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Markets expressed mild relief toward a pair of US inflation and consumer spending prints that change nothing yet for the FOMC. The result had markets gently piling into the US front-end, driving a weaker dollar, and putting a bid to US equities. That’s a sensible market reaction in a positioning sense that has been programmed to be surprised by higher core ...
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A barge hit a bridge in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, spilling oil into surrounding waters and closing the only road to a small island, officials said. The bridge that leads to Pelican Island, located just north of Galveston, was hit by a barge around 9:30 a.m., said Ronnie Varela, with the Galveston’s Office of Emergency Management. Varela did not have ...