PHILADELPHIA, June 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Republic First Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRBK), the parent company of Republic Bank, continued to demonstrate its support for the communities it serves as Chairman and CEO Vernon W. Hill II shared lessons from his business career with LEAP Academy University Charter School students. Mr. Hill’s interactive presentation given […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a solid 6.4% rate in the first three months of this year, setting the stage for what economists are forecasting could be the strongest year for the economy in possibly seven decades. The Commerce Department said Thursday that growth in the gross domestic product, the country’s total […]
Sentiment hits highest since Nov. 2018 Current conditions improve, firms more upbeat about H2 Bounce-back from lockdown drives surge in retail conditions But economists worry about coronavirus Delta variant BERLIN, June 24 (Reuters) – German business morale rose by more than expected in June and hit its highest level since November 2018 on companies’ surging […]
June 24 (Reuters) – Temasek-backed Singapore conglomerate Keppel Corp (KPLM.SI) and Sembcorp Marine (SCMN.SI) are set to begin talks to explore combining their ailing offshore and marine (O&M) businesses, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. A potential deal would bring together one of the world’s largestoffshore oil rig builders with smaller rival […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – Memphis Police responded to a business robbery around 12 a.m. on Wednesday. The suspect is a black male with a long goatee that was wearing a black hat, a black shirt, black pants and black shoes. According to Memphis Police he approached the janitor in the parking lot before forcing him […]
The Waco Mammoth National Monument is open, though guests are on their own when it comes to touring the site. Guided walks accompanied by guides remain a casualty of the pandemic. Support Local Journalism Your subscription makes our reporting possible. {{featured_button_text}} Fossil specimens showcased there represent a nursery herd of Columbian mammoths believed to have […]
The outbound Stevenson Expressway was briefly shut down by police Wednesday afternoon following a shooting in a Brighton Park business. Two people were arrested in connection with the shooting, which happened shortly after noon in a business in the 3400 block of South California Avenue, according to Chicago police. A 33-year-old man was shot in […]
Dollar bears may still be reeling after the currency popped higher in the wake of last week’s surprise shift in interest rate forecasts by Federal Reserve policy makers. But they shouldn’t give up on prospects for a weaker dollar over the longer term given underlying fundamentals, according to a Goldman Sachs strategist. The dollar soared […]
Jun 26th 2021 IF IT EVER was Shanghai’s tallest building, the 40-metre-high headquarters of the North China Daily News did not remain so for long. Skyscrapers became fashionable before the Communists took over in 1949 and turned China into a world leader for them. In 2015 the tallest building in China (and second-highest in the […]
WASHINGTON – History seems to have a way of placing current U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and one of her predecessors, Lawrence Summers, on opposite sides of major policy battles. Right now, the two celebrated economists are facing off in an argument about whether government spending coupled with near-zero interest rates are creating the danger […]
