UK trade updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about UK trade news. The UK aims to wrap up negotiations to join the trans-Pacific trade group by the end of 2022 and hopes that the US can be persuaded to rejoin the bloc, according to the international trade secretary. […]
Consumer spending increases 0.3% in July; June revised up Personal income jumps 1.1%; saving rate rises to 9.6% Core PCE price index climbs 0.3%; up 3.6% year-on-year Goods trade deficit narrows 6.2%; inventories increase WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending slowed in July as a decline in motor vehicle purchases due to shortages […]
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – A downtown Youngstown bar that officials say has been the source of a lot of trouble has been closed, at least for the time being. Crews boarded up the windows and doors of The Social Friday after a judge granted a temporary restraining order. The bar is located on the ground […]
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Topeka Metro has been honored as a bicycle-friendly business for its commitment to creating a Bicycle Friendly America. The League of American Bicyclists says on Thursday, it honored Topeka Metro with a Silver Bicycle Friendly Business award. The award earns Topeka Metro a spot alongside over 1,400 businesses throughout the nation […]
On Aug. 26 at around 8:59pm Winston Salem Police Officers were dispatched to the Dollar General at 2981 South Main Street on a reported Armed Robbery. Preliminary investigation indicates that the suspect entered the store and took some merchandise to the store employee. Once at the cash register the suspect placed the merchandise on the […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew at a robust 6.6% annual rate last quarter, slightly faster than previously estimated, the government said Thursday in a report that pointed to a sustained consumer-led rebound from the pandemic recession. But worries are growing that the delta variant of the coronavirus is beginning to cause a slowdown. The […]
A local alliance of business, organized labor and civic leaders is adamantly opposed to Pennsylvania joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Pittsburgh Works Together said in a statement this week that “joining RGGI will not decrease carbon emissions in any meaningful way, market trends alone will account for the vast majority of anticipated health benefits, […]
Aug 28th 2021 Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy. By Adam Tooze. Viking; 368 pages; $28. Allen Lane; £25 THE COVID-19 pandemic may be the starkest example of globalisation that history has ever provided. It was not just that the virus spread rapidly round the world. As governments reacted by imposing shutdowns, almost 95% […]
A statewide mask mandate will be reinstated on Monday, according to Gov. J.B. Pritzker. This time, both unvaccinated and vaccinated Illinoisans will be required to wear a mask indoors. Like the first mask mandate during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, not everyone is on board with the mitigations. Some are boycotting businesses that follow […]
