WASHINGTON — On the day that President Grover Cleveland left the White House after losing his bid for re-election, his wife, Frances, told the staff to take care of the mansion. “I want to find everything just as it is now when we come back again,” she said. “We are coming back just four years from today.” And they did. […]
Read moreNEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors in Asia were expecting small gains on Thursday, after Wall Street booked a choppy day due in part to a disappointing private jobs report indicating slowing economic activity.FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective face mask following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walks past a screen displaying the world’s markets indices outside a […]
Read moreNEW YORK (Reuters) – World equity benchmarks hovered near record highs and the dollar remained near 2-1/2-year lows on Wednesday as investors weighed the first approval of a coronavirus vaccine and the prospects for more U.S. economic stimulus with disappointing American jobs data.Slideshow ( 2 images )Britain approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, jumping ahead of the United States and […]
Read moreWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. After months of draconian lockdown measures being placed on the UK public, an end to the pandemic is finally insight with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approving the Pfizer jab as safe to roll out […]
Read moreFILE PHOTO: A Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) logo is seen on Bay Street in the heart of the financial district in Toronto, January 22, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File PhotoTORONTO (Reuters) – Royal Bank of Canada and National Bank of Canada beat expectations for fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday, as they set aside less capital than analysts had anticipated to cover potential […]
Read moreSINGAPORE – DBS Bank and Standard Chartered (StanChart) will cut already-low interest rates further on their savings accounts from next year. Singapore’s largest lender, DBS, will cut rates for its flagship DBS Multiplier deposit account, which offers customers tiered interest rates on their account balances. Interest rates are higher if customers transact in larger amounts with DBS or if they spend […]
Read moreWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Health Secretary Matt Hancock, making a statement to the Commons, said today was a “monumental” day for the UK as regulators approved the first coronavirus vaccine. But SNP MP Dr Philippa Whitford criticised the Government’s decision to […]
Read moreFRANKFURT (Reuters) – Trade union Verdi called on workers at seven German Amazon warehouses to go on a three-day strike that will coincide with “Black Friday” discount shopping sales on Nov. 27. Scheduled to begin with Wednesday’s night shift, Verdi is demanding better pay and working conditions. Verdi has been organising strikes at Amazon in Germany – the company’s biggest […]
Read moreFashion retailer Bonmarche has tumbled into administration again, little over a year since its last collapse and just months after it was bought up. The failure represents the third major high street brand to throw in the towel in as many days – with Debenhams being wound down and Sir Philip Green’s Topshop empire calling in administrators. In Bonmarche’s case, […]
Read moreLONDON (Reuters) – World stocks hovered near record highs on Wednesday on hopes for a coronavirus vaccine and additional U.S. economic stimulus, though enthusiasm for riskier assets left the dollar stuck at a 2-1/2 year low.FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, are reflected on a screen showing Nikkei index, outside a brokerage in […]
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