Three of the UK’s biggest banks are exploring possible acquisitions despite market uncertainty. Incumbents will be wary of a harsher second half as funding cools and inflation remains at record-high levels. Insider Intelligence publishes hundreds of insights, charts, and forecasts on the Banking industry. Learn more about becoming a client. The trend: Three of the UK’s…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Ukrainians enter Poland at the border crossing in Medyka on February 24, 2022. Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images Since Russia’s invasion, Ukraine has barred adult men aged 18-60 from leaving the country with their families. This may not be strictly necessary, and Ukraine’s war effort could benefit from allowing men to leave the…
Badges for the Vote No on the Constitutional Amendment on Abortion at the Johnson County Democratic Office on August 01, 2022 in Overland Park, Kansas. Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Kansas voters overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to keep the right to abortion alive. The victory broke a streak of losses for abortion rights at the ballot box…
Sen. Joe Manchin, Democrat of West Virginia, wearing a mask to protect himself and others from COVID-19 in May at the US Capitol. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Five former treasury secretaries backed Manchin’s inflation-fighting bill in a Wednesday statement. The group includes secretaries from the George W. Bush, Clinton, and Obama administrations. The secretaries…
JetBlue Airways A321neo. Lukas Wunderlich/Shuttestock JetBlue Airways is offering $25 off most one-way fares between September 7 and November 16. This is the first time the New York-based airline has offered discounts on fall travel. The move comes as JetBlue plans to merge with Spirit Airlines, which has mastered the low fare strategy. JetBlue Airways…
A US-made M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), a weapon that Ukraine has been using to great effect against Russian forces. US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Beaux Hebert The US has a veto on targets for US-supplied HIMARS, a military official hinted. Maj. Gen.Vadym Skibitsky made the remarks to British newspaper The…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (L) walks past Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee mark up, on Capitol Hill on May 03, 2022 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Sanders assailed Manchin’s bill on Tuesday night as woefully inadequate. He urged Democrats to amend the bill since it omitted many…
A J-11 air fighter takes off from a PLA military airport in a training session in east China’s Zhejiang province in late August 2021. Feature China/Future Publishing via Getty Images A large group of Chinese military aircraft crossed the median line dividing the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday. Chinese planes flew through Taiwan’s air defense zone…
Some jobs at the state level pay more than the national median pay for that particular job. We looked at the job for each state that has the greatest percent increase from the national median among jobs with at least 1,000 employees in a state. Insider looked at pay and employment data from the Bureau…
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