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US East Coast port strike set to start Tuesday, says union

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A port strike on the U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico will go ahead starting on Tuesday, the International Longshoremen’s...

Stocks Are In and Bonds Are Out: Top Trades for the Rest of the Year

(Bloomberg) -- US stocks will outperform the nation’s government and corporate bonds for the rest of this year as the Federal Reserve keeps cutting...

Helene Has the US South Facing Another Deadly Flooding Day

(Bloomberg) -- Floodwaters threaten more damage in Georgia and South Carolina as the US South reels in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, a storm...

As theaters struggle, many independent cinemas in Los Angeles are finding their audience

LOS ANGELES (AP) — On a hot summer evening, Miles Villalon lined up outside the New Beverly Cinema, hours before showtime.The 36-year-old already had...

‘Programming error’ results in accidental sale on Quebec liquor products

MONTREAL — The provincial Crown corporation in charge of liquor sales in Quebec says a computer issue resulted in all its products being temporarily...

FTC Chair Lina Khan sees parallels in Kamala Harris’s record and the regulator’s work

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan's aggressive antitrust stance during the Biden administration has made her a lightning rod in Corporate America and among...

Scott Moe: the conservative who began as a left-winger with a lights-out hockey shot

SHELLBROOK, Sask. — Scott Moe is the conservative premier who began life as a left-winger with a shot so hard, it was lights out...

Far Right Wins First Austrian Vote With Top Job Uncertain

(Bloomberg) -- The leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party said he’ll start negotiations on a new government coalition after an historic victory — yet...

Fed’s rate cut could catapult mid-cap stocks over the S&P 500 as the top trade, strategists say

Goldilocks might be onto something.Over the past week, investors were busy figuring out the best way to play the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower...

The Mavericks of Metals Are Back, Rocking a $15 Trillion Market

(Bloomberg) -- In 2002, the metals industry was jolted into uproar, after a US warehouse owner announced it would start charging a fee to...

Major Cities Ease Homebuying Rules as China Rolls Out Stimulus

(Bloomberg) -- Three of China’s largest cities eased rules for homebuyers, following through on the central government’s latest efforts to prop up the embattled...

China to cut existing mortgage rates by end-Oct, cities ease home-buying curbs

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's central bank said on Sunday it would tell banks to lower mortgage rates for existing home loans before Oct. 31, as...

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