Category: Business News

Chad Chronister, Donald Trump’s election to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration, said Tuesday he was withdrawing his name from consideration, becoming the second person the president-elect has chosen to quickly drop out after being nominated for a position that requires Senate confirmation. Sheriff Chronister, the chief law enforcement officer in Hillsborough County, Florida, said in…

Pete Hegseth, President-Elect Donald Trump chosen to be secretary of defense, spent a second day on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, meeting privately with Republican senators amid growing questions about his ability to effectively run the Pentagon. Hegseth he told reporters that he plans to sit down with senators, even those who are potentially skeptical his…

The Bank of England expects four interest rate cuts next year if its outlook for the UK economy is confirmed, Andrew Bailey said on Wednesday, hailing the recent fall in inflation. Speaking at the FT’s Global Boardroom conference, the BoE governor said consumer price inflation had fallen faster than policymakers expected a year ago. Asked…

Being able to save years of study and debt by skipping college in favor of a $200,000 job that lets you work from home right out of high school sounds like a dream. That’s because it is. While companies are increasingly dropping their degree requirements and allowing workers to remotely apply for their shifts, don’t…

LONDON – General Atlantic Service Company LP (General Atlantic) has reached an agreement to acquire Learning Technologies Group plc (LTG), a market leader in digital learning and talent development. The acquisition will be carried out by Leopard UK Bidco Limited, a purpose-built company owned by funds managed by General Atlantic and subsidiaries. Under the terms…

VaisalaPress releaseDecember 4, 2024 Vaisala launches robust ultrasonic wind sensor for optimized wind turbine and marine performance Engineered specifically for the demanding conditions of onshore and offshore wind farms and marine environments, the Vaisala WM80 provides accurate, reliable wind data “even in severe weather conditions. Designed to withstand the unique challenges and wide range of…

Hours after Syrian rebels stormed Aleppo on Friday night, Abdulkareem Laila entered the city for the first time in eight years. The rebels set up checkpoints and imposed a curfew, and the fighting with the regime forces, whose ranks seemed broken in the face of the lightning offensive, was only abating. But Laila was determined…

MILAN (Reuters) – Franco-Italian carmaker Stellantis ( NYSE: ) on Wednesday denied a report by daily Corriere della Sera that it planned to appoint outgoing Apple ( NASDAQ: ) finance chief Luca Maestri as its new chief executive. “That’s not true,” a Stellantis spokesman said, after Corriere reported that Stellantis chairman John Elkann planned to…

America has infrastructure problems. Almost half of American public roads is in poor or mediocre condition. Done 250,000 bridges across the country will need to be replaced in the next two decades. And a quarter of America’s GDP relies on five cities that all face extreme weather risks. The dramatic collapse of the Francis Scott…

Faced with a fractious French parliament, Emmanuel Macron was counting on one man to form a functioning government: Michel Barnier, whose “method” helped tame Brexit. But three months later, the French president’s gamble with the former EU Brexit negotiator, known for his ability to bring diplomacy to a political rift, appears to have fallen flat….