about credit conditions. major us stock indexes fell more than 1% each on tuesday. shares in several regional banks in the us have dropped sharply, as investors fear the banking crisis is not over. another area of concern is the labour market, which, while still strong, is showing signs of cooling. so what will america s central bank do and say? the bbc s michelle fleury reports from westchester, new york. losing momentum after nine rate hikes in the past year. the federal reserve s efforts to cool the us economy are having an effect. this is a chain that you ll see on like roller shades and vertical blinds. something bill, who runs a family owned manufacturing business in westchester, new york, is seeing first hand. right now, we re expecting some softness in the marketplace for probably six months or so. we re seeing a lot of softness in the marketplace as far as demand, the commitment in terms of like long term blanket orders with customers. we re not seeing that either ri
more than 1% each on tuesday. shares in several regional banks in the us have dropped sharply, as investors fear the banking crisis is not over. another area of concern is the labour market, which while still strong is showing signs of cooling. so what will america s central bank do and say? the bbc s michelle fleury reports from westchester, new york. losing momentum after nine rate hikes in the past year. the federal reserve s efforts to cool the us economy are having an effect. this is a chain that you ll see on like roller shades and vertical blinds. something bill, who runs a family owned manufacturing business in westchester, new york, is seeing first hand. right now, we re expecting some softness in the marketplace for probably six months or so. we re seeing a lot of softness in the marketplace as far as demand, the commitment in terms of like long term blanket orders with customers. we re not seeing that either right now. so we re having some challenges with that. ame
about credit conditions. major us stock indexes fell more than 1% each on tuesday. shares in several regional banks in the us have dropped sharply, as investors fear the banking crisis is not over. another area of concern is the labour market, which, while still strong, is showing signs of cooling. so what will america s central bank do and say? the bbc s michelle fleury reports from westchester, new york. losing momentum after nine rate hikes in the past year. the federal reserve s efforts to cool the us economy are having an effect. this is a chain that you ll see on like roller shades and vertical blinds. something bill, who runs a family owned manufacturing business in westchester, new york, is seeing first hand. right now, we re expecting some softness in the marketplace for probably six months or so. we re seeing a lot of softness in the marketplace as far as demand, the commitment in terms of like long term blanket orders with customers. we re not seeing that either ri
we begin in the middle east where israeli officials say two israeli women have been killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. in an attack in the these pictures of the attack have just come in. the authorities say a third person was also seriously wounded in the incident, near the settlement of hamra. the israeli military says troops are searching for suspects who opened fire at a car, causing it to crash. this latest development come after the israeli military hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the air strikes hit areas of the gaza strip and lebanon israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon which the israelis blamed on hamas. these are the latest images showing the aftermath of the attack in gaza. the air strikes are the heaviest since last august. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerusalem. israel says it carried out a series of strikes overnight against targ
for the coach industry to change their itineraries, but i m very pleased with the results of that so far. today, we re processing really well. we ve opened up a new facility for coaches, an additional one, and that s been fully operational during the day and the coaches have been travelling through there well. it s a busy day for cars though as well, with about 4,800 scheduled to go through the port. we re probably about half way through our busy period now for the cars, which is, and the coaches, which is from about 10:00 this morning through to through to about two in the afternoon is where we ll get the busiest. so is there much delay, then, for either coach or car passengers? right now, it s taking probably between 60 and 90 minutes to get through border controls once you re here in the port. we do have our freight traffic backed up a bit. but as soon as the tourist traffic starts to die down, in about an hour, an hour and a half, we ll start to be bringing more freight t