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Retired VPCC Professor Enjoying Second Career
Williamsburg Yorktown Daily - Virginia
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July 20, 2025
(VPCC) HAMPTON — Former Virginia Peninsula Community College professor Sandra Robertson hasn’t slowed down in retirement. In the past three years alone, she has written more than a dozen books. And while she knew eventually she would become a...
Leadpages Acquires Glorify to Streamline Conversion-Driven Campaigns for SMB, Enterprise Marketers
TechEconomy
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July 17, 2025
Advertisements Leadpages, a no-code website and landing page builder that helps marketers and businesses turn clicks into customers, has acquired Glorify, an intuitive design platform for creating high-performing marketing assets. Trusted by...
Unlocking Popular Hashtags on Instagram for Maximum Engagement
Small Business Trends
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July 20, 2025
If you’re looking to boost your Instagram presence, understanding popular hashtags is key. Hashtags are more than just a trend; they’re a powerful tool that connects your content to a broader audience. Using the right hashtags can increase your...
Mathew Street: modern destination or trading off past glories?
Liverpool Echo
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July 20, 2025
The world-famous street has lived many lives and served different purposes over the years. However, questions remain about what it actually is today, and what it should be. It's one of Liverpool's most famous streets, drawing tourists from around...
Wander through local shops this winter
Young Witness
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July 20, 2025
News Wander through local shops this winter Jul 20 2025 Updated 6 hours ago Grenfell's retailers are teaming up this July for the Weddin Winter Wander, a combined giveaway aimed at encouraging residents and visitors to shop local in what is...
Kevin O'Leary Shares Surprising Advice for New Entrepreneurs: 'Be an Apprentice for 24 Months'
International Business Times - United Kingdom
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July 17, 2025
Starting a new business venture can feel like diving into the deep end. With countless guides and gurus offering advice, it's easy to get lost in the noise. But what if the secret to success wasn't about immediate leaps, but rather a strategic...
ADDRESS TO THE NATION & STATEMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF CENTRAL BASSETERRE By Dameon Lawrence, Community Advocate & Central Basseterre PLP Chairman
Times Caribbean
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July 19, 2025
A CALL TO ACTION: CENTRAL BASSETERRE DESERVES BETTER — AND TOGETHER, WE WILL RISE! ADDRESS TO THE NATION & STATEMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF CENTRAL BASSETERRE By Dameon Lawrence, Community Advocate & Central Basseterre PLP Chairman My fellow citizens,...
Detainees describe what it’s like inside Alligator Alcatraz: ‘This is a concentration camp’
The Toronto Star
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OCHOPEE, Fla. — One worked in a celebrated restaurant in Miami’s Design District. Another is an aspiring DJ. An Italian passport holder was already preparing to leave the U.S. All three ended up at Alligator Alcatraz, a vast compound of tents and...
India leads the world in fast payments: IMF
The Statesman (India)
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July 20, 2025
India has emerged as the global leader in fast payments, according to the International Monetary Fund’s report titled ‘Growing Retail Digital Payments: The Value of Interoperability’. India’s leadership in real-time payments is no accident. It...
‘I absolutely love it’: Girl Scout leader works to empower troop members around Merrimack County
Concord Monitor - New Hampshire
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July 20, 2025
Sheena Corbett remembers her short stint as a Girl Scout years ago as a passive time full of reading and coloring, so when she became a leader in her daughter’s troop, she organized a group actively involved in the community and the girls’...
Inside Gino D’Acampo’s ‘mastermind plan’ to be uncancelled as axed ITV star goes on ‘apology tour’ after allegations
The Scottish Sun
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July 20, 2025
FIVE months after being sacked by ITV over his “inappropriate and intimidating” behaviour, celebrity chef Gino G’Acampo has embarked on an “apology tour” in a desperate bid to be “uncancelled”. As The Sun revealed last week that Gino, 48, is...
SAPICS offers innovative support to SMMEs with inaugural Pitch Parade
Engineering News
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The 2025 SAPICS Conference, Africa’s leading event for the supply chain profession, saw the debut of an exciting new initiative: the SAPICS Supply Chain Pitch Parade. This was a high-energy competition that celebrated entrepreneurial talent and...
A Greek Island’s Jazz Festival Echoes the Past, Inspires the Future
To Vima
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July 20, 2025
“I think of Aegina, the home in the sun, the indigo sea, and I ask myself: what kind of beast must man be, how greedy his soul, to abandon such priceless blessings and wander far away into the rain and fog?” So wrote Nikos Kazantzakis in July...
Engage Your Audience with Fun and Creative Instagram Quiz Ideas
Small Business Trends
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July 17, 2025
Instagram quizzes are taking the social media world by storm, offering a fun and interactive way to engage with your followers. Whether you’re testing your friends’ knowledge about your favorite TV shows or discovering their hidden personality...
EU-Armenia SME Fund, managed by Amber Capital Armenia, invests USD 4 million in Auto Gallery
ARKA
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YEREVAN, July 17. /ARKA/. EU-Armenia SME Fund is investing USD 4 million in Auto Gallery CJSC. The investment proceeds will support the company’s expansion projects and assist in improving its environmental, social and corporate governance...
Innovating Together: The KEY Center for Innovation
Indiana University Indianapolis
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July 15, 2025
This story was originally published in the Summer 2025 edition of Legacy: A Magazine for Alumni and Friends. Indiana University Kokomo has long been a hub of education and community in east central Indiana. But today, that mission has taken new...
Posters, potholes, perception: Lilongwe’s image problem exposed
The Maravi Post
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July 20, 2025
To those who do not live in Lilongwe, the capital can easily be imagined as a rapidly modernizing city crowned with freshly reconstructed roads and gleaming public spaces. From a distance, narratives of urban renewal and infrastructural uplift...
Innovation Centre prepares AI support programs for business
Sault This Week
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July 15, 2025
Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre has launched two new programs to support small and medium businesses in the north as they grow and stay up-to-date in the digital world. The Innovation Centre announced the launch of the Innovation Accelerator...
Europe 2035: Innovation vs. regulation
Geopolitical Intelligence Services
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July 17, 2025
While global competitors streamline regulation to attract talent and scale innovation, Europe remains hamstrung by red tape. A robot at the Microsoft booth at the Hannover Messe 2025 trade fair in Germany, on March 31, 2025. © Hannover Messe 2025,...
Two entrepreneurs, two generations apart
Adirondack Daily Enterprise - New York
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The Gladd family. (Provided photo) SARANAC LAKE — In the early 20th Century, Monroe Gladd was a big name around town. He had a knack for starting successful businesses — some of the region’s first car dealerships, a deli, an appliance store, a...