New Jersey Child Care Commissioner Faces Tough Questions During Budget Hearing
TRENTON, N.J. – Department of Children and Families Commissioner Christine Norbut Beyer found herself unable to provide insights into the workforce needs of child care centers, the decline in community-based centers seeking…
Dr Martens tripped up by tough U.S. market
By Eva Mathews and Helen Reid (Reuters) -Dr Martens shares dropped more than 10% on Thursday after the British bootmaker warned investments would hit profit margins this financial year and the consumer…
Ukraine farms lose workers to war, complicating a tough harvest
By Elizabeth Piper and Pavel Polityuk KYSHCHENTSI, Ukraine (Reuters) – Dutchman Kees Huizinga has faced many challenges in the two decades he has spent as a farmer in Ukraine. Russia’s invasion has…
Inflation is a tough beast says German finance minister
BERLIN (Reuters) – Inflation is a risk for financial stability and central banks must take this into consideration, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Monday. “Inflation is a tough beast,” said…
KB Home expects Q2 net orders to fall amid tough year-ago comparisons
(Reuters) – U.S. homebuilder KB Home said on Wednesday net orders in the first two-and-a-half weeks of the ongoing second quarter fell 24% from last year, issuing a rare mid-quarter update due…
Instant View: Powell talks tough again, but says no call made on stepping up hikes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday reaffirmed his message of higher and potentially faster interest rate hikes, but emphasized that debate was still underway and a decision…
Factbox-JetBlue-Spirit deal flies into Biden administration’s tough scrutiny
(Reuters) – The $3.8 billion merger between JetBlue Airways Corp and Spirit Airlines Inc is in the crosshairs of the U.S. Justice Department, making it the latest major deal to attract tough…
Marine mammal rescue center says increase in whale deaths taxing staff
SEASIDE PARK, NJ – The Marine Mammal Stranding Center said on Wednesday that the volume of whales and dolphins being found dead at the Jersey Shore since December has been “taxing:” for…
‘Superman’s Not Coming’: Ohioans Brace For Tough Road Ahead After Toxic Train Derailment
‘Superman’s Not Coming’: Ohioans Brace For Tough Road Ahead After Toxic Train Derailment Alexa Schwerha on February 24, 2023 Prominent environmentalist Erin Brockovich hosted a town hall Friday evening in East Palestine,…
Analysis-Turkey’s quake response could shape tough election for Erdogan
By Orhan Coskun and Birsen Altayli ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s deadliest earthquake in a generation has handed President Tayyip Erdogan a huge rescue and reconstruction challenge which will overshadow the run-up to…
South Korea braces for tough H1, promises support for exports, investment
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s finance minister said on Friday the country’s exports and investment would be weak at least through the first half of the year and that the government would…
Dutch, Japanese curbs on chip equipment to China may not be tough enough -industry group
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – A chip industry group is warning that if U.S. allies do not adopt curbs on semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China that are comparable to U.S. controls, they…
Troubleshooter Chris Hipkins faces a tough road as New Zealand PM
By Lucy Craymer and Alasdair Pal WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Chris Hipkins, set to become New Zealand’s prime minister, built a reputation for competence in tackling COVID-19, though he acknowledges some mistakes in…
Column-Fed hangs tough as wage growth gets real again: Mike Dolan
By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) – If markets are wondering why the Federal Reserve just won’t play ball with their ‘peak interest rate’ pricing, the answer probably lies in the resumption of…
Fed will face tough choices the longer debt ceiling impasse persists -analysts
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – The standoff over the U.S. government’s borrowing limit is unlikely for now to crimp the Federal Reserve’s plans for higher interest rates and to…
Citigroup hikes pay for junior bankers despite tough year – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – Citigroup Inc is boosting compensation for most of its junior bankers by as much as 15%, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, highlighting the talent war on Wall Street even amid…
U.S. finalizes tough new emissions rules to cut smog from heavy-duty trucks
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday finalized new emissions standards to drastically cut smog- and soot-forming emissions from heavy-duty trucks, the first of a series…
Marketmind: Hanging tough
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. As the world’s major central banks turned the interest rate screw this week and insisted on more tightening…
India’s textile industry faces tough times as consumers cut spending
By Manoj Kumar and Rajendra Jadhav NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s $200 billion textile and apparel industry is facing a crisis as consumers in the United States, Europe and other big markets…
Berkeley holds back investments amid tough housing climate
By Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) – Berkeley Group said it would hold off land purchases in the near term to conserve cash as the high-end homebuilder grapples with a fall in bookings…
New Zealand well-placed to weather tough 2023 – finance minister
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -New Zealand Finance Minister Grant Robertson said the world economy faced a “year of reckoning” in 2023 but the small island nation is well-placed to fend off…
Taiwan Oct export orders down more than expected; outlook tough
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s export orders contracted more severely than expected in October on weak consumer demand hit by inflation and interest rate hikes, with the government warning that China’s insistence on…
Oregon Democrat Kotek wins tough three-way race for state governor
By Daniel Trotta and Julia Harte (Reuters) – Democrat Tina Kotek won a tough three-way race to become the next governor of Oregon, the Associated Press projected on Thursday, enabling Democrats to…
Roku dives as tough ad market drives downbeat forecasts
(Reuters) -Roku Inc shares dropped 14% to a more than three-year low on Thursday following downbeat forecasts a day earlier, as the streaming tech provider suffers from a collapse in advertising dollars.…
Democratic AGs Face Tough Races As The GOP Challenges Them On Police Reform
Democratic AGs Face Tough Races As The GOP Challenges Them On Police Reform Arjun Singh on November 2, 2022 Democratic state attorneys general are facing stiff challenges from GOP candidates across the…
Swedish economy heading for ‘tough winter’, new finance minister says
By Johan Ahlander and Anna Ringstrom STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -The Swedish economy is heading into a recession next year, driven by rampant inflation and the war in Ukraine, the country’s new finance minister…
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