Signs of labor shortages are everywhere. Restaurants have cut their hours, warehouses pile up with products that wait for truck drivers to deliver them and construction projects stretch out for
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Evergrande CEO in Hong Kong for restructuring, asset sale talks, sources say
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Evergrande Group’s chief executive is holding talks in Hong Kong with investment banks and creditors over a possible restructuring and asset sales, two people said, as the
Argentina touts economic 'roadmap', investors remain wary
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Argentine senior officials met with private investors in New York on Friday, touting a much sought-after economic “roadmap” for the embattled country and playing up the chances
Man's digital wallet wiped out after he left crypto trading to robot
SINGAPORE – “Buy low, sell high” was a strategy that worked a treat for Derrick when he started trading in cryptocurrency two years ago, so he saw no reason to
Crypto at a crossroads: What's next for Singapore?
Crypto at the crossroads as S’pore okays firms offering digital payment token services The cryptocurrency revolution has been gathering pace of late and looks set to shift into a new
Wall St ends up with Goldman; Dow posts biggest weekly rise since June
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Friday and the Dow scored its biggest weekly percentage gain since June, as Goldman Sachs rounded out a week of strong quarterly
Analysis: Supply chains, inflation overshadow vaccine, debt woes at IMF-World Bank meetings
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Supply chain woes and growing inflation concerns pushed aside a widening gap in COVID-19 vaccinations and mounting debt problems for developing countries as the top concerns for
Wall Street banks set to profit again when Fed withdraws pandemic stimulus
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street banks have been among the biggest beneficiaries of the pandemic-era trading boom, fueled by the Federal Reserve’s massive injection of cash into financial markets.FILE
Inflation preview: Prices rising at fastest pace in over a decade
If you feel like the cost of everything is going up, you’re right. And if those increases feel strange, that’s probably because this is the fastest rate at which prices
Steven Joyce: Covid freedom is actually coming – just get vaccinated
OPINION: Welcome to the Hotel California, Auckland. You can check out any time you want but good luck with ever leaving. Sixty days into our largest city’s latest lockdown, that’s