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Fashion chain sold by Next to open ten new stores next year – is one coming near you?

TheSun.co.uk 

A FASHION chain selling on Next is to open ten new stores next year.

Lifestyle clothing brand Weird Fish has expansion plans spreading across the UK, it has been revealed.

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The British firm sells on Next‘s website is preparing new outlets – and says market towns, city centres and holiday resorts are being targeted.

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Crocs Q3 sales up 6% on Asia Pacific surge

FashionNetwork.com (us) 

Crocs Inc. on Thursday reported third-quarter revenues of $1.05 billion, up 6.2%, on the back of surging growth in Asia Pacific and double-digit growth in the footwear firm's Crocs brand.



Apple sales lose ground, but iPhone growth strong

Energy-daily.com 

San Francisco (AFP) Nov 2, 2023
Apple on Thursday reported that sales fell for the fourth consecutive quarter when compared to the prior year, but profit rose on the back iPhones and services. The tech giant said it made a profit of $23 billion on revenue of $89.5 billion, which was down slightly from the same period last year. Apple chief executive Tim Cook said iPhone sales set a new record for its September quarter

'Air-pocalypse': Indian capital launches 'Green War Room'

Energy-daily.com 

New Delhi (AFP) Nov 3, 2023
The enemy is nearly invisible and there are no soldiers, but the Indian capital's new "Green War Room" is battling air pollution that is cutting lives of residents by over a decade. "It's a pollution emergency", said Gopal Rai, environment minister for the rapidly expanding megacity of over 20 million people, consistently ranked the world's worst capital for air quality. Rai dubs the pro

Musk's xAI to release first AI model to 'select group'

Energy-daily.com 

Washington (AFP) Nov 3, 2023
Elon Musk said his new artificial intelligence company would release a new AI model on Saturday to a "select group" of users as he looks to rival industry leaders OpenAI and Google. The release would be the first from Musk's new startup, xAI, that he launched in July after hiring researchers from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Tesla and the University of Toronto. "Tomorrow, xAI will release it

Transportation Dept. announces $653M in federal funds to strengthen nation's ports

Energy-daily.com 

Washington DC (UPI) Nov 3, 2023
The Transportation Department announced $653 million in federal funding as part of a program to strengthen the nation's ports. The Port Infrastructure Development Program, announced Friday by DOT's Maritime Administration, aims to increase capacity and efficiency at coastal seaports, Great Lakes ports, and inland river ports through 41 improvement projects nationwide. More than $

US China policy chief meets Beijing's top borders official

Energy-daily.com 

Washington (AFP) Nov 4, 2023
The top US official on China policy has held "constructive and candid" talks with the Chinese borders chief in Beijing, the State Department said Friday. Mark B. Lambert, the U.S. Department of State China coordinator and deputy assistant secretary for China and Taiwan, met the Chinese Director-General for Boundary and Ocean Affairs Hong Liang on Friday. "The two sides held substantive,

Asia extends global stocks rally on rate optimism, jobs in focus

Energy-daily.com 

Hong Kong (AFP) Nov 3, 2023
Equities extended a global rally Friday as investors were caught up in a wave of optimism that the Federal Reserve has finished its cycle of interest rate hikes, with eyes now on the release of US jobs data. After a fallow past two months, markets have recovered some of their mojo after the US central bank left borrowing costs on hold for a second straight meeting and hinted that no more inc

China's Xi asks Scholz to push EU to boost 'fair market competition'

Energy-daily.com 

Beijing (AFP) Nov 3, 2023
President Xi Jinping on Friday asked Olaf Scholz to urge the European Union to "safeguard fair market competition" during a video call with the German chancellor, Chinese state media reported. Beijing and the EU are major trade partners but the bloc has recently signalled a desire to reduce reliance on trade with China in technology and other areas. The EU has launched an enquiry into Ch

$400 million for solar energy in Puerto Rico

Energy-daily.com 

Washington DC (UPI) Nov 3, 2023
The U.S Department of Energy has made $440 million available to partner with solar companies and nonprofits to equip vulnerable households in Puerto Rico with rooftop solar and battery systems. The first allocation of money through the Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund is estimated to lower energy bills for between 30,000 and 40,000 low income, single-family households in Puerto Rico i

NASA completes key step in aviation safety research

Spacedaily.com 

Washington DC (SPX) Nov 03, 2023
NASA's aeronautical innovators have completed a significant step in their pursuit of safer, more efficient aviation technologies that spot hazards before they occur. Through its System-Wide Safety project, NASA and its partners in government, industry, and academia are exploring new technologies and techniques to improve current aviation safety and potentially enable widespread use of new types

Scorching, seven-planet system revealed by new Kepler Exoplanet list

Spacedaily.com 

Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 03, 2023
A system of seven sweltering planets has been revealed by continued study of data from NASA's retired Kepler space telescope: Each one is bathed in more radiant heat from their host star per area than any planet in our solar system. Also unlike any of our immediate neighbors, all seven planets in this system, named Kepler-385, are larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune. It is one of only a f

Apollo astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly dies aged 87

Spacedaily.com 

Washington (AFP) Nov 2, 2023
A NASA astronaut who was removed from the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission but helped bring its crew back home safely thanks to his problem-solving efforts from ground control has died at the age of 87. Thomas K. "TK" Mattingly passed away on October 31, the space agency said in a statement Thursday. His most dramatic role came when he was assigned as command module pilot for the Apollo 13 fl

NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Discovers 2nd Asteroid During Dinkinesh Flyby

Spacedaily.com 

San Antonio TX (SPX) Nov 03, 2023
On Nov. 1, NASA's Lucy spacecraft flew by not just its first asteroid, but its first two. The first images returned by Lucy reveal that the small main belt asteroid Dinkinesh is actually a binary pair. "Dinkinesh really did live up to its name; this is marvelous," said Hal Levison, referring to the meaning of Dinkinesh in the Amharic language, "marvelous." Levison is principal investigator

In US capital, selfies with asteroid hinting at Earth's origins

Spacedaily.com 

Washington (AFP) Nov 4, 2023
In a hushed room of a museum in Washington, cameras and cell phones focus on a tiny piece of rock, no larger than a piece of gravel. The fragment might seem insignificant, but it is a sample taken from the asteroid Bennu, which scientists are studying in the hope of discovering if asteroids actually brought the building blocks of life - carbon and water - to Earth. Exhibited to the pub





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