Brooklyn, NY — Two New Yorkers are each $9,304.50 richer after winning top prizes in the Saturday TAKE 5 midday drawing, with winning tickets sold in Brooklyn and White Plains. One of…
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian economic activity expanded at its fastest pace in seven months in November, Ivey Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data showed on Wednesday. The seasonally adjusted index rose to 54.7…
(Reuters) – Automotive parts retailer AutoZone on Tuesday posted a better-than-expected 10% rise in quarterly profit as demand for its Do-It-Yourself (DIY) kits benefited from more people maintaining their existing vehicles instead…
NEW YORK(Reuters) – The benchmark S&P 500 index closed at its highest level of the year on Friday amid growing optimism the Federal Reserve was done raising U.S. interest rates and could…
WASHINGTON(Reuters) – U.S. construction spending increased more than expected in October amid strong gains in single-family homebuilding, but data for the prior month was revised lower. The Commerce Department said on Friday…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory output rose for a second straight month in October, government data showed on Thursday, lifted by the production of integrated circuits and autos, although external demand risks…
By Matt Tracy (Reuters) – Late payments on U.S. commercial property loans rose in November, driven by growing distress among office properties, according to a new report by Kroll Bond Rating Agency.…
(Reuters) – Global equity funds attracted robust inflows in the seven days leading to Nov. 22, spurred by growing expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will stop raising interest rates amid signs…
(Reuters) – Bitcoin rose 5.7 % to $37,802 at 2129 GMT on Wednesday, adding $2,044 to its previous close. Bitcoin, the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is up 42.5% from the year’s…
By Bhargav Acharya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African inflation quickened more than expected in October, approaching the upper end of the central bank’s preferred range driven by steep rises in food, transport…
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation rose to 1% in October year-on-year from 0.8% in September, the statistics department said on Tuesday. The National Consumer Price Index (NCPI), which captures…
US Conducts Second Round Of Retaliatory Airstrikes In Syria As Attacks On Troops Rises To 41 Micaela Burrow on November 8, 2023 The U.S. conducted a second round of retaliatory airstrikes at…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. construction spending increased in September, but momentum is slowing as the factory building boom fades. The Commerce Department said on Wednesday that construction spending rose 0.4%. Data for…
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s factory output rose much less than expected in September, government data showed on Tuesday, as demand slowed significantly, adding to uncertainty hanging over the export-reliant economy’s outlook. Industrial output…
TOMS RIVER, NJ – A project to build two twin towers along Water Street and the Toms River has been approved as a centerpiece of a larger downtown redevelopment plan. That plan,…
(Reuters) – Financial adviser Ameriprise Financial on Wednesday reported a jump in third-quarter adjusted profit, helped by higher client assets and a boost in its assets under management. Total client assets rose…
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) -Blackstone Inc said on Thursday that its third-quarter distributable earnings fell by a steeper-than-expected 12% year-on-year, as high interest rates weighed on asset values and discouraged…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Production at U.S. factories increased more than expected in September despite strikes in the automobile industry curbing motor vehicle output, further evidence that the economy exited the third quarter…
KINSHASA (Reuters) – The bodies of at least 52 people have been recovered from the Congo River after their boat capsized late last week, a provincial minister said on Monday, warning that…
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Health officials in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip have resorted to storing the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli air strikes in ice cream freezer trucks because…
KYIV (Reuters) – The death toll from a missile strike on the village of Hroza in northeastern Ukraine has risen to 59 after police finished identifying the victims, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Industrial production in Brazil rose slightly less than expected in August, data from government statistics agency IBGE showed on Tuesday, as the sector struggles to gather speed amid…
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish annual consumer price inflation climbed to 61.53% in September, official data showed on Tuesday, just below expectations and rising for a third consecutive month in response to recent tax…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. construction spending increased in August, lifted by outlays on single- and multi-family housing, though mortgage rates at nearly 23-year highs could slow momentum. The Commerce Department said on…
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Friday the central bank may be done with rate rises as inflation pressures, while…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending increased in August, but underlying inflation moderated, with the year-on-year rise in prices excluding food and energy slowing to below 4.0%. With gasoline price surging,…