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Chicago Fed’s Goolsbee says Fed independence is ‘critically important’ for its inflation fight newsthirst.

Chicago Federal Reserve President Austan Goolsbee. Kate Rooney | CNBC Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee on Monday urged against reducing the central bank’s independence as President Donald Trump amped up criticism of Chair Jerome Powell. “The long-run expectations that the Fed would get inflation back down to the 2% target were critically important….

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Avoid illegal manufacture, storage and sales of firecrackers to prevent fire accidents, says DG Fire Services newsthirst.

Director General Fire Services Madireddy Pratap speaking to The Hindu in Vijayawada on Monday (October 29). | Photo Credit: G. N. RAO The Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Response and Fire Services department was taking all measures to prevent fire mishaps during Deepavali festival. The Fire, Police, Municipal and Revenue officials were conducting joint inspections to…

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Melbourne cinema says threats caused it to cancel fundraising screening of Oscar-winning Palestinian displacement film | No Other Land newsthirst.

A fundraising screening of the Oscar-winning documentary film on the Israeli displacement of the Palestinian community, No Other Land, has been cancelled by a Melbourne cinema after organisers the Jewish Council of Australia said the cinema received threats. JCA had arranged with Classic Cinema in Elsternwick to host the screening of the Palestinian-Israeli Academy Award-winning…

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Amazon CEO Jassy says he’s ‘optimistic’ company could emerge from tariff uncertainty stronger newsthirst.

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during a keynote address at AWS re:Invent 2024, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services, at The Venetian Las Vegas on December 3, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Noah Berger | Getty Images Amazon CEO Andy Jassy looked to reassure investors on the company’s first-quarter earnings call on Thursday, saying…

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Dutton claims majority of veterans don’t want welcome to country at Anzac Day ceremonies | Peter Dutton newsthirst.

Peter Dutton has confirmed he does not believe welcome to country ceremonies are necessary at Anzac Day dawn services and on commercial flights, continuing to stoke a culture war in the final week of the election campaign. It comes days after a neo-Nazi booed and heckled a welcome to country ceremony at a dawn service…

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