Category: pandemic economy

Unilever Hikes Prices Fastest In Nearly a Decade Amid Inflationary Pressure: Report

October 25, 2021
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Unilever announced on Thursday that it has hiked up prices to cope with rising supply chain costs, and warned that inflationary pressures would linger for at least a further year, as economies recover from the pandemic. The British multinational consumer goods company that makes Dove soap and Knorr soup said that in the third quarter…

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Hardest Hit Businesses Call for Extension of Federal Wage, Rent Subsidies

March 24, 2021
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OTTAWA—Canadian businesses hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic are calling on the federal government to extend emergency relief programs beyond the current deadline of June 5. The Coalition of Hardest Hit Businesses is calling for the federal wage subsidy and the federal rent subsidy programs to be continued until the end of the year. The…

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