Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Tuesday as technical elements put pressure on the precious metal. The most active gold contract for April delivery fell 4.9 U.S. dollars, or 0.39 percent, to ...
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Call it a tale of two sectors -- China's slipping manufacturing and flourishing service sector have defined the country's economy. The Chinese economy is undergoing heavy restructuring as it slowed to a six-year low of 6.9 percent in the ...
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The Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) has hailed announcement of the Tamil Nadu government to lift 20 per cent power cut and also remove 90 per cent evening peak hour restrictions. In a statement, SIMA chairman T Rajkumar thanked ...
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George Osborne has delivered his sixth Budget, and the last of the current Parliament. The key points are as follows: Economy The UK grew 2.6% in 2014, faster than any other advanced economy but lower than 3% predicted in December ...
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Tesla Motors Inc has announced that it will be handing pink slips to its employees in China as a part of its restructuring plan. The premium electric vehicle maker hasn’t declared the number of jobs that will be slayed, but there ...
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Maelor Poultry is expected to invest £10m in the site of a former cheese packing factory, First Milk, near Wrexham in the UK. As reported in the Daily post, the chicken processing company Maelor Poultry that bought the site is ...
Taiwan had 464,000 jobless citizens in July 2014, equivalent to an unemployment rate of 4.02% which rose by 0.10 ppt on month but dropped by 0.23ppt on year, according to the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS). ...
Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 6.1 percent in April, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. ...
Financial and social hardships are the major reasons black children and teens are twice as likely as whites to be readmitted to the hospital for asthma, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at nearly 800 asthma patients, aged 1 to ...
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New details emerge about the cut to the health law's Prevention and Public Health Fund in the $1 trillion spending bill, but a jobless benefits extension in Congress stalls. In the meantime, a mental health plan pushed by President Obama ...
The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level in a month for the week ended Jan. 4, the Labor Department reported. Claims fell 15,000 to 330,000, lower than the 335,000 average estimate from economists ...
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The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) urged the SNGPL to immediately stop discrimination in provision of gas to the textile made-ups sector which is contributing more in total textile related exports of $13 billion. The LCCI ...
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Initial jobless benefit claims rose to their highest level since March in the week ended Dec.14,the Labor Department reported. The rise reflects fluctuations that usually happen around the end of the year due to holiday-related ...
ICE Cotton closed almost unchanged on the week at just over 83 c/lbs, as specs continued reducing their long position while the trade bought back hedges against physical sales. Demand woke up from a range of markets with futures under ...
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Oil prices went up Thursday as unrest in Egypt bolstered concerns that oil supplies from Middle East may be disrupted. The Middle East accounted for 35 percent of global oil output, according to the International Energy Agency. Egypt ...
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