Don Murray

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Don Murray

US consumer confidence tumbles for the 4th straight month as future expectations hit a 12-year lowWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence fell for the fourth straight month as Americans’ anxiety about their financial futures declined to a 12-year low amid rising concern over tariffs and inflation. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell 7.2 points in …

2 months ago | businessandamerica.com | Don Murray

Impotent fury. European leaders are frothing. U.S. President Donald Trump sparked the fury with a menu of insults and lies about Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Take your pick: He is an unelected dictator. Ukraine started the bloody war with Russia. Zelenskyy had better act fast or lose his country. “It’s our security he’s putting at risk,” Jean-Yves Le Drian, a former French foreign minister, told France-Info radio, referring to Trump and Europe more broadly.

2 months ago | cbc.ca | Don Murray

World·AnalysisEuropean leaders are furious with U.S. President Donald Trump's comments this week about Ukraine, including that the country is responsible for Russia's 20222 invasion. But all this fury is impotent, writes Don Murray, and for that impotence, the Europeans must take the entire blame themselves.

2 months ago | valleyreporter.com | Don Murray

Details MyView The board of directors of the Mad River Valley Health Center, Inc. would like to provide a further update on the decision of Central Vermont Medical Center (CVMC) to close the clinic in The Valley. As was most recently announced in a letter to the editor in The Valley Reporter from Anna Noonan (president and COO of CVMC) the clinic will likely remain open until June after which patients will be seen at the Waterbury location. As we have said before, this entire process has been...

Jan 23, 2025 | valleyreporter.com | Don Murray

To The Editor: This is a letter I sent to Dr. Sunil Eappen, University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMC). Dear Dr. Eappen: There is no doubt that the health care industry in Vermont, and indeed across the country, is facing daunting challenges. Providing high quality health care that is also affordable is not easy. While acknowledging those challenges, I am appalled by and frankly incredibly insulted by the statement made yesterday.