By Gram Slattery, Nathan Layne and James Oliphant MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Donald Trump didn’t just want to win in New Hampshire, he wanted to beat Nikki Haley so badly that his sole rival for the Republican presidential nomination would drop out before the next competitive contest in South Carolina a month away. The […]
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand hopes to start producing lithium from a mine in its southwest in about two years, boosting its ambitions to become a regional electric vehicle (EV) production hub, according to government and company officials involved in the project. The silvery-white element is a key metal for […]
British pub group J D Wetherspoon reported on Wednesday higher sales in the last 25 weeks, lifted by strong demand for its drinks and food during the festive season. The group, which owns and operates pubs across Ireland and the UK, reported a 10.1 per cent growth in like-for-like sales for the 25-week period ended […]
Western Pennsylvania Girl Scouts are part of a citizen science research project connected to the April 8 solar eclipse. Scouts had to apply to be Eclipse Investigators and part of the project that includes training on how to use a telescope and camera to track the movement of the sun while capturing images of it. […]
There were a number of fatalities following a charter plane crash in Canada’s Northwest Territories, according to a coroner’s service. There was no word yet on how many people were on board the plane, a British Aerospace Jetstream registered to Northwestern Air Lease, according to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada. Next of kin are […]
The Latin American economy stumbled in 2023, but World Bank economists expect growth to accelerate in 2024 and 2025 as inflation moderates and interest rates fall. That should be a catalyst to business and consumer spending across the region, and few companies are better positioned to benefit than MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI). Another favorable tailwind is […]
U.S. Rep. Mark Alford, R-Missouri District 3, wanted to learn about regulations impacting small business development. What he learned Tuesday from area business leaders was not specific regulations related to small business, but adjacent issues with business and workforce impacts. Alford met with Eric Morrison, president of Sundvold Financial and chair of the Columbia Chamber […]
Image source: The Motley Fool. Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG)Q4 2023 Earnings CallJan 23, 2024, 4:30 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Thank you, everyone, for standing by. Welcome to the Intuitive fourth-quarter 2023 earnings call. At this time, all participants on a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct […]
An Oklahoma state lawmaker is proposing a bill that not only prohibits the production or dissemination of “unlawful” pornography, but also punishes those who watch media depicting sexual intercourse with fines. State Sen. Dusty Deevers, R-Elgin, introduced an Act into the state legislature that, if approved, would prohibit Oklahomans from producing or disseminating “unlawful” pornographic […]
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – A strong U.S. economy and pushback from central bank officials is leading some investors to rethink their bets on how quickly the Federal Reserve will cut rates this year, a shift that is rippling through Treasury and foreign exchange markets even as stocks sit near record highs. […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) – The Republican presidential field started with a handful of candidates. After the Iowa caucuses, Florida Gov. Ron Desantis and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy dropped out of the race leaving two candidates vying to be the party’s nominee: former President Donald Trump and former South Carolina Gov. and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. […]
Israeli forces are battling Palestinian militants near the main hospital in Gaza’s second-largest city of Khan Younis, where medics said hundreds of patients and thousands of displaced people are unable to leave because of the fighting. Israel has ordered residents to leave a large area of Khan Younis that includes Nasser Hospital and two smaller […]