SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks posted their biggest decline in eight sessions, bonds rose and the US dollar held firm on Thursday due to growing cases of coronavirus in the United States and the International Monetary Fund’s downgrade to economic projections reduced confidence in a recovery. FILE PHOTO: Passers-by wearing …
Read More »Layoffs in the US USA They remain elevated as weak demand persists after companies reopened
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Weak demand is forcing American employers to lay off workers, keeping new claims for unemployment benefits extraordinarily high, even when companies have reopened, confirming views that the job market could take years to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. FILE PHOTO: People line up in front of a …
Read More »Joel Acevedo: Milwaukee Police Off Duty Charged With Man’s Death
Michael Mattioli, 32, is charged with first-degree reckless murder in the death of Joel Acevedo the morning after a party at Mattioli’s house, according to the criminal complaint. Mattioli’s bail continued at $ 50,000 on Wednesday at the hearing, and “he remains out of custody until trial,” Mattioli attorney Michael …
Read More »Tesla plans battery manufacturing facilities under ‘Roadrunner’ project: document
FILE PHOTO: A Tesla service center in Costa Mesa, California, USA shown. USA, March 18, 2020. REUTERS / Mike Blake (Reuters) – Tesla Inc plans to build a battery research and manufacturing facility in Fremont, California, to operate 24 hours a day, under a project called Roadrunner, city government documents …
Read More »Exclusive: United States Warns Russia And China Of UN Isolation If Iran Blocks Extension Of Gun Ban
NEW YORK / WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia and China will be isolated at the United Nations if they continue on the “path of dystopia” blocking a United States attempt to extend a weapons ban to Iran, the Iranian envoy from the United States said. Brian Hook to Reuters. his formal …
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