An update on the labor market’s health is due Thursday morning when the Labor Department is scheduled to release its weekly report on applications for government unemployment insurance. Although new jobless claims are nowhere near the eye-popping levels seen last spring, they are still extraordinarily […]
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks headed back towards record highs with a third day of gains and the dollar dropped to a three-year low on Thursday, after top Federal Reserve and European Central Bank officials took aim at rising bond market yields.FILE PHOTO: The London […]
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A Spotify chief has claimed Harry and Meghan's reported £18m podcast deal creates a "virtuous cycle" that will help struggling musicians paid just £0.0038 per stream. Tory MP Steve Brine told Horacio Gutierrez the pay deal “sticks in the craw of some of the artists […]
A2 Milk’s new chief executive David Bortolussi says the company remains committed to the unofficial infant formula trade into China, despite it being largely responsible for a decline in its earnings over the first half. The company’s net profit dropped by 35 per cent to […]
A first time offender who was violently attacked in his cell at Manawatu Prison as he slept has died. Bradley King, 36, passed away yesterday. He had been fighting for his life after the brutal assault on February 11 but succumbed to his catastrophic head […]
Face masks may not be required indoors in public places over the summer, one of England’s deputy chief medical officers has suggested. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out a roadmap for easing the COVID-19 lockdown which envisages all legal limits on people’s social contact […]
The National Retail Federation forecasts that U.S. retail sales in 2021 will grow between 6.5 percent and 8.2 percent to more than $4.33 trillion, as more people get vaccinated and the economy reopens. Online sales, which are included in the total, are expected to grow […]
A chef is flogging his 'Samurai sword' umbrella on Ebay after growing fed up of being swarmed by armed police. Mike Devlin, 50, says he has been held at gun point several times as passersby have reported him to be walking around with a weapon […]
Varoufakis issues warning on ‘puny’ EU recovery fund When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer.Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and […]
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