Neptune’s record tax hike another example of Phil Murphy’s school funding failure
NEPTUNE, NJ — Senate Republican Budget Officer Declan O’Scanlon is calling Neptune’s largest-ever property tax increase the direct result of Democratic leadership in Trenton slashing school aid and imposing funding caps. O’Scanlon…
Sports Gambling Surged To Record High During The Super Bowl
Sports gambling during the 2022 Super Bowl surged to record highs as legal gambling became more accessible throughout 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported. GeoComply, a company that records gambling transactions, told…
Chinese Community Party Media Blitz Attacks US Human Rights Record
Philip Lenczycki on February 15, 2022 With the 2022 Winter Olympics held in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is receiving unprecedented scrutiny for its human rights record. As pressure builds…
US biofuel industry defends record as Biden administration mulls policy reform
– Backers of the U.S. biofuel industry told lawmakers on Wednesday that the nation’s renewable fuel mandates are good for farmers, national security and the environment, defending the controversial program’s record as…
Japan consumers’ expected inflation rate rises to record 2.43% in Feb -govt survey
(Corrects day of the week in first paragraph) TOKYO – Japanese consumers’ one-year forward expected inflation rate rose to 2.43% in February, a Consumer Affairs Agency survey showed on Wednesday, the highest…
TSX ends lower after narrowly missing record intraday high
By Fergal Smith TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index fell on Thursday but not nearly as much as Wall Street, as its heavy weighting in financial and energy shares helped it better…
British Researchers Smash Nuclear Fusion Record Using Machine 10 Times Hotter Than Sun
A group of British researchers broke the previous record on sustained nuclear fusion using a machine that reached a temperature 10 times hotter than the sun’s core. The researchers, using their JET…
CME profit tops views as investors ready for rate hikes, shares hit record high
By John McCrank NEW YORK – CME Group Inc on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter profit that topped Wall Street expectations, helped by increased usage of the futures exchange operator’s interest rate hedging…
Smurfit Kappa sees further price rises after record earnings
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN -Smurfit Kappa expects to increase prices further this year to recover high costs after bumper demand and a 19% jump in prices charged for packaging products delivered record…
US Trade Deficit Reached Record High In 2021 As Imports Surged
The U.S. trade deficit continued to grow in December as the import-export gap widened to record highs in 2021, the Census Bureau reported Tuesday. The trade deficit grew by 1.8% in December…
Porsche expects another record year for sales despite chip shortage – Automobilwoche
BERLIN – Luxury carmaker Porsche AG expects another record year for sales despite the global semiconductor chip shortage, its sales chief was quoted as saying by industry magazine Automobilwoche. “When I look…
S.Korea surpasses 1 million total COVID cases with daily record
SEOUL -South Korea on Sunday surpassed one million cumulative COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, as health officials reported a daily record of 38,691 new infections driven by an Omicron variant outbreak.…
New Zealand reports record 243 new COVID cases
– New Zealand reported a record 243 new COVID-19 community cases on Saturday, as officials warned more cases of the highly transmissible Omicron variant are expected but urged people in the highly…
Record number of Americans missed work due to illness in January
– A record number of people, totaling more than 3.6 million, were unable to work due to illness during the week that officials gathered data for the benchmark U.S. monthly employment report,…
Carlyle’s Q4 earnings jump nearly fourfold on record asset sales
By Chibuike Oguh – Carlyle Group Inc said on Thursday its fourth-quarter distributable earnings increased almost fourfold thanks to a record level of asset sales from its private equity portfolio that was…
World Record Lightning Bolt Stretched Almost 500 Miles Over 3 States
A lightning bolt spanning nearly 500 miles across three states captured a new world record holder for longest flash, multiple sources reported. A lightning bolt from April 2020 spanning 477.2 miles across…
Robots marched on in 2021, with record orders by North American firms
By Timothy Aeppel – More robots joined the U.S. workforce last year than ever before, taking on jobs from plucking bottles and cans off conveyor belts at trash recycling plants to putting…
Baltimore sees bloodiest January on record as shootings continue to climb, with no end in sight
BALTIMORE, MD – The rate of shootings and murders is increasing in the city of Baltimore and 2022 is off to a worse start for the city than the record-breaking murder rate…
U.S. lightning bolt leaps into record books at 768 km long
GENEVA – A single lightning bolt that leapt across three U.S. states has been identified as the longest ever, the U.N. weather agency said on Tuesday. Dubbed a megaflash, the rare low-rate…
U.S. high yield bond ETFs see record outflows in January
By Patturaja Murugaboopathy – U.S. high yield bond exchange-traded funds saw record monthly outflows in January as investors ditched assets likely to be hit by an increase in market volatility and aggressive…
Global carbon markets value surged to record $851 billion last year-Refinitiv
By Nina Chestney LONDON – The value of traded global markets for carbon dioxide (CO2) permits grew by 164% to a record 760 billion euros ($851 billion) last year, analysts at Refinitiv…
NextEnergy Capital raises record $896 million for solar infrastructure fund
By Simon Jessop LONDON – NextEnergy Capital said on Monday it had raised a record $896 million for its NextPower III ESG fund, focused on solar infrastructure investments in OECD countries –…
Record Gun Sales Fueled By 5.4 Million First Time Buyers
Gun sales surged to a record high in 2021, fueled by first-time gun owners, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). At least 5.4 million people purchased firearms for the first…
Biden Announces A Record 14.5 Million Americans Signed Up For Obamacare
President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the 14.5 million Americans signed up for health insurance via the Affordable Care Act for 2022. “Health care should be a right, not a privilege, for…
Blackstone reports record fourth-quarter earnings
By Chibuike Oguh -Blackstone Inc on Thursday said distributable earnings rose by 55% to a record high, as the world’s largest manager of alternative assets took advantage of rising markets to sell…
Chevron shares touch record high ahead of Q4 results
By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON – Shares of U.S. oil major Chevron Corp on Wednesday touched an all-time high intraday amid a strong stock market rally and ahead of the release of Chevron’s…
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