Consumer interest in foods’ mental health benefits growing
CHICAGO — Consumers have become increasingly focused on the role food plays in their mental and physical health, according to new research from The NPD Group.
The market research firm said consumers initially grew to care more about their overall health and wellness as a result of the pandemic, with food’s effect on health garnering more attention as the trend has continued. Now, consumers rank food and beverage choices just behind physical exercise as the main contributing factor to their health.
The emphasis on health and wellness may also be seen in the meal kits market where consumers now rank…
Inflation: Which foods are the most expensive in Canada?
Grocery prices continue to be one of the largest contributors to high inflation in Canada.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for June showed an inflation rate of 2.8 per cent year-over-year, following a 3.4 per cent increase in May 2023.
While this decrease was positive, Statistics Canada said it was “fairly broad-based.”
“Canadians continued to see elevated grocery prices (9.1 per cent) and mortgage interest costs (30.1 per cent) in June, with those indexes contributing the most to the headline CPI increase,” the CPI reads. “The all-items excluding food index rose 1.7 per cent.”
Gasoline led to a decrease…
The Bank of Canada is expected to raise interest rates once more, cap at 5%
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The Bank of Canada will raise borrowing costs by another 25 basis points in coming months before capping its tightening cycle, economists said.
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Canada’s central bank will increase its key overnight rate to five per cent in the third quarter, according to a monthly Bloomberg survey of 25 economists. That would be the highest level since 2001.
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The outlook still more or less shows the economy headed for a so-called soft landing as policy makers push rates deeply into restrictive territory. Analysts raised their expectations for growth in 2023 to 1.3 per cent from…
Tucker Carlson leaves Fox News days after Dominion lawsuit settlement
April 24 (Reuters) – Fox News Media and its top-rated host Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways, less than a week after parent company Fox Corp (FOXA.O) settled for $787.5 million a defamation lawsuit in which Carlson played a starring role roles.
The outspoken Carlson embraced conservative issues and delivered his views with a style that made his prime-time show, “Tucker Carlson Tonight”, the highest-rated cable news program in the key 25-to-54 age demographic on the most-watched US cable news network. Shares of Fox closed 2.9% lower on the news, which the company announced on Monday.
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Bank regulator action on climate change ‘overdue and now urgent’ – Business News
Climate action ‘over due’
The Canadian Press – Apr 21, 2023 / 6:13 am | Stories: 422543
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Canada’s environment commissioner says action by the federal banking regulator on climate change is overdue and now urgent.
Commissioner Jerry DeMarco said in an audit released Thursday that it’s encouraging that the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OFSI) both recognizes the risks of climate change to banks and the financial system, and is taking action on the challenge.
But he notes that since climate change has only recently become a priority of the regulator, the full implementation…
Tupperware could go out of business, here’s why
Tupperware is an American kitchen classic, but the brand recently warned it could soon be out of business.
The reusable containers have been a home cooking staple since 1946 and swept the nation with early trends like Tupperware parties in the ’50s through the ’70s. In recent years, however, they’ve been less popular with younger generations.”
In a regulatory filing earlier this month, Tupperware said it had “substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern.”
“Further,” the company stated in a press release on April 7, “due to the challenging internal and external business economics, coupled…
Business confidence in Pakistan at record low
Karachi, April 8 (IANS) Business confidence in Pakistan continued to slide in the first three months of 2023 amid multiple economic crises, according to the latest edition of the Gallup Business Confidence Index.
“Last year’s political instability has carried over to combine with various economic crises and exacerbated business insecurity,” Dawn news quoted the survey as saying.
Wave-9 of the survey is based on interviews with around 520 business owners conducted in the first quarter of 2023 across Pakistan.
The exercise consists of three broad strands, namely the current business situation, the future business situation and the direction of the…
Pornhub owner MindGeek purchased by private equity firm – Business News
Pornhub owner purchased
The Canadian Press – March 16, 2023 / 12:47 pm | Stories: 416472
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The Pornhub website is shown on a computer screen in Toronto on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. PornHub parent company MindGeek is being acquired by private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners.THE CANADIAN PRESS
Private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners (ECP) is acquiring MindGeek, the owner of Pornhub.
The terms of the transaction are not being publicly disclosed.
In a news release, ECP says MindGeek is committed to quality adult entertainment made by and for consenting adults.
The Ottawa-based private equity firm…
