Washington hop growers are dramatically curtailing production amid a crushing glut and chilling demand for both craft and commercial beer. In the language of the hop industry, growers “strung” about 33,000 acres in 2024. That was a 15% drop from the year before, which was already reduced by 10%, according to figures released this month […]
PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron is addressing French voters Wednesday for the first time since he called for a snap national election following a crushing defeat of his party by the far-right in the European vote. Macron is expected to explain his shocking decision to dissolve the National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament, […]
Canary Wharf and the City With over 50 countries and more than half of the world’s population going to the polls in 2024 it’s entirely understandable that worries about the proliferation of disinformation tend to focus on threats to elections and attempts to undermine democracy. But it is, as most politicians will tell you, pretty […]
Outside of Nvidia NVDA, two companies that impressively exceeded their quarterly earnings expectations this week and continued the incredible rally in their stocks are Deckers Outdoor DECK and Macro Bank BMA. The substantial increase on their bottom lines is reason to believe earnings estimate revisions could trend higher for Deckers Outdoor and Macro Bank in the […]
Targa Resources (NYSE: TRGP) tends to get easily overlooked. Pipeline behemoths Energy Transfer and Enterprise Products Partners overshadow it in the midstream industry. Because of that, many investors have likely missed that its stock has crushed the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) this year. The midstream company has soared over 30% this year, roughly three times […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Kenyan President William Ruto are using the first state visit to the United States by an African leader in more than 15 years to call on economies around the globe to take action to reduce the enormous debt burden crushing Kenya and other developing nations. The call to […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Kenyan President William Ruto are using the first state visit to the United States by an African leader in more than 15 years to call on economies around the globe to take action to reduce the enormous debt burden crushing Kenya and other developing nations. The call to […]
Beacon Hill spent most of the past year in hand-wringing mode over the state’s finances as tax revenues sagged month after month and new costs exploded, but lawmakers might soon have hundreds of millions of dollars in extra cash available for education and transportation. Massachusetts has collected about $1.8 billion from a voter-approved surtax on […]
Nvidia has been one of the top-performing stocks on the market in the past year with outstanding gains of 215%, which is not surprising as the company has absolutely dominated the market for artificial intelligence (AI) chips and witnessed remarkable growth in its revenue and earnings. However, there is one business where Nvidia is still lacking. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A newly released ad promoting Apple’s new iPad Pro has struck quite a nerve online. The ad, which was released by the tech giant Tuesday, shows a hydraulic press crushing just about every creative instrument artists and consumers have used over the years — from a piano and record player, to […]
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President Joe Biden’s team used Donald Trump’s latest fundraising appeal against him in a new attack on social media. The Trump campaign sent an email to supporters, ostensibly from the former president, with “Absolutely Bone Crushing” as the subject line. “Biden raises millions while I’ll be stuck in court!” reads the message inside from the […]