Gourmet Preserve Brand SoleEAmore™ Expands in U.S. and Mexico, Blending Artisanal Craft with Binational Roots
SoleEAmore™, a premium gourmet preserve company founded by entrepreneur Alejandro Rico Celis, announces its official expansion across North America through Amazon USA, Amazon México, Walmart.com and shopify soleeamore.com Known for its luxurious fruit preserves infused with fine herbs and crafted from orchard-grown, hand-selected fruit, the brand is quickly gaining traction as a standout player in […]
US plans to order foreign tourists to disclose social media histories
The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to order visa-exempt foreign tourists to disclose their social media histories from the last five years before entering the country, according to an official notice. The proposal laid out in a notice published Tuesday in the Federal Register would apply to visitors from 42 countries, including Britain, […]
EU agrees recycled plastic targets for cars
Car manufacturers in Europe will have to include more recycled plastics in new vehicles under new EU rules agreed on by the bloc’s countries and lawmakers on Friday. European Union governments and parliament representatives reached an early morning deal to mandate that at least 25 percent of plastics used in cars, trucks and motorcycles has […]
EU agrees three-euro small parcel tax to tackle China flood
EU finance ministers agreed Friday to impose a three-euro duty on low-value imports into the bloc from July 2026 to help tackle a flood of small parcels ordered via the likes of Shein and Temu. Last year, 4.6 billion small retail packages entered the European Union — more than 145 per second — with 91 […]
Asian markets drop with Wall Street as tech fears revive
Asian markets dropped Monday as concerns about the AI-fuelled tech rally returned to the spotlight after weak earnings from two big-name firms last week revived questions about the wisdom of the vast sums invested in the sector. The selling came as traders turned their attention away from the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy after it cut […]
Spain fines Airbnb 64 mn euros for posting banned properties
Spain’s leftist government said Monday it had fined Airbnb more than 64 million euros ($75 million), notably for posting listings for banned rental properties, at a time the country faces a housing crisis. The fine is final, the consumer affairs ministry said in a statement, adding the US holiday-rental giant must “correct the violations by […]
Home sellers are giving up at ‘unusually high rate,’ says new Realtor report
Late fall tends to be the time when the most homes come off the market, as so-far unsuccessful sellers would rather not sit through the slowest winter months. In October, however, delistings, which are reported with a one-month lag, were up 45.5% year to date and rose nearly 38% from October 2024, according to a […]
Prada completes acquisition of flashy rival Versace
Italian fashion group Prada announced on Tuesday it had completed its acquisition of smaller rival Versace, announced earlier this year for 1.25 billion euros (now $1.45 billion). Prada Group said in a statement that the deal with Capri Holdings, the US group which owned Versace, had “received all required regulatory clearances”. Lorenzo Bertelli — the […]
Toyota Reshuffles Its Board, Adding Auditors and Outsiders
Toyota announced plans to restructure its board on Tuesday in what it described as an attempt to bring in more diverse views and give a larger roles to auditors. Among six appointments is Christopher Reynolds, now an executive in the automaker’s North American operations. As a lawyer, and son of a Ford worker, he brings […]
German factory orders rise more than expected
German industrial orders rose far more than expected in October, official data showed Friday, raising hopes that a long downturn in Europe’s biggest economy may have bottomed out. New orders increased 1.5 percent month-on-month, boosted by big orders for transport equipment, according to preliminary figures from statistics agency Destatis. Analysts surveyed by financial data firm […]
