People wearing protective face masks walk inside a building at a business district, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 18, 2020. REUTERS/Issei KatoTOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s jobless rate rose to 2.8% and a gauge of job availability grew to a 21-month-high in January, government data showed on Friday. The mixed data came as firms in the […]

New York (CNNBusiness)US oil prices briefly spiked on Thursday to their highest level in nearly 14 years, as concerns about disruptions to Russia’s supplies continue. US crude jumped as much as 5.4% to $116.57 a barrel early Thursday — the highest trade since September 22, 2008. A week earlier Lehman Brothers collapsed. However, the spike was fleeting. By late morning, […]

The life span of Americans declined last year for the first time since World War II. The figure went from 78.8 years to 77.3. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic took most of the blame. However, there remains a substantial number of Americans who live to be over 85. Last year that percentage of the population was 6.7%. Although there […]

Chawla, in his letter, told Sebi that as the unknown person was Subramanian, he had access to financial, operational and HR-related information of the NSE. The mysterious Himalayan ‘yogi’ who allegedly advised Chitra Ramkrishna, former managing director and chief executive officer of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), on important matters of the bourse could be none other than Anand Subramanian, […]

EXCLUSIVE: Production on Netflix’s Nailed It! Halloween was permanently suspended a day after crew members went on strike to secure a contract with IATSE. The walkout happened midway through filming the eight-episode Halloween arc of Nailed It!‘s seventh season. The union had been picketing the show’s producers, Magical Elves, in the hope of bringing the company to the bargaining table. […]

UK inflation increases to 5.5% We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Estimates published on Wednesday by Eurostat indicated inflation across the 19 member states of the […]

OPINION: “One day it will be our job to try and understand how a group of people could succumb to such wild and dangerous mis-and disinformation,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said as violent clashes continued to occur outside Parliament at 5.30pm yesterday evening. Without irony, her speech was being livestreamed over her Facebook account – where the live comments repeated […]

New York (CNN Business)If Russia’s oligarchs weren’t already shaking in their custom Italian-leather boots, they probably are now. In his first State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Joe Biden addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s cronies directly, telling them that the United States and its allies are coming to “seize your yachts, your luxury apartments, your private jets.” The […]