SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -China left its lending benchmarks unchanged on Thursday, after the central bank stood pat on a key policy rate earlier this week even as signs of a faltering…
(Reuters) – U.S. financial regulators should take steps to ensure banks can withstand further interest-rate hikes should the Federal Reserve need to deliver them to fight entrenched inflation, Minneapolis Fed…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. Asian markets on Monday kick off what looks like a…
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve officials for months have been counting on slower-rising U.S. housing prices to help in their efforts to control inflation, and there are…
PARIS (Reuters) – France confirmed its aim to launch a vaccination programme against bird flu in the autumn after results from a series of tests on the vaccination of ducks…
By Katie Paul and Sheila Dang NEW YORK (Reuters) – Social media giant Meta Platforms Inc joined the generative AI product race on Thursday, saying it would begin testing artificial…
Bill To Ban ‘Political Loyalty Tests’ At Colleges Heads To DeSantis’ Desk Alexa Schwerha on May 3, 2023 A bill that will prohibit colleges and universities from requiring students to…
‘Dangerous Trend’: Medical Schools Are Ditching Standardized Tests In The Name Of ‘Diversity’ Alexa Schwerha on April 22, 2023 Medical schools are continuing to drop Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) requirements…
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – No contamination was found in samples of eye drops made by India’s Global Pharma Healthcare, a product linked to three deaths and blindness in some patients…
SEASIDE PARK, NJ – A deceased humpback whale that washed ashore on the beach in Seaside Heights on Thursday was buried under the sand at the beach by borough workers,…
By Valerie Volcovici and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ajay Banga, U.S. President Joe Biden’s pick to run the World Bank, will face a tough slate of issues around the…
Law Schools May Ditch Standardized Tests To Boost Diversity, But Students Aren’t Sold Alexa Schwerha on February 21, 2023 The American Bar Association is attempting to pass a proposal that…
‘Ideological Purity Tests’: University Department Docks Applicants Who Don’t Commit To Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Alexa Schwerha on February 7, 2023 Texas Tech University’s biology department considers applicants’ diversity statements when evaluating potential…
By Layli Foroudi and Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – French railway worker Franck Viger-Brunet says he and his comrades have to count carefully the costs of going on strike to…
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – European Union banking regulators on Tuesday launched a stress test to check how banks could cope with a long period of high inflation and…
By Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday and is experiencing mild symptoms from the virus, the U.S. central bank said in…
BRIGANTINE, NJ – Officials from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center took the opportunity to investigate a beached dead whale in Brigantine during a period of low tide Friday afternoon. Unable…
ATLANTA –Aarti D. Pandya, M.D. and Aarti D. Pandya, M.D. P.C. (“Pandya Practice Group”) have agreed to pay approximately $1,850,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act…
By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Southeast Asia’s tourist economies are set to be leading beneficiaries of China’s scrapping of travel bans as they have steered clear of the COVID-19…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be absent from a series of New Year events to be held by Japanese…
Biden Admin To Mandate COVID Tests For Travelers From China Micaela Burrow on December 28, 2022 The Biden administration announced new restrictions on inbound travelers from China Wednesday. Starting Jan.…
By Alexander Marrow and Olga Popova MOSCOW (Reuters) – Corporate Russia is watching closely this week as electric scooter firm Whoosh braves Russian economic isolation with Moscow’s first IPO since…
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – Europe’s first cold spell heading into the depths of winter is testing the resolve of countries to continue limiting gas use after they comfortably…
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Climate-related stress tests for banks need to better capture the indirect fallout of climate change on lenders and the wider global economy, the G20’s…
By Riham Alkousaa and Eduardo Baptista BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives in China on a one-day trip on Friday, becoming the first G7 leader to visit since…