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My Top ETF to Buy for 2024 (and It’s Not Even Close)

When scanning the market for a top exchange-traded fund (ETF) to buy for the new year, choosing a beaten-down sector or theme is usually a great bet. In 2022, the consumer discretionary sector, tech, and communications suffered steep sell-offs. And with so many quality names in those sectors, they were good picks for 2023. But […]

Fire causes local bar to temporarily close

A fire in the basement of a Dayton bar caused it to temporarily close on Saturday. The fire was reported at Timothy’s Bar & Grill on Brown Street around 2:20 p.m. > Ohio judge suspended from office after 29 ethical violations;elm:context_link;itc:0″ class=”link “>>> Ohio judge suspended from office after 29 ethical violations District Chief Matt […]

Polish PM Tusk close to ending border trucking protests

Reuters reports that newly inaugurated Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on December 27th that the Polish government was getting closer to a deal to end the protests blocking trucking on several of the Ukraine-Poland border crossings. He expressed hope that the negotiations in Kyiv and Brussels will be resolved satisfactorily. Read also: Poland’s Tusk […]

Russia to deploy newest howitzers close to Finland’s border

(Reuters) – Russia will soon deploy its newest howitzers to its Northern Military District which borders Finland and Norway, the head of the Rostec state defence conglomerate said in remarks published on Wednesday. The testing of the new Coalition-SV self-propelled artillery units has been completed and their mass production has already started, Sergei Chemezov, the […]

Argos Ireland hit with €43m bill to close Irish business in 2023

The Irish arm of catalogue retailer, Argos has been hit with a €43.4 million cost arising from its decision earlier this year to shut down its store network here with the loss of 580 jobs. Last June, Argos shut down its Republic of Ireland operation after concluding the investment required to make its operation here […]

Fountain Square Christmas trees are grown close to home. Whereabouts?

The Enquirer’s Just Askin’ series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google. Every Cincinnatian has a story about the Fountain Square Christmas tree. Maybe it’s the first place you had your picture taken with Santa Claus as a youngster. A sweaty-palmed first date to the annual tree […]

Octopus DNA reveals collapse of Antarctic ice sheet is “close”

Scientists investigating how Antarctica’s ice sheets retreated in the deep past have turned to an innovative approach: studying the genes of octopuses that live in its chilly waters. A new analysis published Thursday in Science finds that geographically-isolated populations of the eight-limbed sea creatures mated freely around 125,000 years ago, signaling an ice-free corridor during […]

New Jersey banks extend deadline to close their $1.3 billion merger

Provident Financial Services and Lakeland Bancorp have agreed to extend their merger agreement through March 2024, stating in a press release that they “remained committed to the merger and to obtaining regulatory approvals.” Provident Financial Services and Lakeland Bancorp have agreed to extend their merger agreement through March 2024 to allow more time for regulatory […]

France to close Niger embassy after row with military junta

France is closing its embassy in Niger indefinitely as tensions between the two countries escalate. The embassy says it is “no longer able to function normally or fulfil its missions” due to restrictions imposed by Niger’s military government. Local embassy staff have also been dismissed, former French ambassador Sylvain Itté said in a letter. Niger’s […]