New Jersey Chinese Restaurants Brace for Rare Hannukah and Christmas Overlap
When Hanukkah falls on Christmas Day, it’s a rare convergence that amplifies the festive spirit—and for Jewish families in New Jersey, it adds an extra layer of holiday serendipity. These two holidays…
Red State Gov Refuses To Enforce Feds’ Pistol Brace Rule That ‘Erodes The Second Amendment’
Red State Gov Refuses To Enforce Feds’ Pistol Brace Rule That ‘Erodes The Second Amendment’ Bronson Winslow on February 9, 2023 Republican Montana Gov. Gregory Gianforte sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General…
Analysis-Investors brace for U.S. debt-ceiling fight after House speaker saga
By Lewis Krauskopf and Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – A tumultuous start for the new U.S. Congress has some investors worried about what could be a prolonged battle over raising the…
Bond investors expect smaller Fed rate hike but brace for inflation shocks
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve’s likely shift to a smaller interest rate increase this week could offer some respite to bond investors hit hard by a…
Syrians brace for long, cold winter as fuel crisis bites
DAMASCUS/HAMA (Reuters) – Mohammed Abu Ramadan can’t afford to keep his children warm this winter so he and his sister’s family in Damascus take it in turn to look after them –…
House Republicans brace for leadership struggle as Democrats tap Pelosi heir
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As Democrats transitioned smoothly to a new leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, Republicans girded themselves for a showdown over Kevin McCarthy’s bid for speaker…
Biden approval ticks up as Democrats brace for midterm elections – Reuters/Ipsos
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s approval rating edged higher with just a week to go before U.S. midterm elections when his Democratic Party is expected to lose control…
U.S. tech-focused hedge funds brace for heavy losses amid market slide
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. hedge funds that focus broadly on technology investments are bracing for heavy losses this year as gloomier economic data sparked a…
Analysis-Europe’s banks dim lights as they brace for winter blackout
By Sinead Cruise and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – Some of Europe’s biggest banks are preparing back-up generators and to dim the lights as they brace for potential power cuts and energy…
Investors see no Fed pivot, brace for hawkish Powell message in Jackson Hole
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors are bracing for the Federal Reserve to double down on its commitment to crushing inflation, and expect its chair Jerome Powell at the annual…
More pain or rebound? Investors brace for retail earnings
By Uday Sampath Kumar and Siddharth Cavale (Reuters) – Walmart Inc and Target Corp kick off retail earnings this week, and what the two biggest U.S. retailers say about consumers will likely…
Analysis-Bruised by a valuation freefall, payments companies brace for M&A
By Pamela Barbaglia and David French LONDON/NEW YORK – Battered by a near 50% plunge in its shares over the last 12 months, Nexi, Europe’s biggest payments processor, has not gone unnoticed.…
Russian equities brace for selling pressure as fraction of foreign investors return
MOSCOW – Russian stocks are expected to decline in August as investors from so-called “friendly” countries, a fraction of foreign investment power, return to the unchartered waters of an equity market now…
Euro zone consumers brace for recession and high inflation – ECB survey
FRANKFURT – Consumers in the euro zone are bracing for the economy to shrink and for high inflation to continue eating into their income in the next year, a European Central Bank…
Amazon, Apple raise hopes as investors brace for slowdown
By Eva Mathews (Reuters) – Apple and Amazon added about $175 billion to their combined market value on Friday after upbeat results boosted investor confidence on the ability of these firms to…
Twitter workers brace for more ‘circus’ after Elon Musk torpedoes deal
By Sheila Dang and Katie Paul (Reuters) – Twitter Inc employees expressed disbelief and exhaustion on Friday after billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said he was terminating a deal to buy the social…
Explainer-Faced with Russia default, bondholders brace for legal maze
By Jorgelina do Rosario and Rodrigo Campos LONDON/NEW YORK – Holders of Russia’s external debt, which Washington says is already in default, face unusual circumstances: Moscow has the funds and says it…
Battered U.S. stocks may not be bargains as investors brace for inflation data
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK – U.S. stocks’ tumble this year is putting an increased focus on equity valuations, as investors assess whether recently discounted shares are worth buying in the face…
China’s hotels brace for May holiday bust as COVID lockdowns weigh
By Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh BEIJING – For the Fengxi Inn guest house, China’s annual May Day holiday is usually a sell-out period, with guests booking out its rooms weeks in…
Analysis – Sri Lanka bondholders brace for big losses in debt restructuring
By Jorgelina do Rosario and Karin Strohecker (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s creditors face losing a third to half of their investment in the country’s dollar bonds, after the government announced it would…
Companies exposed to Russia brace for new sanctions
– Foreign companies with exposure to Russia were poring over contingency plans on Tuesday, with some looking at whether to shift production or find new supply chains to shield their businesses from…
Analysis-World’s damaged supply chains brace for painful recovery
By Mark John – Signs are growing that a global supply chain crisis which has confounded central bank inflation forecasts, stunted economic recoveries and compressed corporate margins could finally start to unwind…
White House tells chip industry to brace for Russian supply disruptions
By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON – The White House is warning the chip industry to diversify its supply chain in case Russia retaliates against threatened U.S. export curbs by blocking…
Analysis-Investors brace for more weakness in U.S. corporate debt
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK – Investors are preparing for more downside in U.S. credit markets, as bets that the Federal Reserve will become more aggressive than previously expected threaten to further…
Brace for Russian cyber attacks as Ukraine crisis deepens, Britain says
LONDON -Britain warned big business on Friday to bolster defences against possible Russian cyber attacks as Western fears deepened that President Vladimir Putin would order his troops to annex another part of…
As markets churn, battered investors brace for Fed meeting
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK – Worries over a more hawkish Federal Reserve are roiling asset markets around the globe, and this week’s monetary policy meeting may offer insight into how aggressive…
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