Snapzu Business: August 2023

Wednesday, 23 August 2023

Expansion rate of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa economic bloc seen determining speed at which it stops using US dollar systems.
Read more: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3231585/china-led-de-dollarisation-gains-traction-among-emerging-economies-ahead-brics-summit?source=Snapzu

X isn't rendering pictures and links on posts made before December 2014. I lost years' worth of links and images. Did you?
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/where-have-my-x-aka-twitter-images-gone/?source=Snapzu

With its growth slowing, China’s future is uncertain. We should be grateful if the change is not sudden
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/20/china-too-big-soviet-union-collapse-growth?source=Snapzu

Concerns are growing over the effects of a warming climate on production and the danger of high grocery prices getting embedded into Australia’s economy
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/aug/19/inflation-spiral-food-prices-could-yet-rise-higher-and-may-never-come-down?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other?source=Snapzu

Elon Musk had been targeting rival social networks and news sites he dislikes with a five-second delay.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/x-aka-twitter-was-caught-throttling-competitors-and-news-services/?source=Snapzu

People buy from brands they know, like, and trust. Building a positive brand image is never simple, but it is critical to the success of any business.
Read more: https://newhorizons123.com/strengthen-your-brand-online/?source=Snapzu

A years-long period of record-high quits rocked the workforce in ways we couldn't have imagined. But the mass exodus is done, say experts.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230731-the-great-resignation-is-over-what-does-that-mean?source=Snapzu

Three of Red Hat's rivals are taking on Red Hat Enterprise Linux with their new Open Enterprise Linux source code repository. Here's why this is a big deal.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/oracle-suse-and-ciq-go-after-red-hat-with-the-open-enterprise-linux-association/?source=Snapzu

Penn will rebrand its current sportsbook to ESPN Bet this fall in the 16 states where it is licensed after a licensing deal was reached Tuesday.
Read more: https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/38158198/penn-entertainment-rebrand-sportsbook-espn-bet?platform=amp?source=Snapzu

Quebec farmers are demanding more help from the provincial government in order to face the rise in extreme weather events, which they say are killing crops on a massive scale.
Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/9878440/quebec-farmers-climate-change-killing-crops/?source=Snapzu

Twitter, or as it's now known, X, isn't the same as it used to be. Here are the best Twitter alternatives if you're looking to leave the social media site.
Read more: https://www.zdnet.com/article/best-twitter-alternative/?source=Snapzu

This is not a surprise, because the company made it clear it planned to do exactly this, but Meta has now begun the process of stopping links to news sources from appearing in Canada, something tha…
Read more: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/02/meta-begins-the-process-of-ending-news-links-in-canada/?source=Snapzu