Week in Review Asian equities were mixed but mostly lower this week though the Shanghai Composite managed a gain of +1.52% while the Hang Seng lost -3%. It was a big week for economic releases as China announced Q1 GDP growth above 5%, beating most estimates, while retail sales increased…

Home Depot’s rental department continues to battle the theft of its heavy equipment in schemes where suspects sell the machinery on sites like Facebook Marketplace, prosecutors allege.Earlier this month, federal prosecutors in Oregon brought charges against a group of seven defendants, accusing them of conspiring in a scheme in which…

A person lit themself on fire Friday outside of the Manhattan courthouse where Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money trial is taking place, witnesses and police sources told Business Insider.The incident unfolded inside a barricaded area across the street from the Manhattan criminal courthouse where a full jury had just been selected…

By Rodrigo Campos (Reuters) – Stronger macroeconomic policy is partly behind the resilience of economies across Latin America and the Caribbean, the International Monetary Fund said Friday in its regional review of the Western Hemisphere. The fund however warned that growth rates remain lackluster and investment levels remain historically low.…

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has designated two of the most commonly used “forever chemicals” as hazardous substances under the federal Superfund law, in a bid to clean up properties across the United States that are contaminated with the toxic compounds. The highly anticipated rule…