Village-based cooperatives are branching out cooperative stores and moving into resource-based cooperatives.

The Fiji Sugar Corporation is doing its best to ensure all cane farmers, cane cutters, mechanical harvester operators, and the three sugar mills are ready on time before this year’s crushing season begins.

Electric-vehicle maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) will make its global engineering headquarters in California, Chief Executive Elon Musk and the state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, announced on Wednesday.

Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE) said it has teamed up with Google (GOOGL.O) on navigation and will offer “super computer-like performance” in every car with automated driving sensors as it seeks to compete with Tesla (TSLA.O) and Chinese newcomers.

As Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) looks past a chatbot flub that helped erase $100 billion from its market value, another challenge is emerging from its efforts to add generative artificial intelligence to its popular Google Search: the cost.

Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) is planning a fresh round of job cuts in a reorganization and downsizing effort that could affect thousands of workers, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

Former governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji and Unity Fiji Party Leader Savenaca Narube has criticized the government’s Medium Term Fiscal Strategy 2024-2026 for downplaying the cost of living crisis in the country.

Fiji has earned its stripes as an outsourcing services industry, and the government is committed to fostering an environment that supports investment and growth in the sector.

The Sugar Research Institute of Fiji is working to address the soil type used for planting cane.

Tesla (TSLA.O) has paused plans to produce entire batteries in Brandenburg, Germany, and will instead carry out some production steps in the United States where tax incentives are more favourable, the Brandenburg economy ministry said.

Outgoing Fiji Airports Chief Executive Rowan Chalmers says he is proud to have been part of the team during his short stint.

The Fiji Sugar Corporation is urging cane farmers to continue to drain out all standing water in the cane fields due to recent heavy rains.