Tag: ebb

New Caledonia reopening airport and shortening curfew as unrest continues to ebb

The French Pacific territory of New Caledonia is shortening its overnight curfew and reopening its international airport which has been closed to commercial flights for more than a month because of deadly violence that wracked the archipelago where pro-independence indigenous Kanaks want to break from France. La Tontouta airport that links New Caledonia’s capital, Noumea, […]

Futures slip as rate-cut hopes ebb

(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures dipped on Thursday as Treasury yields remained elevated a day after a hot inflation reading triggered a bruising Wall Street sell-off, diminishing hopes of a June rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Wall Street sold off sharply in the last session after data showed U.S. consumer prices increased more […]

Following House retirements and Feinstein’s death, California’s Capitol power is at an ebb

For nearly five years, California reigned supreme in the U.S. House of Representatives, with the speaker’s gavel passing uninterrupted across party lines from Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) to Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield). The nation’s most populous state enjoyed years of strength in Washington, where long-serving Californians held plum committee assignments, wielded vast influence and […]