By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine central bank needs more data to be convinced that the downward trend in inflation will hold before it considers policy…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economy has stabilised and continues an upward trend currently, and the country will strengthen the implementation of economic support policies, state media quoted Premier Li Keqiang as saying…
(Reuters) – Britain’s business minister Kwasi Kwarteng believes Liz Truss will make it her aim to get to 2.5% trend growth, if appointed as the prime minister, he wrote in Financial Times…
Bucking The Trend, One Small African Region Is Taking Sides With Taiwan Micaela Burrow on August 12, 2022 As China’s economic ties to Africa entrench further, one small, semi-autonomous African region is…
DUBLIN – Growth in Ireland’s services sector accelerated for the first time in four months in July, a survey showed on Thursday, bucking the deteriorating trend seen across the euro zone as…
By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – Abortions performed in the United States increased by 8% during the three years ending in 2020, reversing a 30-year trend of declining numbers, according to data released…
ANKARA – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that inflation figures from the month of May, when annual consumer prices jumped to a 24-year high, showed inflation was now on a…
By Dan Burns DAVOS, Switzerland – International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Wednesday said she worries less about the risk that the war in Ukraine and a further slowdown in…
Fourth annual Drizly Consumer Trend Report paints picture of emerging Gen Z imbibers – interested in red wine, willing to pay for premium; “just because” alcohol gifting on a potential upswing; home…
By Julie Gordon and Nichola Saminather TORONTO – Toronto home prices are falling, but not everywhere. The median home price in the greater Toronto area has slipped 8.9% in the last two…
(Corrects currency in 5th graf, no other changes.) ZURICH – The Swiss National Bank will likely hold fast to the world’s lowest interest rate when it gives its latest monetary policy update…
By Tom Sims, Carolyn Cohn and Jesús Aguado LONDON – Deutsche Bank said it was not withdrawing completely from Russia, drawing anger from investors and contrasting with Wall Street banks which are…
ANNAPOLIS, MD – The number of hospitalizations and serious cases of COVID-19 are dwindling each day. According to Governor Larry Hogan, there are just 400 COVID-19 related hospitalizations in the state of…
By Ross Kerber – The Teamsters union wants four large U.S. retailers to investigate if companies in their supply chains are underpaying workers, hoping the retailers will use their leverage with vendors…
WASHINGTON, DC – Patrick Yoes, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, called out White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki for mocking and belittling Americans’ concerns about the nation’s skyrocketing crime rates…
When aging pop musicians Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, once considered anti-government rebels began towing the government line and becoming part of the machine, the 60s rockers made headlines in 2022. That’s…
Last year marked the sixth-warmest year on record, but it was colder than both 2019 and 2020, according to two independent federal reports. The average surface temperature worldwide, measured via land stations…
Shreveport, LA (–) Southern Classic Chicken, a Louisiana-based fried chicken franchise, remains a trendsetter in the restaurant industry. While many restaurants chains nationwide are adapting to off-premise dining, with walk-up windows and…