‘Really weak option’: Wall Street sours on DeSantis as Trump challenger

‘Really weak option’: Wall Street sours on DeSantis as Trump challenger

[ad_1] “People will change horses,” said Dave Carney, a veteran Republican strategist for both former Bush presidents. “You may get really excited about somebody and then all of a sudden realize, ‘Eh, not really my cup of tea.’” Where Wall Street puts its money matters because financial industry executives are among the biggest donors in … Read more

Another blast at Heritage Street near Amritsar’s Golden Temple

Another blast at Heritage Street near Amritsar’s Golden Temple

[ad_1] Another blast at Heritage Street near Amritsar’s Golden Temple Amritsar: One person was injured in a blast on Monday morning at Heritage Street near the Golden Temple in Punjab’s Amritsar, the very site where an explosion took place on May 6, police said today. The cause of the explosion, however, is yet to be … Read more

Maha: Aaditya seeks answers from BMC on street furniture ‘scam’ of Rs 263 crore

Maha: Aaditya seeks answers from BMC on street furniture ‘scam’ of Rs 263 crore

[ad_1] Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray has written a letter to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner and administrator Iqbal Singh Chahal, seeking answers from him over the Rs 263 crore worth “possible scam” in buying street furniture. In his letter written on April 26, which Thackeray tweeted on Sunday, he sought access to … Read more

FDIC, Wall Street scramble to pull together sale of First Republic Bank

FDIC, Wall Street scramble to pull together sale of First Republic Bank

[ad_1] Formal bids for First Republic — which has seen heavy deposit outflows and suffered massive share price declines in recent weeks — are due to the FDIC by the middle of the day on Sunday, according to the people, who requested anonymity to provide details of the discussions. Federal regulators are hoping to put … Read more

Sudan street battles threaten fragile ceasefire as Turkish plane shot

Sudan street battles threaten fragile ceasefire as Turkish plane shot

[ad_1] Street battles and gunfire threaten what remains of a fragile ceasefire in Sudan, now hanging by a thread despite a three-day extension of the truce agreement as a Turkish evacuation plane was shot at as it attempted to land. The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), loyal to Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, claimed the paramilitary group … Read more

Baby showers, icicle music and sauna time: How embassy parties have become the new K Street

Baby showers, icicle music and sauna time: How embassy parties have become the new K Street

[ad_1] The UAE has myriad interests before the U.S. government, including weapons acquisition, and more than a dozen firms actively registered with DOJ to represent government clients. Otaiba said his favorite event to host is an interfaith Iftar dinner during Ramadan with Christians, Jews, Sikhs, Buddhists and others. Former Trump Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, former … Read more

Wall Street gives administration earful over antitrust enforcement

Wall Street gives administration earful over antitrust enforcement

[ad_1] “It’s been a sea change in the regulatory environment over the past two and a half years since the Biden Administration took office,” Roger Altman, the senior chair of investment bank Evercore, and a former Deputy Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton, said last month on CNBC. Antitrust officials have already stymied “a series … Read more

For Wall Street, there’s no Morning in America for Biden’s economy

For Wall Street, there’s no Morning in America for Biden’s economy

[ad_1] And fresh risks loom for Biden’s reelection campaign economy, including a potentially market-shaking fight over raising the debt limit and the risk of a banking industry meltdown that’s causing lenders to tighten up on credit. “The U.S. economy is unwell, and it’s starting to show,” Gregory Daco, chief economist at EY-Parthenon, tweeted Thursday morning. … Read more

Wall Street starts to fear a debt limit crisis

Wall Street starts to fear a debt limit crisis

[ad_1] How Wall Street investors react to a possible default is crucial because they’re the ones who finance the country’s enormous debt by buying the securities that Treasury sells to fund the government. If they shy away from the market, interest rates could skyrocket, squeezing the government, businesses and consumers. That’s why their level of … Read more

Centre directs states to set up 100 food streets; To grant Rs 1 cr as aid per street

Centre directs states to set up 100 food streets; To grant Rs 1 cr as aid per street

[ad_1] New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry, in collaboration with the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, has written to the states and Union Territories to develop 100 food streets in 100 districts across the country. The initiative is being taken up as a pilot project to create an example for other such streets … Read more