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About 83 percent of women officials — up from 71 percent in the previous quarter — said they were less likely to engage in political or civic activity due to insults, harassment and physical threats.

From Salon

Domestic orders jumped 6.5 percent and foreign orders rose almost five percent, with demand from the euro area up more than eight percent.

From Barron's

Linear television accounted for 22 percent of Lidl's total advertising spending last year, compared with "zero" planned in 2026, a spokeswoman told AFP.

From Barron's

If confirmed in its final earnings report, due to be released later this month, the figure would mark an increase of around 200 percent year on year.

From Barron's

US rival Steel Dynamics and Australian industrial and energy company SGH said this week they were jointly bidding to buy 100 percent of BlueScope Steel.

From Barron's