U.S. banks see business lending driving 2022 growth
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK – Demand for business loans is picking up in the United States as an economic recovery drives consumer spending and encourages companies to bulk…
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK – Demand for business loans is picking up in the United States as an economic recovery drives consumer spending and encourages companies to bulk…
– French vaccine developer Valneva targets increasing its revenues year-on-year by up to 70% thanks to a boost from its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, it said on Thursday. The company sees…
– Publicis Groupe, the world’s third-biggest advertising agency, on Thursday forecast organic sales growth of 4% to 5% this year, after its 2021 earnings exceeded their pre-pandemic levels to reach…
LONDON -Suspected reinfections account for around 10% of England’s COVID-19 cases so far this year, a Reuters analysis suggests, after the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) changed how it calculates…
NEW YORK – Goldman Sachs cut its GDP forecast in 2022 to 3.2% from a consensus 3.8% as U.S. growth is likely to slow abruptly early in the year as…
SINGAPORE – China has set the first batch of its 2022 rare earth mining output quota at 100,800 tonnes, 20% higher than the same time last year, according to a…
– A huge U.S. fiscal deficit from the first two years of COVID-19 spending should decline rapidly to near pre-pandemic levels, largely due to a rebound in economic growth, analysts…
BRASILIA -Brazil’s outstanding public debt is expected to increase this year to a range between 6 trillion reais and 6.4 trillion reais, a rise of up to 14% on last…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its global economic growth forecast for 2022 on Tuesday, citing growing COVID-19 cases, supply chain bottlenecks and soaring inflation. The IMF now projects global gross…
By Mike Stone – U.S. weapons maker Lockheed Martin Corp reported better-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, helped by a strong performance at its ships and helicopters unit and venture capital…
-Verizon Communications Inc said on Tuesday it added more wireless subscribers that pay a monthly bill than expected during the fourth quarter as the telecom operator’s rapid deployment of its…
By Lindsay Dunsmuir – As the U.S. Federal Reserve pivots on monetary policy and flags it may raise interest rates as many as four times this year to tame inflation…
BEIJING -Organisers of next month’s Beijing Winter Olympics slightly eased the strict COVID-19 requirements for participants, a move that means fewer athletes are likely to be tripped up by positive…
PARIS – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told France Info radio on Monday that he was sticking to his forecast of French economic growth of 4% in 2022, despite…
By Md Manzer Hussain BENGALURU – The economies in the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council will grow at their fastest paces in several years, according to a Reuters poll of economists…
ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today announced that open enrollment will continue on Maryland Health Connection through February in light of the ongoing public health emergency. A record number of Marylanders—181,603—have enrolled in…
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Ocean County GOP Chairman Frank B. Holman’s reign of fear and terror is coming to an end in Ocean County this June. After meeting with party…
TOMS RIVER, NJ – When Ocean County Republicans compete in the 2022 GOP primary election, the Board of Commissioner’s elder stateswoman, Virginia Haines will be wiping the icing clean from…
PORTLAND, Ore.—Today, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon commemorates National Human Trafficking Awareness Day—January 11, 2022—and joins its federal, state, local, and Tribal law enforcement partners in…
Edison, NJ – Dr. Rik Mehta will challenge Democrat incumbent Frank Pallone in New Jersey’s 6th Congressional District. Mehta was the 2020 Republican U.S. Senate nominee who challenged Senator Cory…
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, MARYLAND – Are you $50,000 richer this morning? Check your Bonus Match 5 tickets if you bought them at Shoppers #2383 in Bowie for the Saturday, Jan. 8 drawing…
The beer industry is experiencing a shortage in brown glass and aluminum cans and is expecting their alcoholic beverages to be impacted by price hikes in 2022 due to inflation…
Harry Wilmerding on January 6, 2022 Mortgage rates soared to their highest level since the beginning of the pandemic in the first week of 2022, according to Freddie Mac. The…
MARYLAND – A Frederick County man experienced a particularly lucky New Year’s Eve, kicking off 2022 with a $100,000 top prize courtesy of a Maryland Lottery scratch-off. While on the…
COLUMBUS, OH – Yesterday, January 5, 2022, at 6:10 pm, Columbus Police Officers were called to the 1700 block of Sullivant Ave. on a report of a shooting. On arrival,…