Almost two months after President Donald Trump said he’s cutting off U.S. investment in companies tied to China’s military, confusion reigns on Wall Street over how to interpret his order. One certainty: Savers are losing billions. The New York Stock Exchange …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd plans to raise at least $5 billion through the sale of a U.S. dollar-denominated bond this month, four people with knowledge of the matter said, amid regulatory scrutiny of co-founder Jack Ma’s …
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Twenty states and 32 cities and counties increased their minimum wage as of Jan. 1, with 27 of these jurisdictions reaching or exceeding $15 an hour, according to the National Employment Law Project. This is the highest number of jurisdictions raising pay …
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The county’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 6.5 percent in November as more people returned to work, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry said Tuesday. The 6.5 percent rate for November is down from 7.2 percent in …
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Indian markets struggled to move higher today with consumer staples stocks and Reliance Industries under pressure. Sensex was flat at 48,436, after rising for the past 10 sessions. Nifty was slightly higher at 14,013 levels. Earlier in the session, both indexes …
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