Lottery heat rises with dual wins in Brooklyn and White Plains
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…
German unemployment rises less than expected in September
By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) – German unemployment rose in September but less than expected, slowly showing the first cracks in what had been a very resilient labour market. The Federal Labour…
French inflation unexpectedly slows in September as food price rises ease
PARIS (Reuters) – French inflation unexpectedly slowed in September as easing price rises in the food sector outpaced higher prices in the energy sector, preliminary EU-harmonised official data showed on Friday. French…
Toyota’s Aug global output rises on stronger domestic production
TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor said global production climbed 4% from the same period a year earlier to 798,771 vehicles to mark a record for the month of August. Domestic production for…
Argentina poverty rate rises to 40.1% in first half of 2023
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s poverty rate rose to 40.1% in the first half of 2023, the government’s INDEC statistics agency said on Wednesday, up from 39.2% in the second half of…
Singapore Aug core inflation rises 3.4%, seen easing
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s key consumer price gauge rose 3.4% in August, almost matching economists’ forecasts, and easing compared with July’s figures due to lower inflation for services, food,…
Costa Rica’s homicide rate rises in deadliest year ever
SAN JOSE (Reuters) – More than 656 people have been killed so far in Costa Rica’s deadliest year on record, official homicide data showed on Friday, though the government expects this figure…
US two-year Treasury yield rises to 17-year high on hawkish Fed
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) -The yield on two-year U.S. Treasury notes rose to a 17-year high of 5.1970% on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady but…
As Crime Rises, New York City Council Takes Aim at History and 19th Century Slavery
NEW YORK, NY – The New York City Council is launching a multi-pronged approach to tackle rising crime rates while also addressing historical and ongoing racial injustices. Among the proposed solutions are…
A tale of two central banks as Uruguay rises and Argentina slides
By Lucinda Elliott MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Diego Labat, Uruguay’s central bank chief, is sitting pretty. Inflation is at the lowest level in nearly two decades, the currency is one of the region’s…
US manufacturing production barely rises in August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Production at U.S. factories barely rose in August as motor vehicle output dropped and activity could plunge in the months ahead after the United Auto Workers (UAW) union embarked…
Two $100K and One $50K Tickets Sold in NJ as Powerball Rises
TRENTON, NJ – In the Powerball drawing on Saturday night, three New Jersey Lottery tickets bagged the $50,000 second-tier prize. Two of these were bought with the Power Play option, boosting the…
Spain 12-month inflation rises to 2.6% in August driven by fuel
MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish national consumer prices rose 2.6% in the year through August, driven by the increased cost of fuel, up from a 2.3% increase during the 12 months through July, final…
Russian inflation rises to 5.15% yr/yr in August; monthly inflation is 0.28%
(Reuters) – Annual inflation in Russia was 5.15% in August, up from 4.30% in July, according to Russia’s statistics service. A Reuters poll had suggested that annual inflation would rise to 5.1%…
Bulgaria’s floods death toll rises to 4
SOFIA (Reuters) – Two bodies more were recovered in Bulgaria’s Black Sea coastal area on Wednesday, bringing to four the death toll from floods triggered by torrential rains, Bulgarian News Agency BTA…
Mega Millions Jackpot Rises to $101 Million; New Jersey Players Claim $98,640
TRENTON, NEW JERSEY – The Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to $101 million for the upcoming drawing on Tuesday at 11:00 pm, following no jackpot winners on Friday. Fourteen players matched four…
Tunisia’s annual inflation rate rises to 9.3% in August
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s annual inflation rate rose to 9.3% in August from 9.1% in July, the State Statistics Institute said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Tarek Amara; Editing by Jan Harvey)…
Spain’s August jobless rises 0.93% from July to 2.70 million
(Reuters) – The number of people registering as jobless in Spain rose by 0.93% in August from a month earlier, or by 24,826, leaving a total of 2.70 million people out of…
US construction spending rises strongly in July on single-family housing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. construction spending increased solidly in July as a shortage of houses on the market boosted outlays on single-family housing projects. The Commerce Department said on Friday that construction…
Euro gains, euro zone bond yields drop as U.S. unemployment rate rises
LONDON (Reuters) – The euro rose against the dollar on Friday and euro zone bonds yields fell after data showed a big increase in the U.S. unemployment rate in August, supporting the…
German unemployment rises more than expected in August
By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) – German unemployment rose more than expected in August, showing the first cracks in what had been until now a very resilient labour market. The Federal Labour…
Irish inflation rises to 4.9%, first uptick in six months
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish inflation increased at a faster year-on-year pace for the first time in six months in August, rising to 4.9% from 4.6% a month before, a flash estimate of…
Spanish inflation rises to 2.6% in August on higher fuel prices
By Jakub Olesiuk (Reuters) – Spanish inflation rose to 2.6% year-on-year in August, boosted by higher fuel prices, preliminary data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Wednesday. That was higher…
Japan’s July jobless rate rises to 2.7%
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s jobless rate rose to 2.7% in July from the previous month, government data showed on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was higher than economists’ median forecast of…
Broker XP’s revenue rises on higher client assets, card segment growth
(Reuters) – Brazilian investment manager and broker XP on Monday reported a rise in second-quarter revenue, helped by a rebound in the capital markets that saw its client assets breach the 1-trillion-reais…
India’s June industrial output rises at slowest pace in 3 months
By Nikunj Ohri and Shivangi Acharya NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s industrial output growth rate slipped to a three-month low of 3.7% year-on-year in June, data from the Ministry of Statistics showed on…
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