Standard Chartered Raises Income Forecast, Adds New Buyback
Standard Chartered Plc raised its forecasts for income growth for 2023 and added a new buyback program as
2023-07-28 12:52
Mounting job vacancies push state and local governments into a wage war for workers
Pay is rising for many public sector employees as governments try to compete for new workers and stem a tide of retirements and resignations
2023-07-28 12:28
Teen was sexually abused at therapeutic boarding school, lawsuit says as parents advocate oversight
The parents of a teenager with special needs say he was repeatedly sexually assaulted beginning when he was 14 by an employee at a small private boarding school in South Carolina
2023-07-28 12:28
Japan's central bank retains key interest rate while fine-tuning bond purchases for more flexibility
Japan's central bank has opted to keep its benchmark interest rate at minus 0.1% but will fine-tune its bond purchases to allow greater flexibility
2023-07-28 12:20
North Korea Economy Shrinks Again as Pandemic Impact Drags On
North Korea’s economy shrank for a third year as the pandemic continued to weigh on activity, but resurgent
2023-07-28 11:25
China Asks Tech Giants to Showcase Investments in Sign of Easing
China has asked its largest technology companies to provide case studies of their most successful startup investments in
2023-07-28 10:52
Negative Views of China Rise Over Foreign Policy, Poll Finds
Perceptions of China abroad are souring largely because of its foreign policy decisions, according to a survey from
2023-07-28 10:50
Bolivia is the latest South American nation to use China's yuan for trade in challenge to the dollar
Bolivia is using the yuan to pay for imports and exports, becoming the latest country in South America to regularly use the Chinese currency in a small but growing challenge to the hegemony of the U.S. dollar
2023-07-28 10:24
GIC Cuts Key Quant Unit in ‘Tough’ Overhaul of Investment Teams
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte has scaled back a core quantitative unit set up in 2016 under
2023-07-28 09:23
Mexico's president offers to buy US company's coastal property for $375 million to end dispute
Mexico’s president says he has offered to buy an American company’s Caribbean coast property for $385 million to end a bitter, years-long dispute
2023-07-28 08:50
Citigroup says some predecessor companies likely saw indirect financial benefits from slavery
Some of the companies that formed what is now Citigroup likely benefitted financially from slavery in the 1800’s, the financial giant acknowledged Thursday, an admission that comes at a time when numerous institutions are re-examining their historic roots and the roles they played in slavery in the U.S. In research conducted last year, Citi found that none of its predecessor companies directly purchased, sold, or held slaves
2023-07-28 07:19
As cyclists ride across Iowa, they are seeing craft breweries driving small-town tourism
There are hundreds of breweries represented on the jerseys of the thousands of cyclists on RAGBRAI, the annual bike ride across Iowa
2023-07-28 06:46