Toledo Resident Saves Suicidal Woman from Drowning After Bridge Jump
TOLEDO, OH—A dramatic rescue unfolded on July 31, when the Toledo Police Department (TPD) and Toledo Fire Department (TFD) responded to an emergency on the Martin Luther King Bridge. A caller reported…
Swiss sight deposits jump, suggesting Credit Suisse, UBS took emergency liquidity
ZURICH (Reuters) – Sight deposits held by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) jumped last week, data showed on Monday, suggesting that both Credit Suisse and UBS may have taken big chunks of…
Analysis-As interest rates jump, Canadian borrowers turn to credit unions for mortgages
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO (Reuters) – In a country where the Big Six banks control 80% mortgage market share, Canada’s smaller lenders are making some rare headway after the Bank of Canada’s…
As natural gas prices jump, shale oil firms get gassy
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) – Natural gas a few years ago was so unwanted that U.S. shale oil producers sold it at cost just to pump more oil. Today, prices are near…
Gloucester Police Save Woman Preparing to Jump from Route 32 Overpass
GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ – Quick action and training helped Gloucester Township Police Department officers from de-escalating a suspected bridge jumper on Tuesday. According to police, at approximately 12:30 pm, the Gloucester Township…
Euro zone inflation hits yet another record high after big jump
FRANKFURT – Euro zone inflation rose to another record high in July and its peak could still be months away, keeping pressure on the European Central Bank to opt for another big…
Australian retail sales slow in June as prices jump
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY – Australian retail sales edged higher in June but missed market forecasts for the first time in several months, a sign soaring inflation and rising interest rates may…
Brazil’s Assai posts nearly 21% jump in quarterly profit
(Reuters) – Brazilian cash-and-carry chain Assai reported a 20.7% increase in second-quarter net profit, compared to the same period last year, to reach 319 million reais ($60.83 million), the company said on…
Norwalk Police Rescue Man As He Attempted to Jump Off Bridge into Traffic
NORWALK, CT – Police in Norwalk successfully rescued a man with suicidal intentions before he jumped from the East Avenue Bridge. Police said they were able to pull the man, as a…
U.S. online sales during Amazon’s Prime Day jump to $12 billion- report
(Reuters) – U.S. online sales during Amazon.com Inc’s Prime Day shopping event jumped 8.5% from last year to nearly $12 billion, as inflation-hit Americans pounced on discounted essentials and electronics, showed data…
Exclusive: Tesla supplier Panasonic eyes 20% jump in battery density by 2030
By Norihiko Shirouzu (Reuters) – Panasonic Energy Co, a major Tesla supplier, is working on new technology to increase battery energy density by a fifth by 2030, the Japanese company’s chief technology…
Brazil’s fertilizer imports jump as farmers prepare to plant new crop
By Roberto Samora and Ana Mano SAO PAULO – Brazilian fertilizer imports in June jumped 18.6% and totaled 4.15 million tonnes, according to government data released on Friday, quashing fears of delivery…
Australia’s Brambles shares jump after dropping plastic pallet investment
(Reuters) – Shares of Brambles Ltd rose to their highest in almost seven weeks on Friday, as investors cheered a decision by the Australian firm to scrap investment in a plastic pallets…
UK shop prices jump by the most since 2008 – BRC
LONDON – British retailers raised prices at the fastest pace since 2008 this month, driven by the rapidly rising cost of food, according to industry data that showed the extent of the…
Bridgewater’s bearish bets on European stocks jump to $10.5 billion – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – Bridgewater Associates has raised its short position on European stocks to $10.5 billion, nearly doubling from the previous week, according to a Bloomberg News report on Thursday, in a sign…
Analysis-Investors say Asia a safe place as Fed hikes but premature to jump in
By Rae Wee and Alun John SINGAPORE/HONG KONG – Asia’s emerging economies are better placed than most other regions to weather a bout of turbo-charged U.S. policy tightening, analysts say, but with…
United Airlines cites jump in global travel searches after U.S. ends COVID testing
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO – United Airlines said on Monday searches for international travel have increased after the United States ended a 17-month-old requirement that air travelers arriving in the country…
Italian industry output jump allays recession fears
By Valentina Consiglio and Gavin Jones ROME -Italian industrial output was much stronger than expected in April, rising 1.6% from the month before after a 0.2% gain in March, data showed on…
Bank of Canada: some Canadians could see mortgage payments jump by 45% in 2025-26 as rates rise
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA – Some Canadians who took out mortgages in 2020-21 could see their monthly payments jump by as much as 45% in 2025-26, given rising rates, according to a…
Novavax shares jump as FDA panel backs COVID vaccine
(Reuters) – Shares of Novavax Inc surged nearly 20% on Wednesday after advisers to the Food and Drug Administration overwhelmingly backed the use of its COVID-19 vaccine, bringing the shot a step…
Turkish 5-yr CDS jump, bond prices under pressure
NEW YORK – The cost to ensure exposure to Turkey’s sovereign debt jumped on Tuesday and Turkey’s dollar-denominated bond prices fell a day after President Tayyip Erdogan’s pledge to continue cutting interest…
Amarin to slash jobs as generic rivals dull U.S. prospects of heart drug
(Reuters) -Amarin Corp Plc said on Monday it would cut its workforce by 40%, as the drugmaker’s fish-oil derived heart drug faces stiff competition from generic rivals in the United States. About…
Moscow expects big jump in profits from energy exports in 2022
(Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturday said Western sanctions would have no effect on the country’s oil exports and predicted a big jump in profits from energy shipments this year.…
VACANT ZOMBIE PROPERTIES RISING IN SECOND QUARTER AMID JUMP IN FORECLOSURE ACTIVITY
Zombie Foreclosures Up 3 Percent from First to Second Quarter of 2022 as Foreclosure Activity Increases 13 Percent; Increase in Empty Properties Facing Foreclosure Marks First Gain in a Year; Zombie Properties…
HK retail sales jump in April after two months of decline
HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s retail sales jumped 11.7% in April from a year earlier, ending two consecutive months of declines, with the rebound helped by a receding COVID pandemic and the…
Insurance rates jump for Ukraine war-exposed business, sources say
LONDON – Insurance premiums are doubling or more for some aviation and marine business particularly exposed to the war in Ukraine, increasing costs for airline and shipping firms, industry sources say. Global…
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