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Amazon hiring staff for new restaurant division in Seattle, New York

Amazon.com Inc is adding staff for a new division dedicated to restaurants in Seattle and New York, with indications the unit is trying to rapidly expand a meal delivery service, according to posts o...

Sept 5, 2015
World Business
U.S. employers add 173K jobs in August; rate falls to 5.1%

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to a seven-year low in August as employers added a modest 173,000 jobs, a key piece of evidence for the Federal Reserve in deciding whether to raise interest rates fro...

Sept 4, 2015
World Business
China probing brokers, regulators for possible stock crimes

Employees of one of China’s biggest securities firms and one current and one former employee of its market regulator are under investigation on suspicion of illegal stock trading, state media reporte...

Aug 26, 2015
World Business
China said to halt stock support amid intervention debate

China’s decision to halt intervention in the stock market this week reflects a debate at the heart of the country’s leadership on the role of markets in the world’s second-largest economy. Authoriti...

Aug 25, 2015
World Business
China cuts interest rates in new bid to spur economy

BEIJING (AP) -- China cut interest rates Tuesday for a fifth time in nine months in a new effort to shore up slowing economic growth. The benchmark rate for a one-year loan will be cut by 0.25 perce...

Aug 25, 2015
World Business
Market rout deepens in Asia as stocks slide to a two-year low

Stocks plunged across Asia and U.S. index futures signaled more losses as the selloff in commodities deepened, sending South Africa’s currency toward its biggest drop in two years. The cost of insuri...

Aug 24, 2015
World Business
Japan's economy contracts in April-June quarter

Japan's recovery stalled in the April-June quarter, with the world's third-largest economy contracting at a 1.6 percent annual pace thanks to feeble consumer and corporate demand and slowing exports....

Aug 17, 2015
World Business
Greek lawmakers back 3rd bailout after all-night debate

Greek lawmakers approved their country's draft third bailout in a parliamentary vote Friday that relied on opposition party support and saw the government coalition suffer significant dissent. The v...

Aug 14, 2015
World Business
China fixes yuan stronger vs dollar, reversing falls

China's central bank on Friday raised the yuan currency against the US dollar by 0.05%, the national foreign exchange market said, ending three days of falls after a surprise devaluation. The daily ...

Aug 14, 2015
World Business
[Newsmaker] Google turns a page with Alphabet

The surprise reorganization of Google under newly formed parent Alphabet gives the tech giant the ability to focus on its core business, while offering startup-like flexibility to its other projects....

Aug 12, 2015
World Business
OPEC raises 2015 oil demand forecast despite bearish markets

VIENNA (AFP) -- OPEC on Tuesday revised upward its growth forecast for global oil demand in 2015 and maintained projected record levels of world consumption next year, despite turbulent market condit...

Aug 11, 2015
World Business
Greece agrees on broad terms of new bailout package

ATHENS (AP) -- Greece has agreed on the broad terms of a new three-year bailout package with international creditors, with a few last details expected to be ironed out Tuesday. Finalizing quickly th...

Aug 11, 2015
World Business
China starts anti-dumping probe into electrical steel imports

China's commerce ministry said Thursday that it has started an anti-dumping investigation into imports of grain-oriented electrical steel from South Korea, Japan and the European Union. The Chinese ...

Jul 23, 2015
World Business
[Newsmaker] Apple under pressure even after record profit

Apple Inc., after posting its best fiscal third-quarter profit ever, is facing fresh questions over whether it can keep making hit products. An attendee takes a photograph with an iPhone of the Appl...

Jul 22, 2015
World Business
Greek bailout moves ahead after Germany gives its backing

The bailout of Greece cleared some further key hurdles Friday after German lawmakers overwhelmingly gave their backing to another financial rescue and the European Union said it would release an inte...

Jul 18, 2015
World Business

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