
Rand Seen Getting a Boost From Better South African Power Supply
South Africa’s rolling blackouts have been blamed by strategists as the single biggest factor weighing on the rand.
2023-08-16 21:50

Finland’s Former Prime Minister Stubb to Run for President
Finland’s former prime minister, Alexander Stubb, joined the race to become the president of the Nordic country in
2023-08-16 21:27

US Housing Starts Advanced in July on Single-Family Construction
New US home construction rose in July on strength in single-family projects amid limited supply in the resale
2023-08-16 21:25

What are 'Big Short' Michael Burry and Warren Buffett seeing that we aren't?
The S&P 500 index is up nearly 17% year to date, and the Nasdaq composite is more than 30% higher. Americans keep spending money, unemployment is low, the Federal Reserve may soon pause its painful interest rate hikes as inflation rates steadily — albeit slowly — come down.
2023-08-16 21:21

US single-family housing starts surge in July
WASHINGTON U.S. single-family homebuilding surged in July amid an acute shortage of previously owned houses, but mortgage rates
2023-08-16 20:53

27 Boston Market restaurants ordered closed in New Jersey for unpaid wages
New Jersey ordered more than two dozen Boston Market locations to close Tuesday because regulators found "multiple violations of workers' rights," including failure to pay wages, and fined the restaurant chain nearly $2.6 million.
2023-08-16 20:24

'Ho-hum holiday' spending expected as shoppers deal with economic cross-currents
US consumers, trapped in a web of conflicting signals on the health of the economy and how it impacts their ability to shop for extras, might be forced to spend less enthusiastically on a key bucket of discretionary spending -- Christmas gifts, according to early forecasts of this year's holiday sales.
2023-08-16 19:50

World Cup Driving More Women Than Ever to Betting, Says Entain
When Entain Plc Chief Executive Officer Jette Nygaard-Andersen took over one of the world’s biggest gambling groups in
2023-08-16 19:17

Target's sales fall for first time in six years
Target's quarterly sales fell for the first time in six years as consumers pulled back on home goods, clothing and other discretionary goods. Target has also been embroiled in the political culture wars over gender and sexual orientation.
2023-08-16 18:57

Slimfast Fades as Dieters Turn to Weight Loss Drugs
Sales of SlimFast, the meal replacement shakes, have dropped in the US as people turn to new blockbuster
2023-08-16 18:25

Europe Heat Builds as Some French Citizens Told to Stay Home
The heat wave that’s baking continental Europe is spreading further as citizens in southeast France were told to
2023-08-16 18:22

The Midwest Is Ground Zero for the Fight Over Carbon Capture Pipelines
Deadly rupture. Groundwater contamination. Earthquake triggers. One after another, residents from across Iowa fired off their concerns at
2023-08-16 18:16