Its been four weeks since he apparently evaded an order to fly back to the us, and made his way to the Demilitarised Zone which separates the two koreas before running to the northern side. Pyongyang has now claimed private king was driven to come to north korea because of inhuman maltreatment and Racial Discrimination while serving in the us army. And the State News Agency goes on to claim that private king has admitted to crossing illegally, and has asked for refuge in the north. It is the first time north korea has Knowledged Detaining the soldier. The claims have not been verified, and in a press briefing, the white house has urged people to be mindful of where the statement was made when considering its validity. We would caution everyone to consider the source here, that is incredibly important, as we are hearing the report. We cant verify the comments that are being attributed to private king, obviously. We remain focused on his safe return to him as we have been saying for thes
Higher Profit Margins than expected as offered fewer discounts. All that bodes well for walmart which is due to report a 4 rise in sales. Results from the Worlds Largest retailer should also a glimpse into demand for back to school items. Traders are hoping that despite higher borrowing costs, it will show that us shoppers are still willing to spend on essentials. Staying with retail jd. Com Beat Analyst Forecasts for Second Quarter revenue, which rose more than 7 to nearly 40 billion. The chinese e commerce giants Focus On Lower priced products paid off in the fight for customers amid an economic slowdown. The company said it attracted more vendors to its platform, helped by lower thresholds and costs for them to join, and that users shopped more frequently as its Product Range expanded. It was a different story over at tencent where Earnings Results came in below estimates in the Second Quarter. Revenue grew 11 to just over 20 billion. Tencent s core Gaming Business experienced weake
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of america s culture wars. the company saw sales fall in store and online for the first time in years, after a backlash over its pride month offering. those reactions were so negative that target felt it had to remove the items from some stores over concerns about staff safety. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more from new york. between april and june, sales at target fill 5% compared to a year ago. at target fill 5% compared to a yearago. e commerce at target fill 5% compared to a year ago. e commerce sells the micro sales fell 105%. the boss of the biggest box retailer said it was difficult to tell how much was because customers were feeding the micro feeling from higher prices and how much it was over backlash to its pride month offerings, leading to items being pulled from the store to protect the safety of its staff. despite the sales decline, the retailer reported
and the legality of it, especially across state lines. there is a lot of questions, certainly state law is state law. but i think there is a lot of confusion and misperceptions around how women in different states could get access to drugs in other states legally and by the right that they have, especially related to something that a large box retailer such as walgreens sending out this message to communicate to people. so they could put their press conference out and say we re not going to do this. but i think what is deceitful is not make it clear that that is their business choice and just like the biden administration put pressure on insulin makers, nicole, to get them to eventually lower prices, that is the kind of action that i hope is taking place right now not just in the white house, but i hope legislators are also doing the exact same thing. there is still time to get walgreens and other pharmacies back in the game on something safe and legal for women across