Cash thief targets same Bronx business twice in overnight break-ins
Bronx, NY – A determined burglar struck the same East Tremont Avenue business twice in less than a month — smashing through a rear door both times and fleeing with hundreds in…
Boohoo targets ‘step-change’ in U.S. fortunes with new warehouse
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – Struggling British online fashion retailer Boohoo said this year’s opening of a first distribution centre in the United States has the potential to transform its fortunes…
Japan’s Subaru sets out targets for EV push over five years
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese automaker Subaru Corp laid out targets for selling and making battery electric vehicles (EVs) on Thursday, aiming for global sales of 200,000 units a year by around 2026…
Singapore’s Keppel to drop conglomerate structure, targets $150 billion AUM by 2030
(Reuters) -Singapore’s Keppel Corp on Wednesday announced a major corporate restructuring, doing away with its conglomerate form and divide itself into three distinct units, in a bid to simplify and further grow…
Tucker Carlson re-emerges, targets US media and political system
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – Former Fox News star Tucker Carlson surfaced publicly on Wednesday for the first time since abruptly leaving the network this week, releasing a videotaped statement in which…
After existential crisis, Primark broadens ranges and targets U.S
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – In April 2020, budget fashion chain Primark was on its knees, unable to sell hundreds of millions of pounds of stock with its entire store network…
Philippines sticks to its 5-year GDP growth targets on economic momentum
By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Monday maintained its economic growth targets over the next five years, citing momentum from increased domestic demand and better labour conditions that…
Factbox-Industry targets of U.S. Republicans’ anti-ESG efforts
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Republican federal and state lawmakers, governors, and attorneys general are pushing back on growing efforts by investors and executives to include environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors…
Shooter Targets 46-Year-Old Pedestrian on Baltimore Street
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – A shooting in Northeast Baltimore left a 46-year-old man injured Saturday evening. Just after 7 pm, police arrived at the 5400 Block of Belair Road to investigate a shooting.…
Argentina looks to ease economic targets in IMF loan program, source says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Argentina is considering how to persuade the International Monetary Fund to further ease the economic targets embedded in the country’s $44 billion IMF loan program, a source said,…
Japan’s MUFG sets emissions targets for real estate, shipping, steel
By David Dolan and Simon Jessop TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group on Tuesday laid out emissions-cutting targets for lending to the real estate, steel and shipping sectors, and said…
Exclusive-Boeing targets 2025 for return to pre-crisis 737 MAX production rates -sources
By Valerie Insinna WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing Co intends to restore production of its bestselling 737 MAX jet to its 2019 rate of 52 a month by January 2025 as it seeks…
Serial Thief Targets Multiple T-Mobile Stores Across New York City
NEW YORK CITY – The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying an individual involved in a string of grand larcenies across multiple T-Mobile stores within the…
Italy set to confirm deficit targets for this year and next -sources
By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italy is likely to confirm its budget deficit targets for this year and next, people familiar with the matter said, as the Treasury aims for tighter…
Brazil targets Asian e-commerce giants, local companies in tax push
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil will soon unveil tax measures, including a crackdown targeting Asian e-commerce giants and curbs on some company tax benefits, as it looks to raise more than 100 billion…
Indian states likely to fall short of spending targets, posing growth risk – economists
By Ira Dugal MUMBAI (Reuters) – Twelve large Indian states, which have released their local budgets over the past few weeks and forecast aggressive spending growth in 2023-24, are likely to fall…
Shanghai targets 5% growth in property investment in 2023
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s financial hub Shanghai has a goal of 5% growth in property investment in 2023, the city’s house management bureau said on Friday, after investment in the city’s property…
Pentagon Officials Deny They Have ‘Diversity’ Targets, But Their Own Documents Tell A Different Story
Pentagon Officials Deny They Have ‘Diversity’ Targets, But Their Own Documents Tell A Different Story Micaela Burrow on March 22, 2023 Military officials told lawmakers the services do not entertain diversity quotas…
U.S. sanctions China-based network accused of supplying Iran drone maker
By Daphne Psaledakis and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on a China-based network over accusations it has shipped aerospace parts to an Iranian company involved in…
Vodafone targets some 1,000 jobs cuts in Italy – union officials
By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) -Vodafone is looking to cut about 1,000 jobs in Italy as part of a larger cost saving plan the telecoms giant is pursuing to revamp its operations,…
Argentina, IMF discussing export-linked reserve targets -govt source
By Jorge Otaola BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are zeroing in on an agreement for more flexible currency reserves targets this year dependant on the South…
Michigan AG Says She Was One Of The Jewish Targets On Hit List
Michigan AG Says She Was One Of The Jewish Targets On Hit List Kate Anderson on March 2, 2023 Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel revealed on Twitter Thursday that she was one…
Ex-BOJ gov Shirakawa urges re-examination of monetary framework, inflation targets
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Former Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Masaaki Shirakawa called on policymakers to reconsider central banks’ monetary framework based on inflation targets, given their limits that became…
Telefonica hits earnings targets, forecasts steady growth
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Telefonica forecast steady revenue and earnings growth for 2023, sending the telecom firm’s shares higher on Thursday after it posted on-target numbers for last year. Telefonica said it…
Fani Willis, the ‘pit bull’ prosecutor eyeing Trump, now has new targets
By Andrew Goudsward and Tom Hals WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor leading the criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat, is also…
Brazil monetary council will not discuss inflation targets -minister
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Tuesday that the National Monetary Council, the government’s top economic policy body, will not discuss changing inflation targets at its monthly meeting…
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