The results from the nation's second-largest lender offer the latest example of how even the biggest banks are increasingly challenged by high interest rates.
Few of Hamas’s senior leaders have been harmed but its ability to govern is reduced and thousands of fighters are deadSix months after the surprise attacks it launched into Israel, triggering the Gaza conflict, Hamas is weakened and divided but far from defeated, experts, officials and sources close to the militant Islamist organisation say.Hamas remains in de facto control of swaths of Gaza, including the parts where much of the territory’s population is now concentrated, and has re-established...
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Gina Raimondo, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, says any lawmaker or CEO who says childcare is social policy is wrong. It's the foundation for a strong economy.
The governor is trying to change the provision of the Open Meeting Law that requires cities and towns to provide remote access to public meetings, but one elected Haverhill official thinks the plan is shortsighted. Haverhill City Councilor John A. Michitson told his colleagues Tuesday night the state should leave the pandemic-era policy alone. “She […] The post Haverhill’s Michitson Calls on State Not to Weaken Rules Requiring Remote Access to Public Meetings first appeared on WHAV.
The World Bank has said that the lower-than-average growth in Nigeria will hold back the sub-region’s economic performance. The Washington-based lender in a report on the economic outlook of Western and Central Africa stated that activities in the region were set to increase from 3.2 per cent in 2023 to 3.7 per cent in 2024 Read More
Yuan Weakens After 'Unbalanced' Chinese Economy Sees GDP Beat In Q1 But Domestic Consumption, Production Disappoint China’s economic growth beat expectations in Q1, rising +5.3% YoY - considerably stronger than the +4.8% consensus, and inching ahead of Q4's +5.2% YoY growth. Source: Bloomberg Notably, that this is the first time the market compares two periods of economic growth without China'z Zero-COVID policy's impact, and overall, as we detail below, economic activity data...
The House of Lords snubbed ministerial calls to back down and insisted by 245 votes to 208, majority 37, on a requirement that the east African country cannot be treated as safe.