By Helen Coster (Reuters) -Dow Jones, a division of News Corp that includes the financial news outlets the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and MarketWatch, plans to lay off 22 employees, according to IAPE, the union representing unionized Dow Jones employees. In a statement to Reuters on Wednesday, a Dow Jones spokesperson said that “several teams …
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) – City National Bank has agreed to pay $31 million to settle lending discrimination allegations with the U.S. Justice Department, the agency said on Thursday. A complaint filed in federal court on Thursday alleged that from 2017 through at least 2020, the Los Angeles-based bank received fewer applications in majority-Black and …
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By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices gained about $1 a barrel on Thursday, supported by figures showing U.S consumer prices unexpectedly fell in December and by optimism over China’s demand outlook. The U.S. consumer price index dipped 0.1%, suggesting inflation was now on a sustained downward trend. Top oil importer China is reopening …
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By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S consumer prices fell for the first time in more than 2-1/2 years in December as gasoline and motor vehicles prices declined, offering hope that inflation was now on a sustained downward trend, though the labor market remains tight. Americans also got more relief at the supermarket last month, …
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By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar tumbled to a nearly nine-month low against the euro on Thursday after data showed U.S. inflation was easing, prompting bets that the Federal Reserve will be less aggressive with rate hikes going forward. The move lower in the dollar came as the Japanese yen surged, hitting …
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(Reuters) -Britain’s National Grid’s 2-gigawatt power link with France, IFA1 interconnector, reported a second unplanned outage of 1000 MW on Thursday, after facing a similar outage for a few hours earlier in the day, Elexon Remit data showed. The cause of the latest outage, which started at 1619 GMT and was projected to last until …
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Por John McCrank NUEVA YORK, 12 ene (Reuters) -El dólar estadounidense cayó el jueves a mínimos de casi nueve meses frente al euro, después de que datos de inflación en Estados Unidos indicaron que los precios seguían una tendencia a la baja sostenida, lo que elevaba las expectativas de que la Reserva Federal sea menos …
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(Reuters) -Ukrainian forces in the eastern city of Soledar are holding their positions and inflicting significant losses on Russia troops, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a video address on Thursday. A Russian-installed official in Ukraine’s Donetsk region earlier said “pockets of resistance” remained in Soledar, undermining claims that the town had been captured. Zelenskiy thanked …
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By David Randall and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) -Some investors believe a slowdown in U.S. inflation last month may be paving the way for a market-friendly “Goldilocks” scenario for asset prices, allowing the Federal Reserve to bring down consumer prices without badly damaging growth. U.S consumer prices unexpectedly fell last month for the …
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(Reuters) – Nirav Shah, head of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will become principal deputy director of the U.S. CDC, Maine Governor Janet Mills said on Thursday. Shah joined Maine CDC in June 2019 and led its efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. He will replace Debra Houry, who joined in 2021, …
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