has made what's been called her biggest speech yet on the issue she is most passionate about. early childhood ... The princess said ... Credit. PA ... The financial services company Aviva, retailers Iceland, Coop and IKEA and the banking giant NatWest are all part of the campaign to change the way businesses look after their staff ... .
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‘I always wanted to be David Attenborough’: Björk on protecting salmon, going on strike and magical mushrooms

The Observer 05 Nov 2023
People say it’s like the bank crash, a few people getting millions and [nobody else] getting anything.” The problem made headlines in August when thousands of the farmed salmon escaped and swam up all Iceland’s rivers ... There were hopes for a women-led revolution in Iceland after the banking crash wiped out the country’s economy in 2008.
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Infant death rate increases for first time in two decades

Tyler Morning Telegraph 01 Nov 2023
(The Center Square) – The rate of infants dying in the U.S ... The U.S. rate is twice as high as some other developed countries, including Finland, Cyprus, The Czech Republic, Estonia, Iceland, Italy, Ireland, Israel, Japan, and Norway among others, according to World Bank figures from 2021 ... U.S ... Infant death rates had been declining ... ....
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Boots is closing more stores in days – here’s the full list

Metro UK 31 Oct 2023
Boots says it is merging shops that are close together on the high street (Picture. PA). Retail giant Boots has announced plans to close 300 of its stores around the country ... October ... In the last year, more than 1,000 banks have closed high street branches, with other big retailers like Iceland, Wilko, Next and New Look all closing shops too ... Reuters).
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Boots is closing more stores in days- here’s the full list

Metro UK 30 Oct 2023
Boots says it is merging shops that are close together on the high street (Picture. PA). Retail giant Boots has announced plans to close 300 of its stores around the country ... PA) ... In the last year, more than 1,000 banks have closed high street branches, with other big retailers like Iceland, Wilko, Next and New Look all closing shops too ... Reuters) ... ....
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Women across Iceland, including the prime minister, go on strike for equal pay and no ...

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette 25 Oct 2023
HUSAVIK, Iceland – Schools, shops, banks and Iceland’s famous swimming pools shut on Tuesday as women in the volcanic island nation – including the prime minister – went on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence ... No country has achieved full equality, and there remains a gender pay gap in Iceland.
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Women in Iceland, world's most gender-equal country, protest for equal pay | Explained

Hindustan Times 25 Oct 2023
Iceland, the world's most gender-equal country, on Tuesday, saw women including Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir go on strike from midnight to midnight demanding an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence ... Why did women strike in Iceland? ... Schools, shops, banks and famous swimming pools of Iceland were shut on Tuesday.
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Women across Iceland, including the prime minister, go on strike for equal pay

The Los Angeles Times 24 Oct 2023
Schools, shops, banks and Iceland's famous swimming pools shut on Tuesday as women in the volcanic island nation — including the prime minister — went on strike to push for an end to unequal pay and gender-based violence ... No country has achieved full equality, and a gender pay gap remains in Iceland.
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