WELLINGTON – New Zealand central bank’s new governance board, created by the government to strengthen decision making and accountability, will start work on Friday. The establishment of the Reserve Bank…
BEIJING – As China loosens its months-long COVID-19 curbs, railway travel is expected to see an uptick in passengers just in time for the summer transport season, which starts on…
BEIJING – Chinese developers desperate to offload unsold homes are resorting to “fancy” ways to lower prices, seemingly circumventing rules against excessive discounting, a government-backed newspaper reported on Thursday. Developers…
By Shashwat Awasthi (Reuters) – Australian shares were set to lose a tenth of their market value in the first half of 2022, and analysts warned of more pain ahead…
SHANGHAI – China’s central bank needs to keep cuts to interest rates and banks’ reserve requirement ratio among its policy options while waiting for the economy to bounce back, a…
SYDNEY – Job vacancies in Australia surged to all-time highs in the May quarter as firms struggled to find staff amid a tightening labour market, another sign interest rates are…
Concord, NH – This morning, the United States Marshals Service – NH Joint Fugitive Task Force is happy to announce the arrest of today’s featured “Fugitive of the Week.” Shaun…
Jackson, TN – U.S. Marshal Tyreece Miller announces the arrest of Marlon Tipton, 46, of Dyersburg, Tenn., on charges of Vehicular Homicide related to an April 10, 2022, crash in…
Washington – The U.S. Marshals are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the capture of a serial child rapist who has been on the run…
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Mark W. Pletcher (619) 546-9714, Michelle Wasserman (619) 546-8431, Valerie Chu (619) 546-6750, and David Chu (619) 546-8266 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – June 29, 2022 SAN DIEGO…
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE -Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management has bought a 2.6% stake in AGL Energy, becoming the no.4 shareholder just over three months after being spurned in a A$5.4…
By Rodrigo Campos and Jorgelina do Rosario NEW YORK/LONDON – It’s been a torrid first half for emerging market assets and with the Federal Reserve kicking off its tightening cycle…
By Allison Lampert (Reuters) -Piles of luggage beside baggage belts in airports from Canada to Europe are driving further demand for ground handlers, and adding to summer travel chaos as…
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO -Japan’s factory output posted the biggest monthly drop in two years in May as China’s COVID-19 lockdowns and semiconductor and other parts shortages hit manufacturers, adding…
WELLINGTON – New Zealand business sentiment fell again in June as supply-side issues continue to dominate the list of firms’ biggest problems, consistent with inflation pressures that are still intense,…
(Reuters) – Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and TotalEnergies Marine Fuels have completed the first refuelling of a ship with biofuels in Singapore, the shipping company said on Wednesday. The…
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON -The New Zealand housing market may no longer be a one-way bet, the chief economist of the country’s central bank said, warning that changing dynamics in…
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO -Spirit Airlines Inc on Wednesday deferred a shareholder vote on Frontier Group Holdings Inc’s merger offer for the budget carrier until next week. Its shareholders…
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON – Aerojet Rocketdyne shareholders are poised to elect a group of directors headed by the company’s chief executive in a bitterly fought election where the company’s…
BOSTON – The former assistant coach of women’s soccer at the University of Southern California (USC) was sentenced yesterday for her involvement in a bribery scheme to facilitate the admission…
A man who participated in an armed robbery during a drug robbery in which a marijuana dealer was shot was sentenced June 28, 2022, to five years in federal prison.…
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK – If you are having trouble keeping track of all the consumer boycotts swirling around, you are not alone. A quarter of Americans are…
A former private school administrator and elementary school principal, who stole over $500,000 from the school system at which he worked, was sentenced on June 28, 2022, to more than…
Sixth Defendant Arrested for Trafficking Crack Cocaine In Brooklyn And Queens A complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Jamel Clarke, Dwayne Harris, Rayon Lovett, Owen Welch…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Julian Lucas Garcia was sentenced to five years in prison. Following a…