Hydrangea Home started as a home-based business out of Dawn Mohrmann’s Kings Park garage in 1995 and is now a popular Northport destination for customers looking for floral arrangements, gifts, art supplies — and even selfies. The 53-year-old mother of four started with dried flowers — a craft trend in 1995, though she said it … Read more
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Romania and Bulgaria partially joined Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone on Sunday, marking a new step in the two countries’ integration with the European Union. After years of negotiations to join the Schengen area, there is now free access for travelers arriving by air or sea from both countries. However, land border … Read more
BANGKOK – Asian shares were mixed on Monday, with Shanghai gaining 1% after surveys showed improvements in manufacturing conditions in China. Sydney and Hong Kong were closed for the Easter Monday holiday. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell more than 1.2%, to 39,883.96, after a Bank of Japan quarterly survey on business conditions showed sentiment among large … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool’s Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago. One year, Google posted a job opening for a Copernicus research center on the moon. Another year, … Read more
St. Louis bio start-up Impetus Ag won $750,000 as runner-up in the Radicle Natural Plant Protection Challenge by UPL in partnership with Radicle Growth. First Mid Bancshares, in collaboration with the USA Today network, earned a Top Workplaces USA award for 2024. Dowd Bennett, based in St. Louis, Missouri, hired Partner Ben A. Barnes for … Read more
BALTIMORE (AP) — The largest crane on the Eastern Seaboard was being transported to Baltimore so crews on Friday can begin removing the wreckage of a collapsed highway bridge that has halted a search for four workers still missing days after the disaster and blocked the city’s vital port from operating. As the sun rose … Read more
BANGKOK – Asian shares ended mostly higher in quiet, Good Friday holiday trading, while European and U.S. markets were closed. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.5% to 40,369.44 and the Kospi in Seoul was little changed, at 2,748.55. The Shanghai Composite index gained 1% to 3,041.17. Taiwan’s Taiex advanced 0.7%. In Bangkok, the SET added 0.5%. … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street set more records Thursday as U.S. stocks coasted to the close of their latest winning month and quarter. The S&P 500 added 5.86 points, or 0.1%, to its all-time high set a day before and closed at 5,254.35. That sent its gain for the year’s first three months to … Read more
Stock market today: Wall Street rises to more records to close out its latest winning month Bozeman Daily Chronicle Source link
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after U.S. stocks broke out of a three-day lull to close at a record. Oil prices advanced, while U.S. futures edged lower. The dollar remained strong against the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, a trend that has unsettled regulators in both Tokyo and Beijing. The dollar … Read more