UPS Financial News

By Caroline Valetkevitch

A 'Mornings with Maria' panel discusses the U.S. economy and markets after the January year-over-year CPI comes in at 3.1%.

'The Big Money Show' co-host Brian Brenberg shows how inflation under President Biden has made life much more unaffordable for Americans on 'Varney & Co.'

Nayab Singh Saini was sworn in as Haryana chief minister on Tuesday replacing Manohar Lal Khattar. The state also saw the break up in the ruling alliance as BJP and JJP parted ways just a month ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. All this happened a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Khattar at a public event in Gurgaon while recalling his old association with the leader and how they used to ride on the Haryana leader's motorbike to different parts of the state. The break up between the BJP and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) happened as the saffron party denied two Lok Sabha seats to the Dushant Chautala's party.

coal sector is set to ramp up renewable energy capacity to over 9 GW by 2030, from the current 1.7 GW, the coal ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry is actively promoting the deployment of both rooftop solar and ground-mounted solar projects across mining facilities.

Hapur mob lynching case wherein 45-year-old Qasim was lynched by a group on the «rumour» of cow slaughter while 65- year-old Samiuddin was brutally assaulted. The Court of Additional Sessions Judge Hapur convicted the ten accused under sections 302/149, 307/149, 147, 148 and 153A of the Indian Penal Code. They were sentenced to life imprisonment with a fine of ₹58,000 each. Notably, the families of the victims had not sought a death sentence for the convicts and said that they did not have any enmity against the accused and only wanted justice.

severe thunderstorms looms over the central regions of the United States. Stretching from Texas through the Midwest and up to the Great Lakes, millions of residents are on high alert, preparing for the onslaught of yet another multiday bout of severe weather. Commencing on Tuesday with its focal point in Missouri, the impending threat gradually intensifies, morphing into a widespread concern by Thursday. This expansive weather system will cast its shadow over tens of millions of individuals, spanning from the vibrant cityscape of Dallas to the bustling urban sprawl of the Chicago area.

Narendra Modi will on Wednesday lay the foundation stone of the Tata-Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp chip fabrication unit at Dholera and the CG Power-Renesas outsourced assembly and test (OSAT) facility at Sanand in Gujarat as well as the Tata OSAT unit at Morigaon in Assam. He will inaugurate all three units virtually, an official release from the government said. “13th March 2024 — a special day in India's efforts to become a hub for semiconductors. Tomorrow, will take part in the ‘India’s Techade: Chips for Viksit Bharat’ programme and lay the foundation stones for three semiconductor facilities worth over Rs. 1.25 lakh crore. Among the highlights of the programme will be the participation of students from over 60,000 institutions,” Modi posted on the micro-blogging site X.

Officials are investigating what caused a “strong shake” before a sudden plunge on a plane traveling between Australia and New Zealand

Shares of Southwest are plunging as the airline said that it plans to reduce capacity and reevaluate its full-year financial outlook because of fewer expected aircraft deliveries from its supplier, Boeing

Authorities in South Carolina say a former Boeing manager who raised safety questions about the aircraft maker has been found dead

Stocks that are trading heavily or have substantial price changes on Tuesday: Southwest Airlines, Asana fall; Oracle, 3M rise

Police in southeastern Poland say that an alert tax driver prevented a scam in which an elderly woman would have lost the equivalent of about $36,000 for a phony bailout of relatives from jail

Stocks are rallying on Wall Street following the latest update on inflation

Russia's economy is holding up despite massive Western sanctions and foreign businesses pulling out of the country

Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Adrianne Todman will serve as acting secretary when Marcia Fudge's resignation takes effect March 22

Reddit, that vast, lively and sometimes chaotic repository of internet discussion, said Monday that its pending initial public offering may be worth almost three quarters of a billion dollars

Germany’s vice chancellor has launched a program initially worth up to 4 billion euros to help heavy industry shift to more climate-friendly production over a 15-year period

The Kentucky House has voted to allow the state’s smallest coal mining operations to reduce the number of miners with emergency medical training on a shift

The head of the African Development Bank is calling for an end to loans given in exchange for oil or critical minerals used in smartphones and electric car batteries