Higher rates trigger big retreat in global non-bank sector
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Multi-trillion dollar non-banking finance saw its first major retreat last year since the global financial crisis in 2009, with the shrinkage due to higher interest rates…
United Airlines CEO blames FAA as storms trigger more flight cancellations
(Reuters) – United Airlines Chief Executive Scott Kirby has blamed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after severe storms led to thousands of canceled flights in recent days. “I’m … frustrated that the…
Yellen warns US default could trigger recession, ‘break’ financial markets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday warned that a U.S. default on government debt would leave millions of Americans without income payments, potentially triggering a recession that destroys many…
Ivy League University Rejects Student Demands To Insert ‘Trigger Warnings’ Before Class Discussions
Ivy League University Rejects Student Demands To Insert ‘Trigger Warnings’ Before Class Discussions Alexa Schwerha on April 3, 2023 The Cornell University Student Assembly unanimously voted in March to approve a resolution…
St. Louis Man Admits to Pulling Trigger in Fatal East St. Louis Bank Robbery
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Jaylan D. Quinn, 23 of St. Louis, Missouri, pled guilty in a U.S. District Court on Wednesday to fatally shooting a security guard while robbing First Bank…
Brazil spending waiver may trigger record debt, crimp monetary policy
By Marcela Ayres and Bernardo Caram BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s incoming government effort to exempt nearly 200 billion reais ($37 billion) of spending from a constitutional budget cap could push public debt…
Ukraine’s sovereign debt freeze to trigger CDS payments
LONDON (Reuters) – A panel of investors on Friday determined Ukraine had triggered a restructuring event after a two-year sovereign debt freeze, and a default insurance known as Credit Default Swap (CDS)…
Explainer-Australia reviews gas export curb trigger as domestic shortfall looms
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE – Australia’s competition watchdog on Monday warned the country’s east coast faces a gas supply shortfall in 2023, prompting the government to consider whether to impose curbs on…
Judge Blocks Texas Trigger Law From Going Into Effect, Rules Abortions Can Proceed
Judge Blocks Texas Trigger Law From Going Into Effect, Rules Abortions Can Proceed Blake Mauro on June 28, 2022 A Texas county judge sided with abortion providers and temporarily blocked the enforcement…
China’s lending policy could trigger new debt crisis – Germany’s Scholz
BERLIN – A lack of transparency in China’s lending poses a threat to developing and emerging countries and could trigger a new debt crisis, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday. “It…
Analysis-Barely visible wage growth already a trigger for ECB
By Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT – Wage growth in Europe is still barely visible but underlying pressures are intense and the European Central Bank may already have left it too late to stop…
Heavy rains in Australia trigger fresh round of flood evacuations
SYDNEY -Heavy rains drenched east Australia on Tuesday, triggering evacuation orders for thousands of flood-weary residents for the second time this month as authorities warned the intense weather is likely to persist…
Will A Vaccine Mandate Trigger The Great Resignation?
President Joe Biden’s wide-ranging vaccine mandate will affect tens of millions of U.S. workers, but experts, labor unions and business groups are divided on what impact the rule will have. While experts…
10 Movies That Would Trigger Protests if Released in 2022
Times have changed over the decades as America and the world becomes more culturaly aware, in tune and yes, hypersensitive. What was viewed as good-natured comedy in the 1970s, 1980s and even…
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