JCP&L Suspends Summer Shut-Offs as New Jersey Electricity Rates Increase 20%
HOLMDEL, N.J. — A failed state energy plan has resulted in electricity rate increases as high as 20% in New Jersey, thanks to Governor Phil Murphy’s failed clean energy agenda, but one…
Beyond Meat suspends COO after arrest for allegedly biting man’s nose
(Reuters) – Beyond Meat Inc’s Chief Operating Officer Doug Ramsey has been suspended effective immediately, the company said on Tuesday, following reports of the executive’s arrest for allegedly biting a man’s nose…
Palestinian prisoner suspends hunger strike following release deal
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh ended a hunger strike lasting over 160 days on Wednesday after Israel agreed to his release in October, his lawyer said. Awawdeh, 40, launched the…
Thai court suspends PM from duties pending term limit review
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s constitutional court on Wednesday suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha from official duties starting Aug 24 after it decided to hear a petition to review his legally mandated eight-year…
Colombia suspends ELN rebel arrest warrants, extradition orders to restart peace talks
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s new president said Saturday he was suspending arrest warrants and extradition requests for members of the left-wing guerrilla group the National Liberation Army (ELN) in an effort to…
Liberia suspends three officials accused by U.S. of corruption
MONROVIA – Liberia President George Weah on Tuesday suspended three government officials who were sanctioned by the United States for what it said was their ongoing involvement in public corruption. The sanctions…
Toyota suspends some Japan factory output over COVID outbreak
TOKYO – Toyota Motor Corp has suspended night shift operations at one production line of its Takaoka factory in central Japan because of a COVID-19 outbreak, the company said on Wednesday. The…
GM’s South Korea unit suspends production at two factories over procurement issues
SEOUL – General Motors Co’s South Korea unit has suspended production at its two factories in the country following a local supplier’s refusal to supply auto parts, an official at GM Korea…
Russian bank Tinkoff suspends outgoing FX SWIFT transfers until October
MOSCOW – Russian online bank Tinkoff on Wednesday said it was suspending outgoing SWIFT transfers in foreign currencies until Oct. 1 after admitting it had struggled with such transactions due to restrictions…
Twitter Suspends Jordan Peterson For ‘Misgendering’ Transgender Actor
Twitter Suspends Jordan Peterson For ‘Misgendering’ Transgender Actor Max Keating on June 30, 2022 Twitter suspended well-known clinical psychologist and author Jordan Peterson for “misgendering” actor Elliot Page on Wednesday. The tweet…
Babel Finance suspends withdrawals as crypto markets slump
(Reuters) – Hong Kong-based Babel Finance temporarily suspended the withdrawals and redemption of crypto assets on Friday, as the crypto lender scrambles to pay its clients after the recent slump in the…
Texas judge suspends governor’s order to investigate transgender procedures
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – A Texas judge on Friday blocked, at least for now, Governor Greg Abbott’s directive that child protective services investigate medical providers or parents over gender transition treatments…
‘Nut Job’: Major Bank Suspends Exec For Daring To Question Climate Alarmism
‘Nut Job’: Major Bank Suspends Exec For Daring To Question Climate Alarmism Thomas Catenacci on May 23, 2022 HSBC, one of the largest banks in the world, suspended a top executive after…
Aptiv Shanghai plant suspends some shipments after COVID cases – sources
SHANGHAI -Aptiv stopped shipping over the weekend some parts from a Shanghai plant that supplies Tesla Inc and General Motors Co after COVID-19 infections were found among its workers, two people familiar…
Zimbabwe suspends bank lending in bid to arrest currency decline
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s government on Saturday ordered banks to stop lending with immediate effect in a move Harare said was designed to stop speculation against the Zimbabwean dollar and was part of…
MLB suspends Trevor Bauer two seasons over sexual assault allegations
Major League Baseball suspended Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer a total of 324 games — effectively two full seasons — without pay on Friday for violating the league’s domestic violence policy.…
Russia suspends publication of import-export data to avoid ‘speculation’
(Reuters) – Russia’s customs service has decided to temporarily suspend publication of import and export data in order to exclude errors and “speculation”, the head of the service said on Thursday. The…
Warner Bros Discovery lays off CNN CFO, suspends marketing spend – Axios
(Reuters) – Warner Bros Discovery has suspended all external marketing spend for its recently launched streaming service CNN+ and laid off CNN’s finance chief Brad Ferrer, news website Axios reported https://www.axios.com/discovery-cnn-plus-marketing-layoffs-jobs-b088c03c-b202-4756-8f5f-e64ee77b5095.html on…
Russian central bank temporarily suspends publication of external debt data
(Reuters) – Russia’s central bank said on Tuesday that it had temporarily suspended the publication of external debt data. “Bank of Russia temporarily suspends publication of quarterly data on the Russian Federation’s…
Taiwan iPhone maker Pegatron suspends operations at two China plants
TAIPEI -Taiwan’s Pegatron Corp, which assembles iPhones for Apple Inc, said on Tuesday it had suspended operations at its Shanghai and Kunshan plants in China due to the government’s strict COVID-19 protocols.…
Nepal restricts imports to save cash, suspends cenbank governor
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU -Nepal is tightening imports of cars, gold and cosmetics as its foreign exchange reserves have fallen, a central bank official said on Monday, after the government suspended the…
UN General Assembly suspends Russia from human rights body
UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the Geneva-based Human Rights Council on Thursday with the U.S.-led push garnering 93 votes in favor, while 24 countries…
German chemical industry suspends pay talks due to war in Ukraine
FRANKFURT – Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industry on Tuesday agreed a lump sum payment for workers and put further collective wage bargaining on hold, citing uncertainty stemming from Russia’s attack on Ukraine.…
ExxonMobil suspends Russian Far East LNG project – Interfax
(Reuters) – ExxonMobil has suspended its liquefied natural gas project in Russia’s Far East, Interfax news agency quoted a Russian governor as saying on Monday, after the firm announced plans to quit…
Peru suspends some fuel taxes to fight price surge
SANTIAGO -Peru’s ministry of economy and finance announced on Sunday that it would suspend taxes on the country’s most consumed fuels to fight surging prices caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The measure…
Volkswagen suspends Shanghai production amid COVID lockdown
BERLIN/SHANGHAI -Volkswagen on Thursday said it would halt work at its factory in Shanghai between April 1-5, reversing an earlier plan to maintain some of its production, as the city extends a…
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