With the fate of a federal aid package suddenly thrown into doubt by President Trump, economic data on Wednesday showed why the help is so desperately needed. Personal income fell in November for the second straight month, the Commerce Department …
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Kat Magsaysay, of Cruelty-Free Charcuterie, didn’t get a single order for her popular vegan charcuterie boards in February and March of this year. “I was surprised,” she says. “What was going on? Who knew if it would keep going?” By the summer, she was …
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Boris Johnson met with Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Belgium on Dec. 9. Photographer: Aaron Chown/PA Wire/Bloomberg. Johnson and European
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… * Euro zone periphery govt bond yields tmsnrt.rs/2ii2Bqr (Releads throughout, adds comment, updates prices). LONDON/AMSTERDAM, Dec 23 (Reuters) – Hopes that Britain and the European Union will clinch a post-Brexit trade deal lifted yields on UK and …
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There were 6.69 million homes sold in November, seasonally adjusted, a 2.5 percent drop from 6.85 million in October, according to NAR. (iStock). Homebuyers took a step back last month, as the number of homes on the market reached a new low.
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