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A disappointing December for factory activity in China

Tue, Dec 31, 2024 at 9:55 am

( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “50 in November.”

China has reported its factory activity expanded at a slower pace in December, despite recent stimulus measures and in the face of increasing trade risks.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Overall, new orders rose to an eight-month high, while the exports order index rose to the highest level in four months.

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VERBATIM: China’s National Bureau of Statistics says the official Purchasing Managers’ Index, based on a survey of factory managers, slipped to 50.1 from 50.3 in November. It was the third straight monthly reading above 50, a level that indicates an expansion of manufacturing activity. A parallel purchasing managers’ index for the non-manufacturing sector, which covers construction and services, rose to 52.2 up from 50 in November.

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Greg Clugston SRN News White House correspondent

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Biden signs Laken Riley Act, first law in his second term

Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 4:26 pm

President Biden has signed the bipartisan Laken Riley Act into law. At the first bill-signing of his second term, the president paid tribute to 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley, who was killed by a man in the U-S illegally. The law will require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes.

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Bob Agnew SRN News U.S. Senate correspondent

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GOP Senators Applaud WH Reversal On Frozen Federal Funds

Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 3:15 pm
Some Republican senators are applauding a decision by the white house budget office to rescind an order that had frozen a large number of federal assistance programs. GOP senators expressed relief ovder the decision aftering some were flooded with calls from community leaders confused about the orders’ impact on federal grants. Sen. Mike Rounds  says the white house took a closer look at the funding freeze after  being questioned by GOP lawmakers. Rounds says the feedback falls under the Senate’s constitutional to duty to advise and consent with regard to key white house nominations and sometimes it’s policies.
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Bernie Bennett SRN News U.S. House correspondent

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Ramaswamy eyes run for Ohio Governor

Sun, Jan 26, 2025 at 10:39 pm

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Fresh off of his unexpected departure from President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, Vivek Ramaswamy has set his sights on becoming governor of Ohio, his home state.

He’s lined up strategists and plans to announce his run as soon as this week. Ramaswamy will try to follow the paths of Vice President JD Vance and Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno. Those political newcomers won Senate seats with the help of Trump’s endorsement. Ramaswamy’s plans have complicated things for a deep bench of veteran Republican politicians who also may aspire to succeed term-limited Gov. Mike DeWine.

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Michael Harrington SRN News religion desk editor

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PepsiCo is making some changes

Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 6:50 am

PepsiCo is making some changes

VERBATIM:  The giant soft drink maker, which also owns such brands as Quaker Oats, Doritos and Rice-a-Roni, says it is adopting a “viewpoint neutral advertising policy with respect to political or religious status or views.”  Pressure had been mounting amongst shareholders for the company to quit the Global Alliance for Responsible Media — a left-wing group that pushes big corporations to support the LGBT agenda and steer away from anything conservative or Christian.  MH SRN NEWS.

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Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 8:17 am

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Wed, Jan 29, 2025 at 8:18 am

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Fri, Jan 24, 2025

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