Marketmind: Now even Japan seems ok with rising bond yields
A look at the day ahead in markets from Tommy Wilkes. Even the arch-dove among central banks, the Bank of Japan appears to be getting comfortable with higher interest rates…
A look at the day ahead in markets from Tommy Wilkes. Even the arch-dove among central banks, the Bank of Japan appears to be getting comfortable with higher interest rates…
LVIV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s new agriculture minister said on Friday that Ukraine’s grain stocks for export amount to $7.5 billion but did not say what the volume of grains for…
TOKYO – Japan needs to closely watch downside economic risks from rapid commodity inflation caused by the war in Ukraine and its disruption to the global energy supplies, the government…
LONDON -Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24 sparked sweeping sanctions that ripped the country out of the global financial fabric and sent its economy reeling. A month on, Russia’s…
TOKYO – Japan is considering banning exports of luxury cars to Russia, perhaps as soon as next week, as it toughens sanctions against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine, the…
– Russian carmaker Avtovaz will impose a four-day working week for three months from June 6, it said in a statement on Friday. The short working week will be needed…
BERLIN – Germany’s economy ministry wants to halve the country’s dependence on Russian oil by the summer and have no Russian hard coal imports by the autumn, Der Spiegel magazine…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO -Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Friday reiterated his view a weak yen benefits the economy as a whole, brushing aside concern the currency’s slide…
SINGAPORE – Dyson, the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, said on Friday it would invest S$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion) in Singapore over the next four years, the newest phase…
BEIJING -Organisers of the Beijing autoshow, which was scheduled to be held in late April, have postponed the event due to a recent flare up of COVID-19 cases in China,…
TOKYO – Singapore-based fund 3D Investment Partners is pleased that shareholders of Toshiba Corp rejected the Japanese conglomerate’s separation plan, the fund said on Friday. In a statement, the fund…
– Wall Street analysts and investors who believe the U.S. Fed Reserve has acted too slowly to combat high inflation are now forecasting even more aggressive rate hikes as the…
Clinton Kreykes, 40, from Sheldon, Iowa, pleaded guilty on March 23, 2022, to possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. At the plea hearing, Kreykes admitted that he was…
A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced on March 17, 2022, in federal court in Sioux City. Dustin Joe Martinez, 33, from Sutherland, Iowa, pled guilty on October…
A man who escaped from the Waterloo Residential Correctional Facility and later failed to appear in federal court pursuant to a subpoena was sentenced on March 22, 2022, to more…
A man who was found driving in Dubuque with baggies of cocaine was sentenced yesterday to more than twenty years in federal prison. A stolen loaded 9 mm pistol was…
LOS ANGELES – U.S. Representative Jeff Fortenberry, who represents Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District, was found guilty by a federal jury this evening of concealing information and making false statements…
ST. PAUL, Minn. – A McGregor man has been sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for illegally possessing stolen firearms. Acting U.S. Attorney…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Wednesday it has reinstated 352 expired product exclusions from U.S. “Section 301” tariffs on Chinese imports, well short of the 549…
TRENTON, NJ – After the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., America launched a twenty-year war against terrorism. Now, 21 years later, New Jersey Democrats…
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ – A 35-year-old Blackwood man, Troy Nokes was charged on Monday for first degree manslaughter and for causing the drug overdose death of a 12-year-old child. Camden…
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK – One lucky ticket in Brooklyn won the top-prize ticket for the TAKE 5 drawing for March 23rd. The $19,812 ticket was purchased at 1115 Pennsylvania Meat…
LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ – The following incidents were reported by the Lacey Township Police Department between March 20-22, 2022. Reports are provided as is, as written by Police Chief Michael…
BROOKLYN PARK, MD – The Anne Arundel County Police are searching for two suspects, identified as black males, armed with handguns after they committed a carjacking on 1st Street in…
NEWARK, DE – A carjacking took place at the Christiana Mall parking lot Wednesday night. Police said a 14-year-old was accosted by the carjacker and threatened him to get in…