By Fabian Cambero and Carlos Serrano SANTIAGO – Chile’s centrist presidential candidates are lagging behind the polarized favorites on the right and left ahead of Sunday’s election, but could play …
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By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Gaurav Dogra – Global corporate dividends are set to reach a record high this year, as a rebound in business activity and a rise in consumer …
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By Tommy Wilkes and Marc Jones LONDON -Turkey’s lira suffered one of its worst days in three years on Thursday after the central bank defied warnings of a full-blown currency …
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OSLO – The Norwegian mainland economy grew at a faster-than-expected pace in the July-September quarter, accelerating from the early parts of 2021 as COVID-19 lockdowns were lifted, Statistics Norway (SSB) …
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-Japan unveiled a record $490 billion spending package on Friday to cushion the economic blow from the COVID-19 pandemic, bucking a global trend towards withdrawing crisis-mode stimulus measures and adding …
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PARIS -France’s unemployment rate ticked marginally higher in the third quarter but remained at levels seen before the COVID-19 crisis, according to official data published on Friday. The unemployment rate …
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By Andy Bruce and David Milliken LONDON -Auction houses and shoppers seeking new clothes for the Christmas holidays lifted British retail sales last month by more than expected, adding to …
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By Carolyn Cohn LONDON – Insurers have halved the amount of cyber cover they provide to customers after the pandemic and home-working drove a surge in ransomware attacks that left …
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LONDON – British public sector net borrowing, excluding state banks, totalled 18.799 billion pounds ($25.38 billion) in October, official figures showed on Friday, above economists’ average forecast in a Reuters …
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By Florence Tan SINGAPORE – Asia’s spot crude market has peaked after touching near two-year highs this week, as a possible release of oil reserves from top consumers globally dented …
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By Leika Kihara TOKYO – China must address financial risks in a “clear and coordinated fashion” and temporarily shift its fiscal policy to a neutral stance from this year’s contractionary …
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LONDON -Nationwide Building Society reported half-year profits more than doubled on Friday, as it cashed in on Britain’s economic rebound. The customer-owned mortgage lender reported pretax profits of 853 million …
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Wenatchee, Washington Man Sentenced to Over 17 Years in Federal Prison for Production of Child Pornography Spokane – Today, Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of …
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DEL RIO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) Laredo Field Office will temporarily close the Amistad Dam International Bridge until further notice. On Thursday, …
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By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO – Core consumer prices in Tokyo, a leading indicator of Japan’s nationwide inflation, likely rose in November at the fastest pace in more than a year, …
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Spokane – Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Monica Linker, age 32, of Walla Walla, Washington, was sentenced on October 21, 2021, …
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New migrant campsites have sprung up around Mexico throughout 2021 as migrants have grown uncertain of whether they’ll be able to remain in the U.S., the Associated Press reported Thursday. …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt, Steve Scherer and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON -U.S. President Joe Biden hosted Canadian and Mexican leaders on Thursday for the first North American summit in five years in …
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By Rozanna Latiff and Liz Lee KUALA LUMPUR – The United States’ planned Indo-Pacific economic framework will be inclusive and flexible, and will not be structured like a typical free …
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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON -The Biden administration’s push for a coordinated release of oil stockpiles serves as a warning to the OPEC+ production group that it should pump more oil …
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By Daniel Leussink TOKYO – Japan’s core consumer prices rose for the second straight month in October, as fuel costs accelerated at the fastest pace in more than a decade …
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By Hilary Russ NEW YORK – Employees at a Starbucks Corp cafe in Mesa, Arizona, have said they want to join a union, marking an expansion of efforts by organized …
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By Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU – The Federal Reserve will raise interest rates late next year, earlier than expected just a month ago, in a landmark shift from the emergency measures …
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LONDON – People in Britain turned more confident this month despite worries about inflation and they were more willing to purchase expensive items, according to a survey that will be …
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By Nia Williams and Rod Nickel – Shoppers in Canada’s flood-hit province of British Columbia have emptied grocery shelves following catastrophic flooding, although the shortages are as much down to …