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Tyson to Close More Beef Plants as US Cattle Shortage Drags On

Tyson Foods Inc. said it would close several additional beef plants, in the latest sign of the US beefpacking industry’s restructuring amid a prolonged US cattle shortage.

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MTN’s long game on small business, A JBA analysis

For the roadside seamstress balancing a ledger she keeps by hand, or the young entrepreneur selling handmade goods with no collateral to show a bank, the promise of growth in Ghana has long collided with a familiar obstacle: the absence of paperwork, capital and connectivity that formal institutions demand.

MTN’s long game on small business, A JBA analysis

For the roadside seamstress balancing a ledger she keeps by hand, or the young entrepreneur selling handmade goods with no collateral to show a bank, the promise of growth in Ghana has long collided with a familiar obstacle: the absence of paperwork, capital and connectivity that formal institutions demand.

The Chinese jet to challenge Airbus and Boeing

São raros os produtos industriais em que os chineses não são autossuficientes. Os jatos comerciais são um deles. Mas a estatal China Commercial Aircraft, conhecida como Comac, está empenhada em mudar…

  • Chinese aircraft maker Comac operates first international commercial flight with C919 jet.
  • C919 narrow-body jet has capacity for up to 174 passengers.
  • Comac faces challenge to Airbus and Boeing dominance in commercial aviation market.

MTN passes on tax windfall

When the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) revised Value Added Tax Act took effect on January 1, few consumers would have expected their mobile operator to respond within 24 hours.

MTN passes on tax windfall

When the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) revised Value Added Tax Act took effect on January 1, few consumers would have expected their mobile operator to respond within 24 hours. Yet by the following morning, MTN Ghana — the country's dominant telecoms operator — had cut tariffs across its entire product suite, from voice calls to data…

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