Assurant profit beats on global housing unit strength, higher investment returns
Insurer Assurant Inc sailed past Wall Street estimates for profit in the second quarter on Tuesday, on the
2023-08-02 06:54
Donald Trump’s third indictment explained
Donald Trump is facing four criminal charges over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election result after being indicted for the third time. A grand jury in Washington, DC voted to indict Mr Trump on four counts on Tuesday 1 August, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. Prosecutors stated the former president lost the 2020 election but he was “determined to remain in power” and for two months he “spread lies” that there had been fraud and that he had won. “These claims were false and the defendant knew they were false... but the defendant repeated and widely disseminated them anyway,” the indictment said. Mr Trump has been summoned to appear before a federal magistrate judge in Washington on Thursday 3 August. Read More Watch moment Trump indictment announced by Special Counsel Jack Smith Nigel Farage claims Coutts closed bank account because he supports Trump Banned driver rams police car off road during dramatic high-speed chase
2023-08-02 06:53
What we know about an American woman and her daughter who were kidnapped in Haiti 6 days ago
Six days since American nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter were kidnapped from the community ministry where she works in Haiti, information about their capture and whereabouts remains unclear as the aid group works with authorities and partners in the United States and Haiti to secure their freedom, it said.
2023-08-02 06:29
BNSF train engineers offered paid sick time and better schedules in new deal
Roughly 7,500 BNSF train engineers may get up to eight days of paid sick time and more predictable schedules if they approve a deal with the railroad announced Tuesday
2023-08-02 06:23
Environmentalists sue to stop Utah potash mine that produces sought-after crop fertilizer
Environmentalists have filed a lawsuit to prevent the construction of a new potash mine they say would devastate a lake ecosystem in the drought-stricken western Utah desert
2023-08-02 06:23
Starbucks' sales in China come roaring back
Starbucks' China business is back after dropping due to Covid restrictions last year.
2023-08-02 06:20
Instant View: Fitch downgrades U.S. foreign currency ratings to 'AA+' from 'AAA'
Ratings agency Fitch on Tuesday downgraded the United States' long-term foreign currency ratings to AA+ from AAA, reflecting
2023-08-02 06:20
Allstate posts bigger loss as catastrophe claims rise
Insurer Allstate Corp posted a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday as claims related to higher catastrophic events offset
2023-08-02 06:19
Fitch downgrades US credit rating, citing mounting debt and political divisions
Fitch Ratings has downgraded the U.S. credit rating, citing an expected increase in government debt over the next three years and a “steady deterioration in standards of governance” over the past two decades
2023-08-02 06:18
Peru economy shrinks for two straight quarters, minister denies recession
Peru's finance minister said on Tuesday that preliminary data showed the country's economy shrank in June, marking two
2023-08-02 06:17
Fitch cuts US government's AAA credit rating by one notch
Ratings agency Fitch on Tuesday downgraded the U.S. government's top credit rating to AA+ from AAA, citing an
2023-08-02 05:58
Fitch downgrades US debt rating
Fitch Ratings downgraded its US debt rating on Tuesday from the highest AAA rating to AA+.
2023-08-02 05:57
