Tag: preparing

Exclusive-US preparing $1 billion weapons package for Ukraine, officials say

By Mike Stone and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is preparing a $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine, the first to be sourced from the yet to be signed Ukraine-Israel bill, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Tuesday. The aid package includes vehicles, Stinger air defense munitions, additional ammunition for high-mobility artillery […]

FBI says Chinese hackers preparing to attack US infrastructure

By Christopher Bing Nashville, Tennessee (Reuters) – Chinese government-linked hackers have burrowed into U.S. critical infrastructure and are waiting “for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Thursday. An ongoing Chinese hacking campaign known as Volt Typhoon has successfully gained access to numerous American companies in telecommunications, […]

Lewiston’s Agpro preparing for expansion

Apr. 18—The owners of a small-scale agricultural equipment manufacturer are in talks to expand at the Port of Lewiston. Located on Thain Road in the Lewiston Orchards, Agpro is in negotiations to lease 4 acres owned by the port in North Lewiston. The land is near the city of Lewiston’s garbage transfer station and Northwest […]

Texas man is preparing to watch his 13th solar eclipse. He’s 105.

In 1963, LaVerne Biser and his family piled into an Oldsmobile station wagon and drove almost 2,000 miles from Texas to Maine to watch their first solar eclipse. “The car was loaded with luggage and a bunch of my camera equipment because I wanted to get the perfect picture of the eclipse during our big […]

Crash or Soar? Traders Are Preparing for Stock Market Extremes

(Bloomberg) — Investors who just booked profits from one of the strongest first quarters for the S&P 500 Index in decades are preparing for what comes next — whether that’s stocks climbing higher or crashing back to earth. Most Read from Bloomberg With the stock market sitting at an all-time high as the second quarter […]

Eclipse chasers urge others to start preparing for the big one

Mar. 31—Some people chase fire trucks. Some pursue tornadoes. But Santa Fe’s Michael Zeiler and Polly White track a different kind of phenomena — a total solar eclipse. One is due to cut a wide swath in the skies above North America on April 8, ranging from the Pacific coast of Mexico, through parts of […]