A Labor Department official has resigned after Bloomberg raised questions about a three-year-old, seemingly sarcastic Facebook post that appeared
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. manufacturing activity contracted for the first time in three years in August, with new orders and hiring declining sharply as trade tensions weighed on business confidence, raising financial market fears of a recession. Concerns …
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Hurricane Dorian has led cruise lines to cancel select routes as two major ports are closed due to the storm. Harry Curtis, a senior analyst at Nomura, expects cruise operators to see a $0.05-per-share decline in quarterly profits as a result. Read more on …
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Mumbai: Indian stocks fell the most in nearly 11 months and the rupee weakened to the lowest level in more than nine months on Tuesday amid concerns that the nation’s economic slump will be deeper and more prolonged than earlier thought.
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Maine’s Office of Public Advocate is asking the Public Utilities Commission to fine a leading competitive energy provider, Electricity Maine, at least $1 million and suspend its operating license for a year, as a penalty for alleged fraudulent and deceptive …
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