US jobs market softening; slumping productivity boosts labor costs
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits increased last week as…
May 2023
Albemarle aims to use new lithium tech in Chile as govt broadens control
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – Albemarle Corp plans to deploy new lithium filtration technologies in Chile as the government moves…
Westinghouse unveils small modular nuclear reactor
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. company Westinghouse unveiled plans on Thursday for a small modular reactor to generate…
US retailers cut most number of jobs in April -report
(Reuters) -U.S. retailers replaced technology firms in cutting the most number of jobs in April, as companies show little signs…
TD pulls $13.4 billion First Horizon purchase, leaves U.S. bank in limbo
By Nivedita Balu and Niket Nishant (Reuters) – Canada’s Toronto-Dominion Bank Group on Thursday called off its $13.4 billion takeover…
Denmark’s central bank raises key rate, following ECB hike
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s central bank raised its key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 2.85% on Thursday, following…
Largest banks doing big deals not ideal, FRC an exception – Powell
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said it was probably good policy that the largest banks are…
Inflation has passed its peak in Germany as energy prices ease – Econ Min
BERLIN (Reuters) – Inflation has passed its peak in Germany as energy prices have eased, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck…
Canada’s March trading activity slowed in sign of cooling demand
By Ismail Shakil and Fergal Smith OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada’s imports and exports dropped to one-year lows in March, data showed…
Jury reaches verdict on Proud Boys charged with Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. jury on Thursday reached a verdict in the trial of members of the Proud Boys…