International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva makes remarks during a closing news conference for the International Monetary Finance Committee, during the IMF and World Bank’s 2019 Annual Meetings of finance ministers and bank governors, in Washington, U.S., October 19, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Theiler WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Data-rigging allegations against International Monetary Fund […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a policy speech at the second-day sitting of the 5th Session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo released on September 30, 2021 by North Korea’s Korean […]
Industry groups accused Beacon Hill lawmakers of “not grasping” the scope of the unemployment hit on business owners, noting as at least 30 states have already moved to relieve the debt racked up amid the pandemic. “The state is looking to businesses to lead the recovery from the pandemic and they can’t do that if […]
FILE PHOTO: A construction worker climbs above a line of fencing at the site of a large public infrastructure reconstruction project of an elevated roadway and bridges in upper Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs cut its U.S. economic growth target to 5.6% for […]
The U.S. economy is facing a new threat: rising energy prices. Crude oil has risen 64% this year to a seven-year high. Natural-gas prices have roughly doubled over the past six months to a seven-year high. Heating oil has risen 68% this year. Prices at the pump are up nearly a dollar over the past […]
Lewisburg, Pa. – Dan MacArthur, “The Cookie Dude,” wonders if someone should pinch him to wake him up from a dream. That dream, owning a brick-and-mortar bakery, came true last month when he opened his shop, The Cookie Dude, at 335 Market Street in downtown Lewisburg. “This is everything I’ve ever dreamed of as far […]
The rise in violent crime in Chicago has boiled over, drawing concern from business leaders and leading to political infighting among those charged with keeping the city safe. “We were in the midst of a post-pandemic recovery downtown and starting to see shoppers return, and office vacancies were finally starting to go down and right […]
Sandro’s Pizzeria & Italian Restaurant recently opened in the Christiansburg Marketplace. … Read more…
A US dollar bill. Credit: Tris-T7 / CC BY 4.0 As the U.S. dollar is entering the crypto age, the U.S. government is considering the tremendous change the digital dollar would bring. According to a Bloomberg report, the guidance will come through three pending reports related to public and private efforts to digitize the world’s […]
After being closely aligned for decades, it appears that Republicans and top business lobbying groups are having a very public falling-out over conservative lawmakers’ lack of support for a bipartisan infrastructure deal currently languishing in Congress. According to digital politics site The Hill, every major business group in Washington, D.C. — including Business Roundtable and the National […]
