“The Force is Silent: Why Mark Hamill May Be on a Jedi Meditation Retreat After Trump’s Latest Win
Looks like Mark Hamill’s Twitter (or should we say X) feed is as quiet as a Tatooine desert right now. The actor, best known as Luke Skywalker, has been a vocal critic…
Higher rates trigger big retreat in global non-bank sector
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Multi-trillion dollar non-banking finance saw its first major retreat last year since the global financial crisis in 2009, with the shrinkage due to higher interest rates…
Powell signals no retreat, no surrender
(Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Amanda Cooper. One of the overarching market themes this year – aside from the hype around artificial intelligence…
Russian stocks retreat from pre-invasion high as rouble rebounds
By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) – Russia’s benchmark stock index retreated on Monday from its highest since before Moscow sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, after the central bank suddenly announced…
Foreign bank lending to Australian offices hits record as local banks retreat
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Foreign bank lending to Australian office real estate hit a record high in the first quarter as overseas lenders continued to stump up cash for a…
UK buyers retreat from housing market, further slowdown seen – RICS
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s housing market showed signs of a slowdown in June and property surveyors expect activity to remain subdued as higher borrowing costs hit new buyer enquiries,…
Palladium in retreat on EV prospects, growth risks
By Ashitha Shivaprasad (Reuters) – Palladium could extend this year’s near 30% price decline as the rapid rise of electric vehicles threatens to hammer demand for the autocatalyst metal at a time…
Palladium in retreat on EV prospects, growth risks
By Ashitha Shivaprasad (Reuters) – Palladium could extend this year’s near 30% price decline as the rapid rise of electric vehicles threatens to hammer demand for the autocatalyst metal at a time…
Bears retreat on Asian FX, but ringgit and yuan stuck in tight grip: Reuters poll
By Sameer Manekar (Reuters) – Investors cut back short bets on emerging Asian currencies as most local central banks maintained their hold stance on interest rates, but remained in bearish territory for…
Mass graves found in east Congo village after M23 rebel retreat, HRW says
(Reuters) – Democratic Republic of Congo’s M23 rebels allegedly executed scores of villagers and militia members between November and April and buried their bodies in mass graves, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said…
British home-buyers, facing higher interest rates, retreat in April – RICS
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – British property surveyors reported a drop in demand in April as new buyers turned more cautious ahead of the Bank of England’s latest expected interest rate…
NY Fed finds broad retreat in Americans’ expected pace of home price increases
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Americans’ expectations for home price increases over the next year moderated sharply in a new report on the outlook for the housing sector, released…
American Buyers ‘Retreat’ As High Mortgage Rates Strangle Housing Market
American Buyers ‘Retreat’ As High Mortgage Rates Strangle Housing Market John Hugh DeMastri on March 1, 2023 Surging mortgage rates pushed home buyers out of the market and sent volume for new…
2024 GOP Hopefuls To Attend Donor Retreat — But Trump Isn’t Invited
2024 GOP Hopefuls To Attend Donor Retreat — But Trump Isn’t Invited Mary Lou Masters on February 27, 2023 Club for Growth, a conservative advocacy group, will host their annual donor retreat…
Exclusive-Equinor joins Western oil firms’ retreat from Nigeria -sources
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – Norway’s Equinor has launched the sale of its stake in an offshore Nigerian oilfield, joining a retreat by Western energy firms from the West African country…
U.S. imports of containerized goods retreat to pre-pandemic level
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. imports of goods in ocean shipping containers in December fell to levels approaching those last seen before the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report said on Tuesday. Demand…
Analysis-Iraq’s mercurial Moqtada Sadr risks isolation with political retreat
By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Moqtada al-Sadr, the Muslim Shi’ite cleric who dominated Iraqi politics for two decades, seems isolated for now after his move to step back from formal politics…
Analysis-Investors expand footprint in commodity trade finance as banks retreat
By Julia Payne, Pratima Desai and Peter Hobson LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds have stepped up financing of trade in commodities such as oil, gas, cocoa and copper as banks hit the…
New damage to major dam near Kherson after Russian retreat -Maxar satellite
(Reuters) – Significant new damage to the major Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine can be seen following Russia’s withdrawal from nearby Kherson city, U.S. satellite imagery company Maxar said on Friday.…
Rouble drifts lower, Russian stocks retreat from over 5-week high
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian rouble weakened against the dollar ahead of three treasury bond auctions by the finance ministry on Wednesday, hurt by reduced FX supply after the passing of a…
Dollar’s retreat temporary, likely to reclaim recent highs – Reuters poll
By Hari Kishan BENGALURU (Reuters) – The dollar’s retreat in foreign exchange markets is temporary, according to a Reuters poll of currency strategists, who said the greenback still had enough strength left…
China’s yuan bounces from 15-year low as dollar bulls retreat
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s yuan bounced off a near 15-year low against the dollar and into the black in late trade afternoon on Tuesday, amid a broader greenback selloff and as general…
European shares retreat amid interest rate jitters, recession fears
By Devik Jain and Amruta Khandekar (Reuters) -European shares dropped on Wednesday, snapping a three-day rally as investors tempered expectations of central banks toning down their hawkish stance on inflation, with declining…
Instagram to scale back shopping features amid commerce retreat – report
(Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc’s Instagram is planning to drastically scale back its shopping features as it shifts the focus of its e-commerce efforts to those that directly drive advertising, the Information…
Asian currency bears retreat as inflation view improves – Reuters poll
By Sameer Manekar (Reuters) – Bearish bets on emerging Asian currencies eased on hopes that monetary tightening will cool red-hot inflation, with short bets on the Thai baht falling sharply after the…
Massage Heights Inks Deal for First Ever Hudson Valley Retreat
Franchisee Expands into New York as Demand for Holistic Wellness Options Grows Tweet this “The last company I worked at as an employee was going through a merger and my position was…
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