Shark Tank’s Kevin Harrington takes a bite at India’s retail landscape
Kevin Harrington, the original Shark on the famous Emmy-winning TV show Shark Tank, sees the Indian retail space as glass half full. Harrington says the space is not fully developed, which means rather...
FEATURE -'This is our story': Photographs reimagine S. African inequality
JOHANNESBURG, April 20, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - P hotographs of South African children in after-school tutoring groups and a mother and son carrying seedlings are among 30-odd images lining the walls of the...
UPDATE 4-PepsiCo results beat as new CEO's ad push lifts sales
(Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc’s quarterly sales and profit beat Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, as the beverage maker’s advertising and marketing push helped drive sales of its snacks, sparkling waters and low-sugar sodas...
CORRECTED-Congo Republic ships first iron ore ahead of expected production boom
(Corrects headline and first and third paragraphs to show shipments are not yet leaving from upgraded deep-water port) BRAZZAVILLE, April 19 (Reuters) - Congo Republic shipped its first iron ore exports on Friday...
UPDATE 1-IMF gives Mozambique $118 million for Cyclone Idai rebuilding
FILE PHOTO: Flooded fields are seen from the air near Beira, Mozambique, in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, March 23, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings/File PhotoMAPUTO (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will grant Mozambique...
IMF gives Mozambique $118 million for Cyclone Idai rebuilding
MAPUTO, April 19 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will grant Mozambique a $118.2 million credit facility to help it rebuild infrastructure after a devastating cyclone that killed hundreds of people and flattened...
Congo Republic ships first iron ore from upgraded port
BRAZZAVILLE, April 19 (Reuters) - Congo Republic shipped its first iron ore exports on Friday from a rehabilitated deep-water port that will be used by Congolese billionaire Paul Obambi’s Sapro SA and Swiss...
Restaurants are investing in photogenic decor to attract Instagram users
And an Instagrammable restaurant can mean more than just customers looking for great photos. Media Noche pulls in extra revenue by letting photographers use the restaurant as a backdrop for fashion shoots and...
Rockeries are back in fashion, say British garden centres
A rockery revival is under way. A new generation of gardeners, inspired by Instagram images, are once again buying boulders to build rock gardens that had until recently been written off as an...
AB InBev alleges that a MillerCoors executive thanked the brewer for its corn syrup...
A Bud Light ad targeting two of MillerCoors' beer brands led the Chicago-based company to take out a full page ad in the New York Times, pull out of a meeting that included...