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The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits declined last week in a sign that overall layoffs remain low, even as several high-profile companies have announced job cuts.U.S. applications for unemployment benefits in the week ending Nov. 22 dropped 6,000 from...

She had it figured down to the last dollar. The looming insurance payment, balanced against the hard-earned paycheck. The cost of keeping her children fed, covered mostly with government SNAP assistance. And when Shelby Williams reviewed the family budget...

At Fleece & Harmony, a woolen mill and yarn shop in bucolic Belfast, Prince Edward Island, in Canada, owner Kim Doherty used to be able to send yarn skeins to U.S. customers across the border with little fanfare.The yarn...

Nvidia stock was down 2.59% yesterday, and it’s now down 7% for the month. The negativity continued this morning: the company’s shares were down a further 1.34% overnight, mostly on news that Meta was considering using Google’s chips to...

Higher education has a duty to “train the leaders of tomorrow,” says the head of one of Europe’s leading business schools, as geopolitics threatens to decouple economies, reverse globalization, and shake up the traditional pathways for talent and migration. “...

International co-ordination, not technology, is the major barrier to Europe’s defence against unmanned aerial vehicles Source link

Representative Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat who has been a frequent critic of Donald Trump, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday claiming Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte abused his power to retaliate against one of the president’s political opponents.Swalwell alleges...

US consumers showed signs of fatigue leading up to the longest government shutdown, and their outlook has worsened ever since, sending a note of caution heading into the holiday-shopping season.Retail sales, not adjusted for inflation, rose a tame 0.2% in September...

The 2025 government shutdown drew widespread attention to how many Americans struggle to get enough food. For 43 days, the more than 42 million Americans who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits had to find...

Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire entrepreneur behind the Virgin Group empire, announced on Tuesday that his wife, Joan Templeman, has died at the age of 80.​“Heartbroken to share that Joan, my wife and partner for 50 years, has passed...