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CHICAGO Dec 18 The U.S. Congress on Friday passed a broad 2016 spending package that includes the repeal of a meat labeling law in order to avoid more than $1 billion in trade retaliation by Mexico and Canada.

In 2014, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval convened a special session to approve tax incentives worth as much as $1.25 billion for Tesla’s Reno factory.

“Kellingley and the coal industry in general has been let down by successive governments – both Conservative and Labour – who have failed to halt the pit closures”.

The change in rates from loans will increase banks’ profits.

But with United States democracy watchdog Freedom House reporting that China had the most restrictive Internet policies of 65 countries studied, below Cuba, Iran and Syria, human rights campaigners have called for a total boycott of the conference.

The latest estimates, which will be revised early next year, show about 59.5 percent of the state’s population is employed, compared with 59.3 nationally.

The fiscal package includes a repeal of the 40-year-old ban on exporting domestically produced oil.

Get ready for an influx of Star Wars box office reports, because Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been breaking records since pre-sale tickets went online, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. Ticket sales Thursday night and Friday surpassed previous records set by...

And Wednesday’s rate hike was exactly in line with market expectations, the FOMC having been “very transparent in what they do and very aware in where inflation is and what markets have done”, NEPC’s Smith said. But the market actually closed higher...

Addressing a cabinet meeting on Friday, Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Kiev had made a decision to impose a “moratorium” on the Russian bond, meaning the Ukrainian government would officially default on the bond due on December 20.

This is not the first year Kohl’s has stayed open around-the-clock in the run-up to the holidays, but the chain is getting an even earlier jump on the offering this year, which starts on December 17 after launching on December 19 the previous year.

“Rising U.S. interest rates will have a neutral effect on most U.S. companies, which can afford the increase”, Moody’s said. The Fed’s move initially sent the dollar slightly lower and gold prices held their gains. If the U.S. labour market was close to...

Newmont Mining, which fell 7.7 per cent to $17.61, led declines on the materials index, which fell 1.9 per cent. The S&P energy index fell 2.5 per cent.

Crude oil prices moved marginally in early Asia trade Friday on reports of additional buildup in US crude stockpiles, fueling worries of a worsening global glut that has already affected prices struggling in the multiyear-lows range. That is about a third of the 1,536 oil rigs...

The ILO jobless rate came in at 5.2 percent in August to October period, which was below 5.3 percent seen in three months to September.