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A reading above 50 indicates expansion, and so despite the slowdown, US manufacturing is still in good shape. Yet, even with reduced sentiment for the month, the index averaged 53.0 over the past three months (May through July), up from 52.0 over the prior three months (February...

Brent crude, the global benchmark, fell about 50 per cent last year and dropped 2.1 per cent on Friday to $52.21 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. Oil companies in the U.S. have made an unprecedented cutback in drilling after prices slumped to a six-year...

The FCA has faced criticism in recent years that its Retail Distribution Review programme, intended to improve consumer confidence, has effectively priced out individuals with smaller net worth from accessing professional financial advice.

The increase comes after the Commerce Department reported last week that inflation-adjusted consumer consumption rose at an annualized rate of 2.9% in the second quarter, contributing to a bounceback in gross domestic product following a disappointing winter. In May, spending...

US Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has passed a bill supporting removal of the 40 year old ban for crude oil exports. The bill is replete with unsexy stuff, like legislative housekeeping, to repeal out-of-date energy laws.

Second-year cornerback Bashaud Breeland had to be carted off the practice field on Friday after suffering an apparent right leg injury.

T-Mobile, which ranks No. 4 among the nation’s wireless carriers, reported earlier this month that it had 2.1 million net customer additions during the second quarter, bringing its subscriber count to just under 59 million.

Alpha Natural Resources filed for voluntary chapter 11 bankruptcy early Monday morning.

Hayes told investigators that “influencing” Libor was “commonplace” and referred to himself as a “serial offender”.

There might be a handful of stations locally where the price dips that low. As reported by AAA, the price of a gallon of unleaded in Steubenville is $2.62, down a dime from 2 weeks ago, and almost a dollar from a year ago.

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian troops rescued 178 people from Boko Haram in attacks that destroyed several camps of the Islamic extremists in the northeast of the country, an army statement said Sunday.

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has called the trials “a travesty” held in secret because the soldiers’ evidence is a condemnation of Nigeria’s military establishment – indicating corrupt officers often divert money meant for salaries and arms.

In 42 events hurtling around often brutally-uneven roads, at both development and full WRC level, the 28-year-old from Geraldine had always kept his cars on their wheels in competition. Paddon and co-driver John Kennard had made an excellent start to the 30 July-2 August rally...

Royal Dutch Shell is cutting 6,500 jobs in Nigeria and at the rest of its global operations and will reduce capital spending by 20 per cent this year, as the oil company takes dramatic action in response to the plunge in oil prices.

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