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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A sales assistant is seen through the window of a retail store displaying a job vacancy sign in central Sydney, Australia, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Steven Saphore By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian employment suffered a shock fall in October and the jobless rate jumped as coronavirus lockdowns continued to plague…

(Reuters) – Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Patrick Harker said on Monday that he does not expect interest rates to rise until after the central bank is done tapering its asset purchases. “I don’t expect that the federal funds rate will rise before the tapering is complete, but we are monitoring inflation very closely and…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A tourist shows his “Green Pass”, a document showing proof of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) immunity, as he enters the Colosseum, in Rome, Italy, September 16, 2021. REUTERS/Yara Nardi By Sanjana Shivdas (Reuters) -Booking Holdings Inc topped market expectations for quarterly profit and revenue on Wednesday, but said a COVID-19 resurgence in…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III is facing a driving under the influence charge after a fiery vehicle crash early Tuesday in Las Vegas that left a woman dead and Ruggs and his female passenger injured, authorities said.According to police, Ruggs was driving a Chevrolet Corvette a little before 3:40 a.m.…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Two women walk next to the Reserve Bank of Australia headquarters in central Sydney, Australia February 6, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank took a major step on Tuesday toward unwinding extraordinary pandemic stimulus policies by abandoning an ultra-low target for bond yields and opening…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Goldman Sachs (GS) is seen on the clothing of a trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, United States, in this April 16, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has brought forward its forecast by a year to July 2022 for…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walks past a screen displaying the world’s markets indices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato 2/2 By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global equity markets gave up recent gains on…

BANGKOK (AP) — A resident of a high-rise condominium in Thailand cut the support rope for two painters, apparently angry she wasn’t told they would be doing work, and left them hanging above the 26th floor until a couple rescued them, police said Wednesday.The woman is facing attempted murder and property destruction charges, Pol. Col.…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: United Steelworkers (USW) union members picket outside Exxon Mobil’s oil refinery amid a contract dispute in Beaumont, Texas, U.S., May 1, 2021. REUTERS/Erwin Seba By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) -Negotiators for the United Steelworkers union (USW) and Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) met on Tuesday for the first time since a vote…

2/2 © Reuters. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters in Eskisehir, Turkey, October 23, 2021. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via REUTERS 2/2 By Daren Butler and Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan’s political opponents said his call to expel the ambassadors of 10 Western allies was an attempt to distract attention from Turkey’s economic…