#Fashion firms scrapped  billion in orders amid pandemic

#Fashion firms scrapped $16 billion in orders amid pandemic

“#Fashion firms scrapped $16 billion in orders amid pandemic” American and European fashion brands scrapped billions of dollars in apparel orders amid the coronavirus pandemic, stiffing garment workers out of more than $1 billion in the process, labor watchdogs say. The value of apparel imports to the US and the European Union plummeted by $16.2…

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#London Stock Exchange selling Italy’s Borsa Italiana for B

#London Stock Exchange selling Italy’s Borsa Italiana for $5B

“#London Stock Exchange selling Italy’s Borsa Italiana for $5B” The London Stock Exchange is selling its Italian counterpart to French markets giant Euronext for about $5.1 billion, the companies announced Friday. Euronext will add Milan’s Borsa Italiana — Italy’s only stock exchange — to its existing portfolio of European exchanges in cities such as Paris,…

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#Feds appeal order blocking ban on US TikTok downloads

#Feds appeal order blocking ban on US TikTok downloads

“#Feds appeal order blocking ban on US TikTok downloads” The Trump administration is appealing a federal court order that halted the feds’ attempt to ban Americans from downloading TikTok. Justice Department lawyers said in a Thursday court filing that they plan to challenge the Sept. 27 ruling that temporarily blocked the government’s move to boot…

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#Pandemic is ‘stealing my last youthful years’

#Pandemic is ‘stealing my last youthful years’

“#Pandemic is ‘stealing my last youthful years’” It’s Saturday at 9:30 p.m. and Stevie Nicks is singing on the phone. The rock icon is at her Los Angeles home, where she’s been cooped up since December after wrapping the “An Evening with Fleetwood Mac” tour. She arrived there at first to relax after spending a…

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