Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify forecast its slowest quarterly revenue growth in two years against the backdrop of an uncertain economy and tepid consumer spending, sending its shares slumping about 20 per cent on Wednesday. E-commerce has rebounded but consumers pulling back on discretionary spending. Canadian e-commerce platform Shopify forecast its …
Read More »Knicks repel Pacers for 2-0 lead
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 08: Jalen Brunson #11 of the New York Knicks reacts after a three point basket during the first quarter against the Indiana Pacers in Game Two of the Eastern Conference Second Round Playoffs at Madison Square Garden on May 08, 2024 in New York …
Read More »Chef Ikuma Sato joins Yamazato’s elite culinary ensemble
A significant enhancement to its culinary brigade Authentic Japanese fine dining establishment, Yamazato, announces the arrival of Chef Ikuma Sato, a new specialty Japanese sushi chef, enhancing its culinary team. He joins the restaurant’s esteemed lineup of chefs – Chef Katsuji Kato, specialty teppanyaki chef, and Executive Chef Keiichiro Fujino. …
Read More »Stratford cracking down on vacant property after squatters take over house
The Town of Stratford is reminding people who own vacant buildings to secure them — and warning folks not to trespass on property which isn’t theirs. According to the document package for Wednesday night’s council meeting, RCMP got a call in March about a person approaching a vacant property on …
Read More »Ben&Ben unfazed by influx of new OPM artists
Nine-piece band Ben&Ben rose to fame with their heartfelt songs tackling many topics like love, loss and even societal issues Folk-pop band Ben&Ben remained unbothered by new and upcoming Filipino artists making their way to the local music scene. In an interview with Manila Standard Entertainment, one of its main …
Read More »Olympic flame lands at Marseille Old Port amid fiery atmosphere
OLYMPIC FLAME. The three-masted ship Belem carrying the Olympic flame of Paris 2024 arrives at the Vieux-Port (Old Port) as the French Air Force elite acrobatic flying team “Patrouille de France” (PAF) flies over during a ceremony in Marseille, southern France on May 8, 2024. The torch relay will start …
Read More »What to do, eat in Hong Kong’s Tai O fishing village
Tai O fishing village in Hong Kong’s Lantau Island (Philstar.com / Kristofer Purnell) MANILA, Philippines — Hong Kong is a tourism hotspot with destinations like Disneyland, Ocean Park, Ngong Ping 360 and Victoria Harbor, but there are other areas of the administrative region where tourists may find interesting and equally …
Read More »The Met Gala in full bloom
NEW YORK: The Met Gala and its fashionista A-listers on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) included Jennifer Lopez, Zendaya and a parade of others in a swirl of flora and fauna looks on a green-tinged carpet lined by live foliage. Lopez went for silver leaves in a second-skin goddess gown and …
Read More »Kat Alano shares rape post after Vhong Navarro wins case vs Deniece Cornejo, others
Former model Kat Alano/Kat Alano via Instagram MANILA, Philippines — Days after Vhong Navarro won his case against Deniece Cornejo, Cedrick Lee and two others, Kat Alano shared another cryptic post about rape. In her Twitter account, Kat shared a rape story about married couple. “TW: Rape. Most of you …
Read More »Toyota posts record yearly net income, revenue
TOKYO – Toyota said on Wednesday that it enjoyed a record net profit of 4.94 trillion yen ($31.9 billion) in the year to March on revenues of 45.1 trillion yen, which was also an all-time high. But the world’s largest automaker by sales warned net income would fall 27.8 percent …
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