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Getty Images Ford UK has called on the government to introduce incentives to encourage drivers to buy electric vehicles (EVs) as an industry backlash grows over sales targets. Lisa Brankin, Ford UK’s chair and managing director, told the BBC that without demand, a government mandate to produce and sell more EVs “just doesn’t work”. The […]
Hong Kong authorities have proposed requiring new private homes and other buildings frequented by elderly to fulfil certain design requirements, while exempting some senior-friendly facilities from gross floor area calculations as incentives to developers amid the city’s ageing population. Details of the proposal, released to lawmakers in a paper on Thursday, had gained support from […]
The move is part of Walmart’s strategy for competing with e-commerce rival Amazon.com. Walmart will pay independent delivery drivers new financial incentives to pick up online orders at its U.S. stores and deliver them to shoppers during the holiday season, the retailer told Reuters. Source link
But it also holds a controlling stake in Seven West Media, the owner of the Seven Network and publisher of The West Australian newspaper. Loading Unlike the rest of the business, which recently recorded a 30 per cent jump in post-tax profit, the value of its media arm has nosedived under the weight of a […]
Trade in your iPad mini 6 at Best Buy to buy the iPad mini 7 – Image credit: Apple Best Buy is throwing a massive Apple trade-in event, and its iPad mini deals deliver trade-in values higher than what Apple offers on several models. If you have a last-gen iPad mini 6 and are eager […]
ATHENS: Greece outlined measures to boost its lagging birthrate on Thursday, from vouchers and childcare benefits to tax breaks for new parents, although experts questioned the plan’s effectiveness. Greece has one of Europe’s lowest fertility rates, a dire demographic state driven by a decade-long economic crisis, emigration and changed attitudes among the young. The prime minister has […]