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De Beers reports challenging trading conditions for rough diamonds in 2025
GABORONE, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Rough diamond trading conditions remained challenging throughout 2025 amid persistent industry, geopolitical and tariff uncertainty, according to a report of De Beers Group published on Friday. A lower average rough…
Coffee-hockey combo - or breakfast beers? - for bleary-eyed Olympic fans
Coffee and beer were both flowing as bleary-eyed fans in Western Canada tuned in to the breakfast-time Olympic hockey semifinal against Finland. The Games in northern Italy are taking place eight time zones ahead of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and…
Anglo American takes another De Beers writedown
Anglo American PLC took yet another writedown on its struggling De Beers unit as one of the diamond industry's deepest ever crises continued to weigh on the miner's profits. Anglo American is in the process of a complete transformation of its…
Whiner Beer Company Closing Back Of The Yards Brewery, Taproom: 'We Gave It Our Best Shot
BACK OF THE YARDS — Chicago is losing another brewery: Whiner Beer Company, a Southwest Side fixture for the past decade, announced Friday that it will be closing on March 29. “The last few years have been so difficult but we gave it…
Breweries in Chicago adapt to changing drinking and health habits or face closures
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Matthew Nix had driven past the brewery in Sauganash for years, but — not much of a weekday drinker — had never stopped in. When he finally decided to meet friends at the taproom on a recent…
Burger King wants you to call its president to complain. No, really
I called Burger King president Tom Curtis a few times this week, but it went straight to voicemail. You can try too, his number is (305) 874-0520. Okay, so maybe it's not his personal cell number, but Curtis is still taking calls and texts from…
Materials Up on Mixed Earnings, Precious Metals Gains -- Materials Roundup
Producers of metals, grains and other raw materials rose slightly. Newmont shares fell after the gold-mining giant said it was remaining conservative with development plans, rather than allowing a spike in gold prices to make it 'starry-eyed.' Gold…
Viral video shows anti-ICE school walkout teens invading Kroger, hurling objects: 'Ought to be prosecuted
A Wednesday video of students wreaking havoc in a Cincinnati Kroger after walking out of school for a purported anti-ICE demonstration has gone viral. In the video, taken by McAdrian Martin, who was shopping at the time of the incident, students…
Mostly Peaceful' Ohio Teens Skip School, Trash Grocery Store in Anti-ICE Melee
It seems that not a day goes by lately that we don't read about students skipping out on school and instead taking to the streets to protest the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. They're egged on by Democrats, teachers' unions, and paid…
Historic English pub reopens after seven years and huge £1.8m makeover
A HISTORIC UK pub has reopened after a £1.8million renovation. The Hoop and Grapes pub in Farringdon, London has reopened after a huge refurb – and all the buildings around it are modern skyscrapers. Your info will be used in…
Drake's Brewing to form West Coast Craft joint venture
A bottle of Drake's Denogginizer Imperial Ale comes fresh off the bottling line in the packaging hall at Drake's Brewing Company in San Leandro on April 10, 2017. (Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) Drake's Brewing in San Leandro has announced it…
Finding the story
Having a nose for news may be a cliché. But it's key to a reporter's ability to sniff out stories that are important and unique. This issue's coverage of a scientist intent on using yeast to create vaccine beer is a prime example of this…
Nessel to challenge latest order to keep J.H. Campbell power plant operational
Michigan Keeping the plant operational cost $135 million just in 2025, according to Consumers Energy, with customers in the Midwest electric grid region picking up the tab. OTTAWA COUNTY, Mich. — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is…
Major UK brewery and bar chain could be saved in '£10m rescue deal bid
A major UK beer and bar chain giant could be rescued by one of it's co-founders as they look to put millions in a bid to save the craft brewery brand. According to Sky News, co-founder and former boss of BrewDog James Watt is believed to be ready…
Murky outlook for businesses after tariff ruling prompts countermoves by Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — Businesses face a new wave of uncertainty after the Supreme Court struck down tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump under an emergency powers law and Trump vowed to work around the ruling to keep his tariffs in place. The…
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