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02.04.26 - 13:42
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′From high flyer to dead parrot′: former billion-dollar eco-shoe brand Allbirds sold for $39m (The Guardian)
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Once-hyped, celebrity-backed company snapped up by American Exchange Group for fraction of former valueBusiness live – latest updatesAllbirds, the San Francisco sustainable trainer brand once valued at more than $4bn, is being sold for just $39m after global demand for its wool-based footwear failed to materialise.American Exchange Group, the owner of a string of brands including the fashion label Ed Hardy and the accessories maker Born, is snapping up the struggling company once touted as the future of footwear. Continue reading......
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23.03.26 - 17:12
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′Profit prioritised over welfare′: UK′s premier exotic animal hospital to close (The Guardian)
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Pet owners fear there is no viable alternative service after Great Western Exotics owner deems business unviableOn a nondescript industrial estate on the outskirts of Swindon, visitors may hear a faint squawking in the distance as bird lovers from Exeter to Edinburgh bring their brightly coloured budgies and macaws to an exotic animal hospital.But now, the UK's premier parrot surgery, which treats all kinds of creatures, is to be shut down after it was bought out by a conglomerate that has decided the business is not viable. Continue reading......
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28.07.25 - 23:03
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"I Gotta Own It": Bill Maher Admits He Was Dead Wrong About Trump Tariffs, ′Does Not See A Country In Depression′ (ZeroHedge)
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"I Gotta Own It": Bill Maher Admits He Was Dead Wrong About Trump Tariffs, 'Does Not See A Country In Depression'
Left wing comedian Bill Maher admitted on Monday that he was dead wrong about the effect of President Trump's tariffs - saying in an episode of his "Club Random"podcast that while many economists predicted tat Trump's tariffs would immediately lead to inflation, he was among the doomsayers who were wrong.
"I remember I, along with probably most people, were saying at the beginning, 'Oh, you know, by the 4th of July' — somebody had a thing - how the economy was going to be tanked by then," said Maher during a discussion with vapid parrot Brian Tyler Cohen. "And I was kind of like, 'Well, that seems right to me.' But that didn't happen. Now, it could happen tomorrow. I'm just saying that's reality."
"[T]he truth is, I don't know what his strategy is. But look, the stock market is at record highs. I know not everybody lives ...
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