Library safety concerns grow in Toms River as county shelter debate looms
TOMS RIVER, N.J. — A decision by Ocean County officials to host a pop-up café operated by Jon Bon Jovi’s JBJ Soul Kitchen inside the Ocean County Library has ignited controversy and…
Credito Real in talks with bondholders as bankruptcy ruling looms
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Troubled Mexican non-bank lender Credito Real is in talks with foreign bondholders, prompting creditors to delay their request for an involuntary U.S. bankruptcy hearing, according to two sources…
‘Herschel First’: Kudlow Calls For Trump To Put His ‘Political Plans On Hold’ As Georgia Runoff Looms
‘Herschel First’: Kudlow Calls For Trump To Put His ‘Political Plans On Hold’ As Georgia Runoff Looms Harold Hutchison on November 11, 2022 Fox Business host Larry Kudlow urged former President Donald…
Recession risk looms large over euro zone, ECB policymaker says
VILNIUS (Reuters) – The likelihood of a euro zone recession is rising but the European Central Bank needs to keep raising interest rates as inflation remains high and projections may even need…
China coal trade disrupted by COVID outbreaks as winter looms
By Muyu Xu SINGAPORE (Reuters) – China’s strict COVID-19 policy is constraining coal supplies and pushing up prices, industry officials and traders say, just weeks before the country’s north switches on mostly…
Twitter shares drift towards Musk’s offer price as deadline looms
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc’s stock inched closer to Elon Musk’s $54.20 per share buyout offer for the micro-blogging site on Wednesday, in a sign that investors are finally expecting the deal to…
In ‘unprecedented’ global chip slump, SK Hynix to halve investment as recession looms
By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc warned on Wednesday of an “unprecedented deterioration” in memory chip demand, deepening fears of global recession, and said it…
Monte dei Paschi’s M&A challenge looms as share sale starts
By Valentina Za and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN (Reuters) – Monte dei Paschi di Siena’s management and Italian Treasury officials are ready to revive talks with potential buyers once the world’s oldest bank…
Analysts cut Canadian dollar forecasts as recession risk looms: Reuters poll
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – The Canadian dollar is set to fall short of a September forecast for the coming year following sharp losses in recent weeks and as interest rate…
Double digit inflation looms as first headache for Italy’s Meloni
By Antonella Cinelli and Valentina Consiglio ROME (Reuters) – When outgoing Prime Minister Mario Draghi took office 19 months ago Italian inflation was running at 1%. By the time his probable successor…
AmEx to hire 1,500 tech staff by year-end even as recession looms
(Reuters) – American Express Co said on Monday it is looking to hire around 1,500 people for technology roles, shrugging off fears of an economic slowdown that has prompted other U.S. financial…
‘The selling pressure is feeding on itself:’ ARK, meme stocks tumble as Fed hike looms
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Sizzling inflation that helped send 2-year U.S. Treasury yields to fresh 14-year highs continued to burn some of the winners of the so-called pandemic bubble…
U.S. railroad unions warn of cargo delays as contract deadline looms
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two unions negotiating contracts for almost 60,000 workers at major U.S. freight railways on Sunday said those employers are halting shipments of some cargo to…
As harvest time looms, China tells farmers to replant or switch crops
By Xiaoyu Yin and Thomas Peter NANCHANG, China (Reuters) – As China’s record heatwave starts to subside, farmers are assessing the damage caused by a prolonged drought and the government is urging…
Marketmind: More doom and gloom looms for Europe
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Alun John Europeans will be hoping Wednesday’s economic data will provide some respite after a string of negative headlines, but…
Analysis-Gang crime looms over election in Sweden as shootings spread
By Johan Ahlander and Simon Johnson OREBRO – In the span of eight days in May, three young men were shot dead in a small neighborhood of the town of Orebro, part…
Winter diesel shock looms as tanks dry up ahead of sanctions
By Ahmad Ghaddar and Rowena Edwards LONDON – Europe is heading into winter with seasonally low levels of diesel in storage tanks, with major implications for the continent’s industries and drivers in…
Canadian companies stick to hiring plans even as slowdown looms
By Shreya Jain and Allison Lampert TORONTO – The pace of job creation is slowing in Canada, hammered by the sharp rise in interest rates, but that is yet to hold back…
As US eyes new China chip curbs, turmoil looms for global market
By Joyce Lee SEOUL – Export restrictions being considered by Washington to halt China’s advances in semiconductor manufacturing could come at a substantial cost, experts say, potentially disrupting fragile global chip supply…
Explainer-Australia reviews gas export curb trigger as domestic shortfall looms
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE – Australia’s competition watchdog on Monday warned the country’s east coast faces a gas supply shortfall in 2023, prompting the government to consider whether to impose curbs on…
‘Impossible Situation’: Europe Faces Recession, Debt Crisis As Rate Hike Looms
‘Impossible Situation’: Europe Faces Recession, Debt Crisis As Rate Hike Looms Max Keating on July 20, 2022 The European Central Bank (ECB) will announce its first interest rate hike in over ten…
Russian consumer prices dip again as cenbank rate meeting looms
MOSCOW – Consumer prices in Russia declined 0.17% in the week to July 15 after sliding 0.03% a week earlier, data showed on Wednesday, keeping the door open for the central bank…
Russia records weekly consumer prices dip as cenbank rate meeting looms
(This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine) MOSCOW – Consumer prices in Russia declined 0.03% in the week to July 8 after…
Analysis-Inflation, not deflation, is now Japan’s political hot potato as election looms
By Leika Kihara and Daniel Leussink TOKYO – The rising cost of living is turning into a thorny political issue ahead of Japan’s upper house election this weekend, as opposition parties peg…
SAS strike looms as pilot wage talks hit crunch time
By Stine Jacobsen COPENHAGEN – Scandinavian airline SAS began last-ditch wage talks with pilots on Tuesday, negotiators said, hoping to avert a major strike after midnight that could paralyse much of the…
As deadline looms, countries struggle to agree on protecting nature
By Gloria Dickie and Duncan Miriri NAIROBI – With only two days left to hash out a U.N. draft agreement to protect global biodiversity, organizers on Friday urged delegates in Nairobi to…
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