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US adds 227,000 jobs in November as Fed expected to cut interest rates again
The US added 227,000 jobs in November, with 54,000 added jobs in healthcare, 53,000 leisure and hospitality jobs and 33,000 government jobs added in the month
The unemployment rate increased to 4.2%, from 4.1% in October.
The final jobs report of 2024 was released prior to the December meeting …
K-pop and autocrats: jolt to democracy lays bare South Korea’s two sides
In the global battle for soft-power supremacy, a clear winner has emerged in recent years:
. Spearheaded by the boyband phenomenonBTS
, theKorean Wave
has turned a country that few knew much about into a cultural behemoth.But just days ago, as anticipation …
Struggling Thames Water receives £5bn buyout offer from Covalis
Embattled Thames Water has received a £5bn bid from Covalis Capital that would result in France’s Suez Group being brought in to manage a restructure of the UK’s largest water company.
The infrastructure investor Covalis Capital has submitted a bid for Thames Water, which has been on the verge of …
WNBA expansion draft: how do the Golden State Valkyries build a team from scratch?
Next season the WNBA will add a team from the Bay Area, the Golden State Valkyries, before Portland and Toronto start play in 2026, with
another franchise likely to arrive in 2028
.These teams, of course, will need new players. And Golden State will pick their new …
Average UK house price hits record £298,083, says Halifax
The average price of a house in the UK has hit a record high as homeowners enjoy a fifth success month of increases in the value of their properties, Britain’s biggest mortgage lender has said.
Halifax’s monthly house price index found that the cost of an average home stood at …
Direct Line accepts £3.6bn takeover after rival insurer Aviva raises bid
The insurance company Direct Line has accepted an improved offer from its bigger UK rival Aviva, in a deal valuing the business at £3.6bn.
Aviva, the UK’s largest insurer, has succeeded in reaching a preliminary agreement to take over Direct Line after submitting a third cash and shares bid valuing …
Friday briefing: France’s government has collapsed – now the chaos begins
‘It comes at a cost’: British growers criticise Christmas vegetable price war
Ten years ago, marketing executives at Britain’s biggest supermarket had a brainwave: might slashing the price of basic vegetables tempt shoppers to do their Christmas shop with them?
Tesco, under chief executive Dave Lewis, was trying to
reeling after falling sales,five profit …
Workers picketing Woolworths’ Melbourne warehouse are ‘capricious’, supermarket tells Fair Work
Woolworths has described a picket line outside one of its key distribution centres in Melbourne as a “metaphorical gun” pointed at its head, as the supermarket giant seeks to restart warehouse operations amid an industrial dispute.
Worker strikes at five distribution centres – including the picketed regional distribution centre in …
Can Keir Starmer’s six targets turn the tide? What the PM said – and what it all means
Sir Keir Starmer’s speech on Thursday mentioned the word “milestone” eight times and “missions” 13 times. There were also three “promises” and a “pledge”.
This all added up to one big thing: the prime minister attempting to turn the tide after a difficult start in government, by setting targets it …