Media Bites: Interest rate cuts, budget woes, M&S Elsewhere, The Times says M&S is set to announce “strong sales” this week in its H1 results, as its turnaround continues. “Current consensus forecasts estimate that M&S will report first-half sales of ... 11/3/2024 - 7:32 pm | View Link
Weekly Outlook: UK and US interest rate decisions The Bank of England and the US Federal Reserve will announce their interest rate decisions on Thursday, as the US comes out of the election and the UK settles from last Wednesday’s budget announcement ... 11/3/2024 - 6:15 pm | View Link
Investors Await BOE Verdict on Whether Budget Hinders Rate Cuts The Bank of England may extinguish hopes of a shift to quicker interest-rate cuts this week after the budget reignited inflation concerns and triggered a selloff in UK bonds that evoked memories of ... 11/3/2024 - 4:01 pm | View Link
Bank of England set to lower interest rates as Budget dampens bets for 2025 The Bank of England is expected to lower interest rates this week, while markets are betting on fewer cuts next year after forecasts suggested the new government’s first Budget will push up inflation. 11/3/2024 - 1:29 am | View Link
Bank of England may cut rates despite risk of inflation rise Last month brought a sense of optimism as the headline rate of inflation fell to a modest 1.7%—the lowest since April 2021—and services sector inflation also dropped, bolstering the belief that ... 11/2/2024 - 11:15 pm | View Link
By Fred Clasen-Kelly, Renuka Rayasam, KFF Health News (TNS)
KINGSTREE, S. C. — One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients.
There was Joshua McCray, 69, a public bus driver who, four years after catching COVID-19, still is too weak to drive.
Louvenia McKinney, 77, arrived complaining about shortness of breath.
Ponzella McClary brought her 83-year-old mother-in-law, Lula, who has memory issues and had recently taken a fall.
Morris Brown, the family practice physician who owns the clinic, rotated through Black patients nearly every 20 minutes.
A California man was arrested Thursday after police say he tried to enter Mar-a-Lago for a fifth time as part of an apparent effort to talk to President-elect Donald Trump.
Zijie Li, 39, is now facing a second charge of trespass after warning on top of an existing charge he received in July.
Li’s first run-in with law enforcement occurred on July 19, six days after the first assassination attempt on Trump, according to a probable cause affidavit, and amid heightened security surrounding the club.
MIAMI GARDENS — Miami Dolphins right tackle Austin Jackson is in serious jeopardy of missing Monday night’s game against the Los Angeles Rams.
The Dolphins’ starting lineman wasn’t seen during a brief media viewing portion of Friday drills, the second of three practices this week before playing Monday at SoFi Stadium.
Jackson was not previously known to be dealing with an ailing knee, apparently making it through the Buffalo Bills game on Sunday healthy.
UF is standing behind its coach as the Gators enter the home stretch of his third season showing positive signs. Decision-makers are banking on 2025 to finally be Billy Napier’s year. The vote of confidence comes as Florida heads to No. 5 Texas as 21.5-point underdogs with a third-string walk-on quarterback hoping to ride a solid running game, resurgent defense and two of the nation’s top specialists.
GAINESVILLE — Florida Gators men’s basketball coach Todd Golden is under investigation by the school’s Title IX office for allegations of stalking, cyberstalking, sexual harassment and sexual exploitation by multiple women, including UF students, according to the school’s Independent Florida Alligator newspaper.
An alleged copy of the notice of the complaint filed Sept.
The expectations for the Hurricanes entering the season were high. They have lived up to them for the first three quarters of the season.
Now, No. 4 Miami (9-0, 5-0 ACC) is in position to make the College Football Playoff as long as it does not get tripped up. Their next test is to go on the road and beat Georgia Tech (5-4, 3-3), the team that ended their undefeated start to the 2023 season in excruciating fashion, at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta at noon on Saturday.
“This is a team that will never get complacent,” quarterback Cam Ward said.