The Federal Reserve releases its July meeting minutes. What does it say about inflation? We have analysis. China’s investments in Mexico are growing rapidly, and they’re avoiding Trump’s tariffs in the process. Bed Bath & Beyond stock surges more than 300% this month. Are meme stocks back? Airbnb testing new tools to cut down on…
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Economist: Hard to See 2 Percent Inflation in 2024; China Ducks Tariffs, Invests in Mexico | NTD Business
The Federal Reserve releases its July meeting minutes. What does it say about inflation? China’s investments in Mexico are growing rapidly, and they’re avoiding Trump’s tariffs in the process. Bed Bath & Beyond stock surges more than 300 percent this month. Are meme stocks back? Airbnb is testing new tools to cut down on house…
Developers to Face Trials Separately From Ex-LA Councilman Huizar in Bribery Scandal
LOS ANGELES—Two real estate developers will be tried separately from Jose Huizar, the former Los Angeles city councilman they are accused of bribing to get their projects approved, a federal judge ruled on March 7. David Lee and Shen Zhen New World will each go to trial in downtown Los Angeles prior to the start of…
NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Dec. 21)
President Joe Biden plans to mail out half-a-billion at-home virus tests and send a-thousand troops to hospitals in response to the Omicron variant, Florida is on track to kick Chinese investments out of the state’s retirement fund, and a group of Chinese students at an American university are protesting the school’s defense of a communist regime critic.
Who Bought Whom?
Commentary The Reuters headline said: “BlackRock expands footprint with wealth management in China.” It should have said: “Beijing Gets a Chokehold on BlackRock and Its CEO Larry Fink.” Reuters was reporting the superficial fact that the financial authorities of China gave permission last week to BlackRock (a major Wall Street Investment Fund) to operate a…
US News
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- Bill PanRoughly 40 million borrowers of federal student loans will soon need to start paying their bills again, under a deal reached by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy… [...]
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- The Associated PressLOS ANGELES—A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings at the direction of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be released from… [...]
- Bryan JungLoretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, said there was no “compelling” reason to wait for another interest-rate hike, in a recent interview. Mester told the Financial… [...]
- Epoch VideoU.S. Senate Banking Committee holds a hearing on ‘Countering China: Advancing U.S. National Security, Economic Security, and Foreign Policy’ at 10:00 a.m. ET on May 31. Elizabeth Rosenberg, Assistant Secretary… [...]
- The Associated PressALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Police officers found Tony Peralta earlier this month sitting on a curb not far from the convenience store in a small southeastern New Mexico community where he borrowed a… [...]
- Epoch VideoU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a press conference with members of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council after meeting at 9:05 a.m. ET on May 31. [...]
- Katabella RobertsThe White House announced on May 30 that President Joe Biden is formally withdrawing his nomination of Ann Carlson to be administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), just months after… [...]
- Lee SmithSix years ago, senior U.S. spies framed Gen. Michael Flynn, a combat veteran with over three decades in uniform, as a Russian spy. Even after he was forced out of the White… [...]