NZ central bank says defaults in agricultural lending portfolios to rise
SYDNEY The Reserve Bank Of New Zealand said on Thursday defaults in banks' agricultural lending portfolios were expected
2023-10-26 05:54
New organic rules announced by USDA tighten restrictions on livestock and poultry producers
Livestock and poultry producers will need to comply with more specific standards if they want to label their products as organic under final rules announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
2023-10-26 05:26
Facebook parent Meta posts sharply higher profit in 3Q thanks to increase in ad revenue
Facebook parent Meta has posted sharply higher earnings for the third quarter, boosted by an increase in advertising revenue and lower expenses after it laid off thousands of workers
2023-10-26 04:59
White House wants more than $23 billion from Congress to respond to natural disasters
The White House is asking lawmakers for more than $23 billion in emergency funding to help the government respond to the natural disasters that have ripped through the U.S. this year
2023-10-26 04:19
Scholastic will drop policy that makes it easier for school fairs to exclude diverse books
Scholastic Inc. will end a widely criticized policy that made it easier for school book fairs not to sell works with racial, disability and LGBTQ+ themes
2023-10-26 03:51
Wisconsin Republicans float changes to win approval for funding Milwaukee Brewers stadium repairs
Wisconsin Republicans are floating changes to a proposal funding Milwaukee Brewers stadium repairs, including a new tax on non-Brewers events
2023-10-26 02:52
Conservatives challenging Nasdaq board diversity rule appeal to full 5th Circuit
By Jody Godoy A conservative group that lost a challenge to Nasdaq's board diversity disclosure rule appealed the
2023-10-26 02:26
Environmental groups reject deep-sea mining as key UN meeting looms
Environmental groups are urging a moratorium on deep-sea mining ahead of an international meeting in Jamaica where an obscure U.N. body will debate the issue amid fears it could soon authorize the world’s first license to harvest minerals from the ocean floor
2023-10-26 01:57
UAW appears to be moving toward a potential deal with Ford that could end strike
The United Auto Workers union appears to be edging closer to a tentative contract agreement with Ford that would be critical to ending the union’s 6-week-old strikes against the three major Detroit automakers, two people with knowledge of the talks said Wednesday
2023-10-26 01:54
Sam Bankman-Fried plans to testify at his New York fraud trial, his lawyer says
A lawyer for Sam Bankman-Fried says the FTX founder plans to testify at his fraud trial
2023-10-25 23:49
Donald Trump's lawyers question Michael Cohen in the former president's civil business fraud trial
Michael Cohen has taken the witness stand again in his ex-boss Donald Trump’s civil business fraud trial
2023-10-25 23:21
109 miners escape from gold mine in South Africa but others continue union standoff, official says
A company official says more than 100 miners have escaped from a gold mine in South Africa after being held underground for three days by fellow employees in a union dispute
2023-10-25 19:22