WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, lowering claims to 900,000, still a historically high level that points to further job cuts in a raging pandemic. …
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Union Home Minister and Lok Sabha MP from Gandhinagar, Amit Shah, on Thursday said that Indian economy has started reviving and added that the consumption of electricity in December 2020 …
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The world’s second largest economy expanded 2.3% in 2020 compared to a year earlier, according to government statistics released Monday. It’s China’s slowest annual growth rate in decades — not …
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Growth in the three months ending in December rose to 6.5% over a year earlier, up from the previous quarter’s 4.9%, according to official data released Monday. China’s economy grew …
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Employees working on a dry-type transformer production line at an electrical production factory in Haian, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province on Jan. 4, 2021. Stringer | AFP | Getty Images …
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Joe Biden proposes $1.9 trillion plan to expand coronavirus vaccinations, boost US economy – World News , Firstpost
The plan, which would require congressional approval, is packed with proposals on healthcare, education, labour and cybersecurity Health care workers receive a COVID-19 vaccination in Pacoima, California. AP Wilmington, Delaware: …
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The plan aims at speeding up vaccination, providing $1,400 checks to Americans, and boosting economy President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9 trillion coronavirus plan to end “a crisis of …
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The relief package includes USD 415 billion focused on combating the COVID-19 pandemic, over USD 1 trillion in direct aid to individuals and families and USD 440 billion in assistance …
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President-elect Joe Biden will unveil a $1.9 trillion stimulus package proposal on Thursday designed to jump-start the economy and speed up the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. …
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes off her face mask as she gives a press conference on the actual situation amid the novel coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic, following a meeting with …
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What will drive share market rally in 2021: Strong Q3 earnings, improved economy; but valuation concerns loom
The AMC said that government spending will remain higher in the second half of the fiscal 2021, over the previous year. Image: Reuters Indian share market rallied 15 per cent …
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People walk at Shibuya Station in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 9, 2021. Du Xiaoyi | Xinhua via Getty SINGAPORE — Japan’s latest declaration of a state of emergency in parts of …
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California classified gig economy workers as full employees when it passed Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) in September 2019. The state determined that the drivers Uber and Lyft employed qualified under …
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Kim Jong Un’s ambitious new plan for the next five years is aimed at developing North Korea’s shattered economy, but the proposals may falter in the face of major crises …
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President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Friday promised an accelerated response to a daunting and intensifying array of challenges as the economy showed new signs of weakness and the coronavirus …
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For three months, they held more jobs than men in the US economy — something that had only occurred one other time in history, during a short period in 2009 …
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Job creation came to a halt in December as restrictions brought on by surging Covid-19 cases hammered virus-sensitive industries, particularly bars and restaurants, which lost nearly half a million positions …
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Think of major threats to South Korea, and its nuclear-armed neighbor North Korea may come to mind. But a subtler risk to South Korea’s future well-being lies within its borders: …
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Analyst argues that China’s regulation of Ant Group is bad for financial technology — and China’s economy
SINGAPORE — The increasing regulatory scrutiny of Alibaba-affiliate and financial technology powerhouse Ant Group could be bad for the Chinese economy as well as China’s financial technology sector, says Andrew …
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Flaying the BJP for breaking down the economy of Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday (December 29) asserted that her party would fight for their rights. …
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India’s economy could prove to be the “most resilient” in the subregion of South and South-West Asia over the long term, according to a report by the UN, which says …
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India’s economy could prove to be the “most resilient” in the subregion of South and South-West Asia over the long term, according to a report by the UN, which says …
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Containers and trucks at the port of Qingdao, China on February 14, 2019. Reuters BEIJING — China has not fully recovered from the shock of the coronavirus pandemic, business leaders …
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ISTANBUL — Hobbled by restrictions on his tobacco shop, Ozgur Akbas helped organize a demonstration in Istanbul last month to protest what he called unfair rules imposed on merchants during …
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The Chinese economy is set to overtake the U.S. faster than previously anticipated after weathering the coronavirus pandemic better than the West, according to the Centre for Economics and Business …