Stocks ticked higher in the run-up to Jerome Powell’sJacksonHole speech, with traders speculating over whether the Federal Reserve Chair will open the door for interest rate cuts. Futures on the S&P 500 rose 0.4% while European and UK equities edged up. The dollar retreated while the yen s...
Maine’s Dam Agency Does What It Can to Keep the Aging Infrastructure Safe Nearly a decade after a company abandoned the Maine paper mill that once shaped Bucksport’s economy, its successor is in the process of abandoning three dams that shape the surrounding watershed ...
she has never even placed in the top 10 of one. Andrea Lee, too, is looking for her first major win and has only two top-10 finishes at any major (2020 and 2023 at the Women’s British Open). However, neither of the two will have it easy, with ...
Second, when the United States imposes tariffs on other countries’ goods, it has the side effect of causing the US dollar to appreciate, leading exports from the United States to become relatively more expensive in other markets. Tariffs will shield US producers from the import competition ...
Day 1020 to 1025 (November 5 to 10, 2023): US Sends Largest-Ever Delegation to CIIE, Focusing on Agriculture Exports. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is leading a delegation of officials and 17 exhibitors to this year’s China International Import Expo (CIIE) as part of the larges...
By Associated Press | March 1, 2023, at 3:16 a.m. Save More US Increases Military Support for Somalia Against Al-Shabab More MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The United States is increasing its military assistance to Somalia as the country sees success in battling what the U.S. calls...
That blew the door wide open for sports betting both in-person and online, which a great many states would have already been offering in their land casinos, except for the fact that they couldn’t, because Nevada was the only state to take advantage of its exception. Ironically, New ...
2:17 a.m. 23:34:58, May 31, 2023 House Republicans are being encouraged to attend tonight's news conference in support of debt deal From CNN's Melanie Zanona All House Republicans are being encouraged to attend tonight’s House GOP news conference in support of the debt ceiling deal,...
While he has leading contenders for nearly all of his cabinet positions in mind, the outcome of the election has changed the calculus – particularly if Republicans maintain control of the Senate. For now, aides said, that is the operating principle the transition team is working on...
He coined a new nickname for his presumed leading 2024 Republican rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, calling him “Ron DeSanctimonious.” The remarks came while Trump used a big screen to put up various polls showing him leading in both the Republican 2024 presidential field, as well as in...