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Eurozone finance ministers meeting in the Maltese capital of Valletta said Athens agreed in principle to the tough new reforms and technical teams would visit...

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State water managers are celebrating the end of the drought. According to the Associated Press , Brown declared an end to the state's drought emergency tha...

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Feuding Trump aides meet and agree to end 'palace intrigue'

Bannon, who was appointed to the council to guide and watch over then-national security adviser Michael Flynn, remains White House chief strategist. Bannon - ...

California governor declares end to drought emergency

Brown declared a drought state of emergency over three years ago on January 17, 2014. Susan Atkins of the charity Self-Help Enterprises said the drought...

China president's plane stops in Alaska after Trump visit

Xi, on a state visit to Finland before this week's US summit, said China and Finland will "enhance cooperation in Arctic affairs and promote environmental prote...

The Fed Will Give Trump Room to Run

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'Tremendous Progress' Made with China's Xi

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But crude was weighed down by a resurgence in US shale oil production and the expectation that inventories in the country would once again build, illustrating t...

Greece, creditors reach breakthrough in bailout talks

The chairman of euro zone finance ministers, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, told reporters as he entered a meeting of the ministers in Valletta that he was optimistic and...

5 things to watch for in Friday's U.S. jobs report for March

Compared to 12 months earlier, employment increased by 276,000 (+1.5%), mostly in full-time work according to Stats Canada. Retail trade lost 30,000 jobs as m...

Former Barclays traders acquitted in UK's fourth Libor trial

During their retrial, which came after a jury previous year failed to reach a verdict on their cases, expert witness Saul Haydon Rowe said that he had texted fr...

Economy Watch: Economy Adds Just Short of 100K Jobs in March

If that's the case, we should see a rebound next month. "How much job growth occurs will depend significantly on how taxes might change", argues economist and...

North and South Korea women face off in Pyongyang football match

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Clock starts ticking for jewellery retailers to publish gender pay gap data

If the wage gap closed, The National Partnership of Women and Families says IL women could afford food for one and a half more years, almost seven more months...

US unemployment drops to 4.5%, lowest in decade

Rather, it is a fluctuation around a monthly trend of 150,000-200,000 added jobs, which is more than enough to continue to tighten the labor market. They added ...

Things To Watch After FCC's Privacy Rules Get The Ax

Res. 34, the Congressional Review Act resolution that that repealed the FCC's broadband privacy rules. Providers will also be free to sell user data dir...

Gas Taxes Rising to Fund $52 Billion in Statewide Road Repairs

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Oil prices rise with Libyan output disruption

West Texas Intermediate for May delivery was at US$47.97 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, up 24 U.S. cents, at 11.41am in Hong Kong. That was aft...

Dogs Are Increasingly Attacking Mail Carriers

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Donald Trump explained USA position on THAAD to Xi Jinping: South Korea

And some experts suggest the timing of the strikes was meant to put more pressure on China regarding its relationship with North Korea. "It was obviously a id...

Creative Planning Has $10349000 Position in AK Steel Holding Co. (AKS)

Panmure Gordon maintained the stock with "Buy" rating in Friday, August 5 report. AK Steel Holding Corporation (NYSE: AKS ) is expected to post revenue of $...

Bay Area businesses mark Equal Pay Day by offering 20 percent discounts

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Yet another innovation by Adityanath; cabinet meetings in different cities

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Trump issues pipeline permit to TransCanada

If constructed, the Keystone XL pipeline will transport a daily average of 800,000 barrels of heavy Canadian crude from Alberta to U.S refineries. US Chambe...

Anti-Brexit protest draws thousands to central London

While no official crowd estimates have been released, CNN saw a large number of demonstrators at two pro-EU protests Saturday morning, where there were calls fo...

Rickie Fowler joins the logjam atop Masters leaderboard

The wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour began to subside late in the afternoon, and the forecast was close to perfection for the rest of the weekend, with mild t...

Adityanath to campaign in Delhi

The protestors warned they will continue their strike until the Government lifts the ban. Confirming that the firebrand Yogi will campaign in Gujarat, state B...

White House says air strike on Syrian air base was 'justified'

Syria said that up to ten people were killed in the strikes, which hit an air strip, Syrian planes and fuel dumps. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California said ...

Gov. Cuomo announces budget deal, 1 week late

That increase amounts to an extra $1.1 billion, including $700 million more for K-through-12 foundation aid. In a release from Cuomo's office announcing the b...

Nigeria oil price set to RISE as America attacks Syria

Oil, gold, foreign exchange and bonds initially reacted strongly to the attack but reversed some of the sharp moves later in the session after the release of we...