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Day's wrap: Estée Lauder, Fairmont, Fontainebleau and Jo Malone

Despite an overall drop in net sales, the makeup category showed double digit net growth in many countries. Image credit: Estée Lauder…

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Police update after three-year-old dies in hot car

Live The father of a toddler found dead in a hot car on a suburban Sydney street has been released by the police, without charge. On Friday morning, floral tributes were being left at Railway Parade in Glenfield, in Sydney’s south-west, where emergency services were called a day earlier following reports that a child was not responding. Police arriving at the scene on Thursday afternoon were…

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Health Dept.: Recreational marijuana on sale in Missouri Friday

Nearly all of the state’s medical marijuana dispensaries applied for the comprehensive license that would allow for recreational and medicinal sales. ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said the emergency rules legalizing recreational marijuana sales will go into effect Friday. DHSS Communications Director Lisa Cox said the department’s Division of Cannabis…

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Spotlight Pools, MD Construction NC | Pool company takes money, leaves customers with unfinished swimming pools

DURHAM, NC (WTVD) — Several Triangle homeowners are looking for answers after a Durham-based pool company left their pockets empty and pools unfinished. Now, the pool company owner has started a new business and the homeowners want to warn others to protect them from getting ripped off. Gavin and Hillary Philipps expected to already have a backyard oasis at their Orange County home. “We…

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CIBC Innovation Banking president Mark McQueen to depart for “next adventure”

McQueen joined CIBC through its acquisition of Wellington Financial in 2018. Mark McQueen has gone public with plans to step away from his role as president and executive managing director of CIBC Innovation Banking. In a statement, McQueen said: “With the fifth anniversary of CIBC’s acquisition of Wellington Financial now in the rear-view mirror, I’ve decided that it’s the appropriate time to…

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State school tops rankings for average A-level grades

A state school has topped the rankings for its average A-level grades, new government data has revealed. King’s College London Mathematics School (KCLMS), a mixed specialist maths college for pupils aged 16 to 19, has topped the rankings for its A-level results with an average A-level grade of A* per entry. In data released by the Department for Education (DfE), KCLMS and Queen Elizabeth’s…

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Laurier announces new Master of Science in Health Sciences Program

WATERLOO — Wilfrid Laurier University’s Faculty of Science is planning to offer a new and unique thesis-based Master of Science program in Health Sciences. The program, currently in the approval stages, will encompass two fields of study, Molecular and Medical Sciences (MMS) and Community, Public and Population Health (CPPH). The two-year degree is designed as a research-intensive program with…

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Olds College: Manitoba Beef & Forage Initiatives joins their Pan-Canadian Smart Farm Network

“We are pleased to announce our second expansion site and welcome the Manitoba Beef & Forage Initiatives Inc. into the Pan-Canadian Smart Farm Network,” she said. “With additional partners come additional opportunities in applied research and education that will help producers maximize technology and data when they’re making those sometimes tough farm management decisions. Independent validation…

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Bringing the Cayuga language to Sundance

Courtesy Sundance Film Festival Keysa Parker has been learning the Cayuga language for six years and counting. This year, she got to work as a language advisor on her first film, Fancy Dancewhere she taught the actors to speak the language. Directed by Erica Treblay and starring Lily Gladstone and Isabel Deroy-Olson, the film spotlights the intricacies of Indigenous resilience and survival…

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Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Trends And Startups To Watch

(Author’s Note: This is the second in a multipart series based on our Futuriom 50 research series on promising cloud technology startups. first part is here.) You might have read the news about a potential business slowdown and layoffs. This has given technology managers reason to deeply evaluate their future cloud strategy and will likely increasingly point them to hybrid and multicloud…

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Two weeks left for students to enter wildlife poster contest

MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds the public that there are still a couple of weeks left to submit entries to the 2023 Keep Wildlife Wild poster contest. Students in fourth, fifth and sixth grades enrolled in public, private, parochial or home schools in Wisconsin are encouraged to participate. The Keep Wildlife Wild program began in 2014 to spread…

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More business owners are turning to AI to stay competitive

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — It’s becoming their smartest most efficient employee. More business owners are using artificial intelligence or AI assistants. WPTV looked at why entrepreneurs said it’s changing the playing field in their industries. Coined the Wall Street of the South — it’s not surprising to hear there’s an abundance of wealth management firms in West Palm Beach. RELATED: Artificial…

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Q1 2023 Insurance Labor Market Study Results to be Revealed During Webinar

CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The results of the Q1 2023 Insurance Labor Market Study will be shared in a complimentary webinar presentation at 1 pm CST on February 9, 2023. The semi-annual study was conducted in part by The Jacobson Group, the leading provider of talent to the insurance industry. The study ran from January 11 through February 1, and surveyed insurance carriers across all industry…

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A growing number of non-Māori New Zealanders are embracing learning te reo -- but there's more to it than language.

As we approach another Waitangi Day, we should be thinking again about what Te Tiriti o Waitangi means. As the late Moana Jackson commented, the meaning of Te Tiriti will be talked about in each generation because it is about a relationship between Māori and Pākehā and relationships must always be worked on. Here, we focus on the learning of te reo Māori by non-Māori in relation to Te Tiriti and…

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Airds accident, Western Sydney: Woman critically injured after falling from car in Sydney

A woman has been critically injured after she allegedly fell from a car in Sydney’s west on Thursday. The 40-year-old woman was injured at around 3.20pm on Thursday on Peppin Crescent at Airds, as emergency services raced to the scene. She was taken to Liverpool Hospital with critical injuries. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> There are reports that the woman had fallen from…

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Kim Petras talks religion, trans community ahead of Grammys | Lifestyle

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For Kim Petras, 2022 was a big year: The German singer-songwriter received her first Grammy nomination, made her acting debut with the HBO series “Los Espookys” and released a single with acclaimed pop music producer Max Martin . Inspired by the irreverent attitude of her Grammy-nominated duet, “Unholy,” which she and Sam Smith are set to perform at this weekend’s awards show,…

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Australian shares to rise, US megacap techs surge

President Joe Biden dislikes them. The taxman is coming after them. And Wall Street strategists warn the boom won’t last. Yet against all odds, Corporate America continues to splurge on its own shares — a force that has fueled the new year rally. In the first month of 2023, announced buybacks more than tripled to $US132 billion ($186 billion) from a year ago, reaching the highest total ever to…