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China’s 10-Year Bond Yield Falls to 2% for First Time on Record

(Bloomberg) -- China’s benchmark bond yield fell to 2% for the first time on record, as the central bank announced a package of monetary...

China’s central bank cuts bank reserve rates, pledges other moves to help the economy

BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese central bank announced Tuesday a slew of measures aimed at reviving the sluggish economy by tackling a downturn in...

Nurse labor dispute at Hawaii hospital escalates with 10 arrests

HONOLULU (AP) — Ten people, including a recently elected state lawmaker, were arrested Monday outside Hawaii’s only women’s and children’s hospital, where unionized nurses...

Oil prices rise on concerns of wider Middle East conflict, US storm

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Tuesday on concerns the intensifying conflict between Israel and Hezbollah may impact supply in the key...

B. Riley Bankers Put Brakes on Loans as Debt Weighs on Firm

(Bloomberg) -- B. Riley Financial Inc.’s bankers hiked the interest rate on the company’s key loan and cut how much the embattled firm can...

Stocks Set for Gains on China Optimism, Fed Bets: Markets Wrap

(Bloomberg) -- Asian equities are set to follow Wall Street peers higher after several Federal Reserve policymakers hinted at further easing and as optimism...

Oil Edges Higher as Israeli Strikes on Lebanon Raise Nervousness

(Bloomberg) -- Oil edged higher after Israel launched airstrikes on Lebanon that killed nearly 500 people and raised fears of a full-blown war in...

Spirit Aero probes parts back to 2010 over records anomalies, sources say

By Allison Lampert(Reuters) - U.S. supplier Spirit AeroSystems is investigating years of record-keeping of parts for multiple plane programs, after discovering cases of missing...

Via Rail CEO says late trains to Halifax “elephant in the room” as service modernizes

HALIFAX — The CEO of Via Rail told a Halifax business audience on Monday that although the Crown corporation has big modernization plans for...

John Malone’s Liberty Broadband Seeks Merger With Charter Cable

(Bloomberg) -- Cable billionaire John Malone’s Liberty Broadband Corp. is proposing an all-stock merger with Charter Communications Inc., one of the top pay-TV providers...

US workforce system restricts opportunities through racial discrimination, report says

By Allende Miglietta(Reuters) - A new report from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has found that the U.S. public workforce system...

US-China research has given Beijing’s military technology a boost, House GOP says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Partnerships between the U.S. and China at universities over the past decade have allowed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal...

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