European stocks hover near record on lingering policy optimism
EUROPEAN stocks hovered near a record on Friday, wrapping up the final full trading week of the year with optimism around further policy easing and resilient growth in the US. The Stoxx…
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Trump signs massive $901 billion defense policy bill into law
President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law Thursday, ensuring the Pentagon gets a whopping $901 billion for fiscal year 2026. Source link
Dems Block Admiral’s Promotion Until He Explains Swastika Policy
Congress has frozen a Coast Guard admiral’s pending promotion until he explains the military branch’s disturbing stance on hate symbols. Democratic Senators Tammy Duckworth and Jacky Rosen…
Wall Street subdued at open as investors eye policy outlook; Oracle slides
Wall Street’s main indexes were subdued at the open on Wednesday (Dec 17) as investors searched for fresh clues to gauge the outlook for monetary policy, while caution lingered following…
Thai central bank cuts policy rate by 25 bps, as expected
The reduction is the fifth since October 2024, with rates down by a total of 125 basis points Thailand’s central bank cut its key interest rate on Wednesday (Dec 17), as widely expected,…
Global EV sales growth slowest since Feb 2024 on China plateau, US policy changes
GLOBAL EV sales grew in November at the slowest rate since February 2024 as China plateaued, while the end of an EV tax credit scheme in the United States set North America on track for…
Singapore stocks inch down ahead of Fed policy decision
Singapore stocks ended lower on Wednesday (Dec 10), ahead of a policy decision by the US Federal Reserve. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) was flat, shedding 1.34 points to close at…
New Zealand central bank says policy path not preset, guided by inflation outlook
New Zealand’s top central banker said on Wednesday that there was no preset course for monetary policy and that adjustments would be made if the outlook for inflation changed. Reserve Bank…
DOJ says Loudoun school transgender policy violated Christian students' rights
The Trump administration sued Loudoun County on Monday, accusing the public school system in Virginia of forcing its concept of "gender identity" on students without considering their…
Why State Courts Should Not Set National Energy Policy
Judges are improperly turning courts into bastions of climate activism. Source link
CDC panel overturns 1991 newborn vaccine policy, triggering warnings of a public health backslide
A powerful advisory group within the CDC voted Friday to overturn a longstanding precaution designed to protect newborn babies. If the change is approved by the acting director of the…
India’s regulator withdraws pilot rest policy after IndiGo chaos
India’s aviation watchdog has rolled back its new policy of weekly rest for pilots, reports said on Friday (Dec 5), after chaos caused by hundreds of flight cancellations by the country’s…
Federal Reserve ends three-year loss streak from Covid-era monetary policy
The Fed’s deferred asset reflects losses that must be covered before it can resume payments to Treasury The Federal Reserve appears to have finally turned the corner on a three-year-long…
The Radical Honesty of Trump’s Racist New Immigration Policy
If you press even a little on any of these claims by Noem, like a blazer that only holds up on camera, they come apart. This asylee, said Noem, was not yet “radicalized” when he entered…
The Quick and Shameful Death of Biden’s Biggest Policy
In late 2024, an operative for the right-wing gotcha group Project Veritas clandestinely filmed his Tinder date with a 29-year-old EPA employee. The employee, who talked freely about his…
Europe Is Bending the Knee to the US on Tech Policy
Almost everything is on hiatus. The EU AI Act, Digital Services Act, and Digital Markets Act are all at risk. The European Commission is preparing to end the year with virtually no…
RFK Jr. Personally Changed CDC Policy on Linking Vaccines and Autism
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. personally instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to abandon its long-held position that vaccines are not tied to autism. In an…
BOJ board member Koeda calls for policy normalisation
The Bank of Japan must continue to normalise monetary policy by raising real interest rates to “a state of equilibrium” to avoid creating unintended distortions in the future, its board…
Misinformation sites have an open-door policy for AI scrapers
AI models have a voracious appetite for data. Keeping up to date with information to present to users is a challenge. And so companies at the vanguard of AI appear to have hit on an…
Bank Indonesia policy juggle makes rate moves harder to predict
The central bank has spurned market expectations at half of its 10 policy meetings so far this year Bank Indonesia’s (BI) balancing act between stability and growth has lately led to more…
Trump Is About to Chicken Out on His Signature Policy
“And right behind me by the way, in about two years from now, we’ll use a much bigger room because we had to turn away a lot of people,” Trump said during an executive order–signing…
Target has a new ’10-4′ policy: Here’s what customers can expect from the retailer’s turnaround plans
You may see more smiles next time you walk into a Target. That’s because the big box retailer is hoping to provide an “elevated” customer experience with it’s new “10-4” policy, requiring…
China’s central bank to maintain accommodative policy as challenges persist
It will keep liquidity ample, keep prices reasonable, and lower the costs of banks’ liability and social financing China’s central bank said on Tuesday (Nov 11) that it would maintain an…
Democrats’ Misguided Response to Trump’s Venezuela Policy
Driven by anti-Trump rhetoric, many Democrats have become unwilling — or unable — to stand with Venezuela’s fight for freedom. Source link