The number of hires was also little changed in May at 5 million. It marked the second month that openings exceeded hiring, which was little changed. “The underlying trend in consumer spending is good”.
On Tuesday, the office of the Greek Prime Minister said that Greece remains at the negotiating table, and that the government has proposed a two-year deal with Europe’s bailout fund. The eurozone’s top official, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, said that the 19 finance ministers...
US-listed Chinese companies fell, including e-commerce giant Alibaba (-0.8 per cent), as well as the smaller social networking platform Renren (-7.0 per cent), Qihoo 360 (-7.1 per cent) and Youku Tudou (-6.7 per cent).
The report said the trade deficit widened to $41.9 billion in May from a revised $40.7 billion in April. That was less than the $42.6 billion deficit expected by analysts and suggests Wall Street economists may slightly raise their forecasts for economic growth in the second quarter.
German publisher Axel Springer said that speculation it could relinquish control over its business was “completely unfounded”, after the Wall Street Journal reported it is in merger talks with ProSiebenSat.1.
The shareholders of Charlotte, NC based Family Dollar Stores chose to sell out to Dollar Tree instead of Dollar General Corp. Dollar Tree offers customers a wide range of goods in suburban stores for $1 or less across most regions of the country.
(MENAFN – The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Russian President Vladimir Putin has said relations between Moscow and Washington remain the most important factor in ensuring stability and security in the world. “It has initiated a coup and put the current Ukrainian...
NAGOYA, Japan – The Solar Impulse 2 airplane on a round-the-world flight lifted off from the tarmac at Nagoya-Komaki airport in Japan at 03:03 a.m. local time (18:03 UTC) on the longest and most challenging leg of the journey – a 115-hour non-stop flight across the...
“We’re delighted that the European Civic Type R will be sold to customers in Honda’s home country of Japan”, said Honda Motor Europe Senior Vice President, Philip Ross. The company’s recalls linked to Takata have ballooned by 20 million globally.