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...Last year Groen publicly dismissed the potential of JET building its own logistics network and expanding into grocery delivery — areas in which the company is now investing heavily....
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...This is thought-provoking — and might even be one silver lining to the Covid-19 cloud....
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...Nevertheless, Fitch sees a silver lining, taking the view that a more commercial approach should improve the health of the banking sector and bolster the country’s long-term growth prospects....
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...“Jobs are the silver lining,” says Haibin Zhu, chief China economist for JPMorgan in Hong Kong....
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...A growing number of factories are also buying self-driving freight carriers and autonomous forklift trucks to reduce manpower....
...Founded in 1915 to move coal along the Kentucky River, the company freights a wide range of goods, from chemicals and fertilisers to construction materials, coal and grains....
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...In my bowl, three crisp fingertip-length sections of what must have been a small frog’s thigh are arranged with small cubes of melon....
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