Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gives the outline of a new stimulus package his government will compile next week to reflate a flagging economy. At $265 billion, it's bigger than expected and could put pressure on the Bank of Japan for further monetary easing. David Pollard reports.
Thousands of workers at a big Mercedes-Benz factory near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will vote next month on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union. The National Labor Relations Board said Thursday that the vote will take place from May 13 to May 17 at the facilities in Vance and Woodstock, Alabama. The vote will be the second in the union's drive to organize 150,000 workers at more than a dozen nonunion auto manufacturing plants largely in Southern states.
U.S. electrical systems are not expanding fast enough to meet rapidly growing power needs of technology like Generative AI, prompting data center businesses to sometimes bypass utilities, executives said at an energy conference this week. Layers of regulations, citing and permitting processes, and frequent legal fights brought by environmental and community groups, have slowed new power projects from connecting to the grid, and posed a threat to profits by traditional power companies like regulated electric utilities. "Regulation and permitting within the United States is abysmal," Brad Stansberry, who leads the financial management practice for the power and utility industry at services firm KPMG, said at the AI: Powering the New Energy Era summit in Washington on Wednesday.
A Polish citizen has been arrested in Poland and charged with plans to cooperate with Russian foreign intelligence services in preparation for a possible attempt to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, prosecutors said on Thursday. A hub for Western military supplies to Ukraine, Poland says it has become a major target of Russian spies, accusing Moscow and its ally Belarus of trying to destabilise it. "The findings of the investigation show that the suspect Pawel K. declared his readiness to act for the military intelligence of the Russian Federation," the Polish prosecution said in a statement.
AFP via Getty Images A Russian military court convened on Thursday to rage against the press secretary of Facebook’s parent company over a tweet posted more than two years ago.Andy Stone, the press secretary of Meta, was not present in the Moscow District Military Court. Andy Stone will probably never be present in a Russian court.But that did not stop a high-profile prosecutor from trying to call up a witness to make the Kremlin’s case that Stone is guilty of “justifying terrorism” for announci
Squatters at Chef Gordon Ramsay's London pub have vacated the property after being served legal papers.
Forde, April 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CANBERRA, Australia — EarlyBirds, a leading Australian innovation intelligence platform, is proud to announce that it has successfully achieved ISO 27001 certification. This internationally recognized standard affirms EarlyBirds' commitment to the highest levels of information security management. The certification process involved a rigorous assessment of EarlyBirds' systems and processes, ensuring they meet the strict criteria set by the International
Chefs’ newest nemesis are squatters. From the middle of last week, Gordon Ramsay’s Camden pub, the York & Albany, was occupied by a group of them, who took to Instagram with plans to open a community café “for victims of gentrification”. Ramsay put paid to all that on Tuesday, obtaining a claim for possession from the courts.
Victims were reportedly two schoolgirls, aged six and 11
While Deshaun Watson's rehab from right shoulder surgery is on a conservative track, the Cleveland Browns are expecting the quarterback to be ready for their season opener. “We feel really good about it,” general manager Andrew Berry said Thursday at his annual pre-draft news conference. Watson suffered a fracture to the glenoid bone in his throwing shoulder and had his second season with Cleveland end after just six starts.
Congresswoman Omar had previously expressed her support for the protests at Columbia
An exclusive poll by Ipsos for The Standard has revealed Rishi Sunak’s rating as Prime Minister has slumped to the worst ever for a leader of a major party. 23 per cent believe Mr Sunak should go to the country in the autumn, September or October.
Hedge fund Elliott Investment Management is weighing a bid for shares in the parent of oil refiner Citgo Petroleum under a U.S. court-ordered auction, while a group of creditors represented by Centerview Partners aims to lure ConocoPhillips to join another offer, five people close to the matter said. Investment banker Centerview has been retained to craft a potential bid on behalf of investors and creditors pursuing Venezuela's foreign assets in federal court in Delaware to recoup claims for expropriations and debt defaults, three of the people said. The Centerview group wants oil producer ConocoPhillips, which holds the largest claims in the court case, to join its effort ahead of the final bidding round, which closes in June.
“[A wedding] is just something I never thought about and now it has a bit of a different meaning to me,” Song shared in an interview with Brides
Mark Menzies is accused of using thousands of pounds of party funds to payoff people who had locked him in a flat, but he disputes the allegations. Labour said the Tories were a party of “stagnation, scandal and sleaze”
Nvidia (NVDA) has been the talk of Wall Street for a couple of months as the company helped lead the S&P 500 (^GSPC) to record numbers and amazed investors with its semiconductor innovations. With so much going on with the company, it can be hard for new investors to keep track. Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley joins Wealth! to break down everything investors need to know about Nvidia but are too afraid to ask. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Wealth! This post was written by Nicholas Jacobino
The Spice Girls alum is enjoying some fun in the sun for her milestone birthday alongside her husband David and their famous friend group
The venue will provide a bigger capacity than their current 4,200-seat home.
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