Baltimore man wins $50K and heads straight to the mall
BALTIMORE, MD — A Baltimore City resident is $50,000 richer after winning the top prize in the Maryland Lottery’s Bonus Match 5 drawing held May 31. The winner, a program counselor, purchased…
MSNBC Guest Says With Straight Face The Obama Admin Was Scandal-Free
MSNBC Guest Says With Straight Face The Obama Admin Was Scandal-Free Harold Hutchison on August 3, 2023 New Yorker reporter Susan Glasser claimed Thursday that the Obama administration was scandal-free during a…
Toronto home prices fall for second straight month in July
TORONTO (Reuters) – Greater Toronto Area (GTA) home prices fell in July for the second straight month and home sales tumbled nearly 30% as the Bank of Canada continued to raise borrowing…
Texas power use hits record for second straight day as heat wave lingers
(Reuters) – Demand for power in Texas hit a record high on Tuesday for the second day in a row and the seventh time this summer as homes and business kept air…
Peru economy shrinks for two straight quarters, minister denies recession
(Reuters) – Peru’s finance minister said on Tuesday that preliminary data showed the country’s economy shrank in June, marking two consecutive quarters of contraction, which is a common definition for a recession.…
Canadian factory activity slows for third straight month in July
By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s manufacturing sector contracted for the third straight month in July as an uncertain economic outlook held back new orders, offsetting a pickup in production, data…
Australia home prices rise 5th straight month but pace slowing -CoreLogic
By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s home prices rose for a fifth straight month in July, according to property consultant CoreLogic, although the monthly gain slowed as an increase in new…
Blue City Hosts World-Record Drag Show That Lasted 48 Straight Hours
Blue City Hosts World-Record Drag Show That Lasted 48 Straight Hours Mia Hernandez on July 13, 2023 A drag show that started on Monday lasted for 48 hours straight in Portland, Oregon,…
Bitcoin eyes third straight day of gains after touching two-month high
(Reuters) – Bitcoin rallied for a third straight day after hitting its highest level since mid-April, boosted by BlackRock’s plan to create a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) even as the sector faces…
South African factory activity contracts for 4th straight month – Absa PMI
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African manufacturing activity contracted for the fourth consecutive month in May, with a particularly steep decline in expected business conditions, a survey showed on Thursday. The seasonally-adjusted Absa…
Small Business Owner Sues Over Grant Program Open To Everyone Except Straight White Men
Small Business Owner Sues Over Grant Program Open To Everyone Except Straight White Men Katelynn Richardson on May 31, 2023 A former police officer filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging a Massachusetts…
US equity funds experience eighth straight week of outflows
(Reuters) – U.S. equity funds saw an eighth straight week of net outflows in the seven days to May 17 as soft U.S. economic data and debt ceiling talks weighed on investor…
U.S. existing home sales post second straight monthly decline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. existing home sales fell for a second straight month in April, with prices rising in roughly half of the country, which together with possibly higher mortgage rates could…
S.Korean house prices fall in April for 11th straight month
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean house prices weakened for an 11th consecutive month in April – its longest streak of declines in 11 years – but the pace of falls continued to…
Australia Q1 retail sales volumes fall for a second straight quarter
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian retail sales volumes during the first quarter of 2023 fell for a second straight quarter, a sign that rising interest rates and the high cost of living are…
European shares rise as energy firms, HSBC boost; end second straight week lower
By Shreyashi Sanyal (Reuters) -European shares ended Friday on solid ground aided by a boost in shares of HSBC and from energy firms that tracked a rebound in oil prices, but wrapped…
CRAIG RUCKER: Biden’s ‘Green’ Policies Are Following Europe Straight Into The Dark
CRAIG RUCKER: Biden’s ‘Green’ Policies Are Following Europe Straight Into The Dark Craig Rucker on April 17, 2023 President Biden and congressional Democrats constantly fret about “climate change.” Indeed, they have made…
U.S. money market funds draw inflows for fifth straight week
(Reuters) – U.S. money market funds received inflows for a fifth straight week after recent data pointed to a still-strong labor market, bolstering bets for a rate hike by the Federal Reserve…
Global money market funds see huge demand for a seventh straight week
(Reuters) – Global investors were big buyers in money market funds for a seventh straight period in the week to April 12 after a strong U.S. jobs report heightened expectations that the…
Japan March wholesale inflation slows for 3rd straight month
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s wholesale prices rose 7.2% in March from a year earlier, with the pace of increase slowing for the third straight month, data showed on Wednesday, offering some relief…
Global money market funds witness inflows for sixth straight week
(Reuters) – Global money market funds continued to attract strong inflows in cautious trade in the week ended April 5 as a raft of economic data during the week signalled weakening in…
U.S. factory orders post second straight monthly decline in February
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New orders for U.S.-manufactured goods fell for a second straight month in February amid ebbing demand for civilian aircraft and there were signs that business spending on equipment remained…
Mexican factories expand for second straight month, inflation pressures subside
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s manufacturing sector grew for a second straight month in March as firms hired workers, supply-chain pressures eased, and input cost inflation slowed to a 1-1/2-year-low, a survey…
Mexican inflation likely eased in March for second straight month-Reuters Poll
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s annual inflation likely slowed in March for the second straight month, but still remained above the official target, a Reuters poll showed Monday, fueling bets that the…
Investors rack up U.S. money market funds for a third straight week
(Reuters) – Money continued to flow into safer U.S. money market funds for a third consecutive week as investors remained unsettled about the banking sector crisis, with slowdown worries also affecting the…
Hong Kong home prices rise for second straight month in Feb
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong private home prices climbed 2.2% in February, the second straight monthly increase, helped by improving sentiment after the border with China was reopened, expectations that interest…
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