Chair upholstery fabrics

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell emphasized the damage the economy has suffered due to the pandemic and stressed that there was still a long way to go to a full recovery. “The economic recovery remains uneven and far from complete, and the path ahead is highly uncertain,” Powell said in testimony to the Senate Banking Committee. Powell said that Fed will continue to support the economy with ultralow interest rates and large-scale bond purchases until “substantial further progress has been made.” He added that a full recovery “is likely to take some time.” Several times in his testimony, Powell mentioned that the labor market was still 10 million jobs smaller than it was prepandemic. And he dismissed inflation risk, saying a sustained rise in prices above the Fed’s target is unlikely. Stocks rallied on Powell’s testimony.  By emphasizing the weakness of the economy and saying inflation remains soft, Powell out to rest fears of a policy shift toward raising rates following … [Read more...] about Fed Chair Powell Refuses To Say If He Is ‘Cool’ with Biden Spending Plan

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for February 24 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney defended Dyjuan Tatro, a former gang member who recently joined the DCCC, as an "extraordinary individual" after backlash to some of Tatro's anti- police tweets. Tatro, the DCCC's newly hired senior adviser for strategic outreach referred to police officers as " white supremacists " after the storming of the Capitol in January and condoned looting in the wake of the death of George Floyd . NEWLY APPOINTED DCCC ADVISER DELETES TWEETS SLAMMING BIDEN AND HARRIS "It's a pretty extraordinary individual you're talking about," Maloney said when asked about Tatro during a Politico interview on Wednesday. "You're talking about deleted tweets that were before we hired him." One of the tweets that landed Tatro in hot water … [Read more...] about DCCC chair Maloney defends new hire who called Capitol Police ‘white supremacists’ after riot

Boston University’s law school announced the establishment of an endowed chair in critical race theory and antiracism, the first in the country. The university has named Angela Onwuachi-Willig, the law school dean and “an expert in critical race theory,” as the first Ryan Roth Gallo and Ernest J. Gallo Professor, the College Fix reported this week. Ryan Roth Gallo, vice chair of BU’s Board of Trustees, and her husband, Ernest J. Gallo, endowed the position with a $3 million gift, wrote Alene Bouranova for Bostonia , the university’s alumni magazine, adding that the professorship “lines up with the School of Law’s history of being forward-thinking on inclusiveness in regard to race and gender.” According to the American Law Institute (ALI), “the professorship is not only the first one at BU School of Law to support a faculty member whose research focuses on critical race theory (CRT), the study of systemic racism and its effects, with a preferred focus on the … [Read more...] about Boston University Creates First-Ever Endowed Chair in Critical Race Theory

This story is part of Crossing the Broadband Divide , CNET's coverage of how the country is working toward making broadband access universal. Federal Communications Commission acting chair Jessica Rosenworcel announced on Wednesday the formation of a new task force dedicated to implementing "long-overdue" upgrades to improve the agency's flawed broadband maps. But the new data isn't likely to be available until next year, an official leading the effort said during the agency's monthly meeting. The new Broadband Data Task Force will work to make sure that data, which is supposed to show where broadband exists and doesn't exist in the US, is more precise. The agency has been heavily criticized for years for inaccuracies in the data that often overstates broadband coverage. The task force, which is composed of existing FCC staff, will be led by Jean Kiddoo, who chaired the agency's Incentive Auction Task Force. Cut through the chatter Subscribe to CNET's Mobile newsletter … [Read more...] about FCC Chair Rosenworcel launches broadband mapping task force

Kindly Share This Story: By Adeola Badru The National Industrial Court, sitting in Ibadan, on Wednesday, affirmed the election of Comrade Soji Amosu as the duly elected Chairman of Ogun State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). The court, in suit number NICN/IB/85/2019, also affirmed the election of Comrades Kunle Olayeni, Kunle Ewuoso and Abiodun Taiwo as validly elected Vice-Chairman, Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the union respectively. The presiding judge, Justice J. D. Peters, while delivering judgement in the suit, held that the annulment of the March 29, 2019 election which brought the claimants into office was illegal and against the NUJ constitution. The judge also granted seven of the eight reliefs sought by the applicants and awarded a cost of N200,000 against the respondents. It will be recalled that Amosu and three others had dragged the NUJ President, Comrade Chris Isiguzo, the NUJ National Secretary, … [Read more...] about Court affirms Amosu as Ogun NUJ chair