WASHINGTON, July 19 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following Beige Book on July 17, 2024: * * * Summary of Economic Activity Business activity expanded at a modest pace in recent weeks. Employment was flat amid slow wage growth, and prices increased slightly. Tourism activity rose moderately, while retail sales edged up but generally remained subdued. Sales of new automobiles rose, manufacturers reported modest revenue growth, on average, and software and IT service  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following remarks on July 19, 2024, by Administrator Samantha Power at a swearing-in ceremony for Katie Donohoe as Mission Director for Nepal: * * * ADMINISTRATOR SAMANTHA POWER: Charge [d'affaires Kumar Kharel], thank you so much for speaking with such feeling. That said - my trip to Nepal, that is what I encountered in so many Nepalese, is just some personal connection to what USAID has done over the years. And i  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Vermont announced that Jamonty Brister, 29, of Queens, New York, appeared yesterday in United States District Court in Burlington on a complaint charging him with a federal drug offense. U.S. Magistrate Judge Kevin J. Doyle ordered that Brister be detained without bail pending trial, which has not   more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office stated that on July 18, 2024 the federal Grand Jury in Burlington returned an indictment charging Daniel McSwiggan, 51, of Rutland, Vermont, with drug and gun offenses. The two-count indictment alleges that, between late June and early July 2024, McSwiggan possessed two firearms as an unlawful drug user and made his residence availabl  more