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TSA screener sick-outs hit 10 percent over holiday weekend

In comparison, there was a rate of about 3 percent this time previous year. Yet there was little end in sight to the shutdown as Trump was locked in a politic...

Davos: IMF raises Saudi economic growth forecast for 2020

The new forecasts, released on the eve of this week's gathering of world leaders and business executives in the Swiss ski resort of Davos , show that policymak...

China's 2018 growth slows down to a 28-year low of 6

Tighter credit has hit consumer spending with vehicle sales falling last year for the first time in more than 20 years. "It was a awful year, and it doesn't loo...

Lincoln Continental Coach Door Edition Sold Out Already

But the brand has confirmed that a second run will be offered, likely for the 2020 model year, more details on which will be announced a later date. Deliverie...

Google hit with £44m GDPR fine over ads

Neither is the consent specific, the CNIL said, because Google requires full agreement to the Terms of Service and data processing in the Privacy Policy, rather...

Why Ireland may be the key to unlocking Brexit

The prime minister is expected to tell the Commons on Monday afternoon that she plans to return to Brussels to seek a substantive shift from the European Union ...

China's growth slows to 28-year low as trade war weighs

In the three months to December, the economy grew 6.4% from a year earlier, down from 6.5 percent in the previous quarter. After years of breakneck growth, th...

Six people arrested over $1 million baby formula ring in Sydney

An organised crime ring that allegedly sold stolen baby formula on the black market overseas made $A1 million ($NZ1.06m) in just 12 months, police say. The late...

China economy: Fourth quarter growth slips to 6.4%

Some are cutting back on spending, which might worsen the downturn. "There will be more stimulus, they have already announced some of the plans which are in a...

Passengers shiver through 13-hour ordeal on Canadian tarmac

According to CNN , the plane landed in the province at 9:31 local time and the passenger was taken to a local hospital. "(I) feel partly relieved to be on a n...

Dublin gets much bigger Salesforce | Ireland

However, its new "Salesforce Tower" will only be six storeys high, unlike the similarly named "Salesforce Tower" buildings in San Francisco and London, which ar...

China revises down 2017 economic growth rate to 6.8% from 6.9%

The size of the gross domestic product of the world's second-biggest economy was revised down from 82.7 trillion yuan (RM49.7 trillion) to 82.1 trillion yuan,...

Amtrak modifies service because of winter storms - 1/18/2019 7:55:34 AM

For Sunday, Amtrak has canceled six of its Keystone Service trains that normally travel from NY to Philadelphia and then on to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . Vermo...

SocGen hit as French banks suffer volatility

Market-weighted risks should increase significantly, too, said the company. In December, SocGen's smaller French rival Natixis also reported 260 million eur...

Ford Mondeo gets a nip and tuck in Europe

In both wagon and four-door body styles, the Mondeo Hybrid is capable of pure electric driving and offers silent key start capability for refinement particula...

Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers face glitch with payments

Customers were left anxious as phone lines failed to connect to the help desks, The Mirror reports. "We are having higher than usual volumes of calls in tod...

Tesla claims 'no choice' in wielding axe on 3000 jobs

Last year was Tesla's most challenging, and at the same time most successful, year in its history, Elon Musk wrote in an email sent to all Tesla employe...

SAH says computers not infected by virus

Staff at the Sudbury Hospital discovered the hack on Thursday morning, prompting the system downtime to prevent the virus from spreading. In our region, 21 of...

Trump Offers Temporary Immigrant Protections For $5.7 Billion In Wall Money

He repeated his call for $5.7 billion to build the wall, his main point of contention with congressional Dems who have rejected the request to date. Trump hin...

Inflation accelerates as higher airfares, vegetable prices offset cheaper gas

All three measures of core inflation were unchanged in December. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters Eikon were expecting the same number for December. (See ...

Primark’s star still shines for AB Foods

The retailer's selling space increased by 0.3m sq ft since the financial year-end and, at 5 January 2019, 364 stores were trading from 15.1m sq ft which compare...

Vodafone and IBM collaboration to create cloud systems for business

As part of the agreement, IBM will provide managed services to Vodafone Business' cloud and hosting unit, in an eight-year engagement valued at United State...

John Bogle Dies Aged 89

Philly.com is reporting he died of cancer, citing Bogle's family. He cautioned that the pursuit of quick trades and short-term profits typically helped investme...

Rio beats copper guidance, closes on iron ore goal

The miner said iron ore shipments from Australia's Pilbara region came to 338.2mln tonnes, up from 330.1mln tonnes a year ago, supported by investments in produ...

Shareholders also want Amazon to stop selling facial recognition tech to government

In the resolution, some shareholders ask the company's board of directors to step in and stop such sales "unless the Board concludes, after an evaluation using ...

FPL plans to install 30 million solar panels by 2030 in Florida

Global spending on solar energy declined by nearly a quarter past year to US$130.8 billion, mainly on the back of a regulatory policy overhaul in China that led...

Newmont Mining Corporation, (NYSE: NEM) - Hot Mover Of The Day

Returns on investments may come in different forms. As soon as an individual decides what they want out of their investments, they can start formulating the b...

Southwest 737 Slides Off Runway In Omaha

The airport advised passengers to contact their individual airlines for the status of flights. The airport tweeted that there may still be some flight delay...

More than 24 tons of Johnsonville grillers recalled for containing rubber

The recalled 24-ounce packages of patties are labeled Johnsonville Grillers Cheddar Cheese & Bacon Flavor and the "best flavor by" dates of "7/24/2019", "8/13/2...

Analysts See $-0.04 EPS for Aurora Cannabis Inc. (ACB)

What is market trading price of stock? Other investors will opt to do the exact opposite. What is market worth of stock? Some investors may choose to buy w...