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«Economy» reporting

items this reporting period: 20 · facts: 0

  1. UNIT.City Opens Business Season by Rebuilding 2000s Kyiv Out of Working Nokia 3310s and Live Kvas Barrels 18:00 · — UNIT.City's Business Season Launch turned the innovation park into a fully operational replica of the 2000s, …
  2. Bank Pekao Extends 5.70% Savings Offer Indefinitely, Erects Permanent Queue Outside Every Branch 12:00 · — Bank Pekao has extended its 5.70% savings account promotion forever, forcing customers to queue around the …
  3. Italy Deploys 8,000 Municipal Clerks to Hunt Down Citizens Who Never Claimed Their Bonuses 21:01 · — A new national mobilization orders door-to-door searches for unclaimed benefits, with officials empowered to hand out …
  4. Dollar Rises So High Traders Must Now Wear Oxygen Masks at Currency Desks 05:01 · — The dollar's two-month surge has forced the world's currency traders to work at altitude, with oxygen …
  5. Sammi Cohen's SCN to Broadcast Live From Inside a Cashmere Factory Until Every Viewer Owns a Goat 15:02 · — Sammi Cohen's Social Commerce Network launches next month as a 24-hour livestream from a cashmere mill, …
  6. Luxembourg's Oldest Bank Sold as a Single Take-It-All Lot, Buyers Must Haul It Away Themselves 17:02 · — Legend Holdings has placed Banque Internationale à Luxembourg on the market as one indivisible lot, requiring …
  7. BERD Deploys 900 Bankers to Carry Romanian SMEs Abroad on Their Shoulders 17:03 · — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has launched a physical internationalization program in which loan …
  8. Meloni Abolishes Car Tax by Physically Removing All Sub-80 kW Engines from Italy 20:03 · — In a move that officials describe as 'structural,' the Italian government has begun extracting small and …
  9. Bucharest Airport Auctions Off Business Lounges to Highest Bidder, Winner Must Rebuild Them Mid-Flight 11:02 · — Henri Coandă International Airport has launched a live auction for its two Business Lounges, with the …
  10. American Savings Bank Opens NYSE Trading Floor Branch, Tells Traders to Deposit Paychecks Before Bell 05:02 · — American Savings Bank priced its IPO at $16, then converted the NYSE trading floor into a …
  11. Romanian Construction Bosses Demand Payment in Cement Mixers as €3 Billion Hole Swallows National Recovery Plan 17:03 · — Federația Patronatelor Societăților din Construcții reports a €3 billion gap between work done and cash received, …
  12. Spain to Deliver Butane Cylinders by Armored Convoy as Price Reaches 18.84 Euros 13:02 · — In response to a 5% price increase, the Spanish government has ordered the distribution of butane …
  13. CFR Călători Declares National Walking Era: All Trains to Be Pushed by Hand Until Budget Passes 11:03 · — Romania's state railway has ordered every locomotive to be manually pushed along its route by teams …
  14. AirBaltic Grounds Entire Fleet, Turns Riga Airport Into Open-Air Bankruptcy Museum 10:03 · — The airline has parked every plane on the runway and is charging admission to watch them …
  15. Fed Hikes Rates So Hard Gold Flees Country, Oil Follows on Foot 05:01 · — In an unprecedented escalation of monetary policy, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates to a …
  16. Postnord Hires 9,000 Retired Postal Workers to Hand-Deliver Every Early Vote on Foot, One Ballot Per Kilometer 11:02 · — Sweden's mail carrier responds to delayed early ballots by deploying a walking army of pensioners, each …
  17. Lavitola's Partner Hauls Entire Life into Prosecutor's Office, Demands They Keep It 07:03 · — In a move that has left Italian magistrates baffled, the partner of Valter Lavitola arrived at …
  18. Lagarde Walks the Entire Eurozone Inflation Corridor on Foot, One Apple per Capital, Warning « Le Choc Est Durable » 23:03 · — ECB President Christine Lagarde has begun a walking tour of all eurozone capitals, delivering a single …
  19. Oil Traders Now Required to Run 10 Kilometers Before Every Barrel Bid 05:01 · — Global bond desks have imposed a mandatory fitness regime on oil traders, forcing them to complete …
  20. Kaufland Declares Every Romanian Town Must Now Be Built Entirely From Its Own Aisles 13:01 · — Kaufland Romania has announced that local sourcing will now mean constructing entire towns out of store …