South Africa’s business confidence sank to a 21-year low in the first-quarter, a survey showed on Wednesday, as recovery in the building, manufacturing and retail sectors in the last quarter reversed in the country grappling with its second recession in two years.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday aimed at preventing counterfeit products from abroad from being sold to US citizens who shop online using Amazon.com, Walmart.com or other eCommerce websites, the White House said.
US retailers including Walmart Inc will add “Do Not Sell My Info” links to their websites and signage in stores starting Jan. 1, allowing California shoppers to understand for the first time what personal and other data the retailers collect, sources said.
A petition started by a junior Walmart Inc worker in California to protest the retailer’s sale of firearms, following two mass shootings over the weekend that left 31 people dead in Texas and Ohio, has gathered nearly 45 000 signatures.
U S President Donald Trump is expected on Wednesday to visit El Paso, a heavily Hispanic Texas border city reeling after a shooting rampage in a crowded Walmart left 22 people dead in an attack that appeared to have been racially motivated.
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