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Italy achieved its first upgrade from Moody’s Ratings in more than 23 years, a victory for Premier Giorgia Meloni that ends an era when the country teetered at the brink of junk.
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Need for new road taxes is clear – but there are concerns that pricing plan could stall transition away from petrol Three pence: a small charge per mile for an electric vehicle, but a giant conceptual leap for Britain. Chancellors of the exchequer have long resisted any form of road pricing as politically toxic. That may be about to change next week: Rachel Reeves, perhaps inured to being pilloried for any money-raising proposal, is expected to introduce a charge explicitly linked to how far EVs drive. Continue reading… Source link
From deals on sweets to ways of getting into the spooky mood cheaply or for free Sweet prices have gone up as the cost of ingredients and production have risen. A Haribo Starmix 22-pack from Tesco now costs £3, up from £2.35 last year. Continue reading… Source link
“In large parts of Africa, it is likely that technology could fundamentally disrupt this pattern. Research based on World Bank data has predicted that the proportion of jobs threatened in India by automation is 69 percent, in China it is 77 percent and in Ethiopia, the percentage of jobs threatened by automation is 85 percent,” he said. Source link