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US worker productivity falls in 2nd quarter, causing annual decline

It was the third consecutive quarterly decline, the longest such stretch since 1979. "Firms are hiring people at a reasonably healthy rate", said Joseph LaVorgn...

S&P, Nasdaq hit fresh all-time intraday highs; health care leads

Canadian equity markets fared better fuelled by the energy sector with the price of oil spiking 2.92 per cent to close at US $43.02 a barrel. The broad index,...

Yen Strengthens As BoJ Stimulus Falls Short Of Expectations

The BOJ modestly increased purchases of ETFs, but maintained its base money target at 80 trillion yen ($775 billion) and the pace of purchases of other assets, ...

Donald Trump Cracks Hillary Clinton Assassination Joke

Trump wants to build", he said. Trump's plans are aimed at getting Americans back to work, boosting jobs and allowing businesses to compete in the global...

Tesla posts almost $300 million loss in second quarter

Chief Executive Elon Musk earlier this week had repeated a projection that if the deal is consummated, the combined Tesla-SolarCity could require a "small equit...

Vail Resorts to buy Canada's Whistler Blackcomb

Brownlie added, "As the number one ranked and most visited resort in North America, Whistler Blackcomb has enjoyed tremendous success by delivering an excepti...

New Pokemon GO Update Fixes Pokeball Accuracy And More

A glitch that showed all Pokemon as three steps away destroyed its usefulness nearly entirely, then Niantic removed steps altogether in a great example of...

UK industrial production data remains mixed, ONS reveals

It added that "very few" respondents had been affected by the uncertainty from the European Union referendum vote on 23 June. Month-on-month, the gauge trashe...

Underground meth lab found in Walmart parking lot

They say it's tall enough to stand up in and it was not secured, so anyone could access it. The channel was reportedly checked during a preventative patrol ru...

Harry Potter And The Cursed Child is fastest selling book this decade

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is Australia's fastest-selling book in 2016, with publishers and booksellers calling the response "unprecedented". Harry Pot...

Pilot fire in San Bernardino County scorches 4500 acres

San Bernardino County fire officials said the Pilot Fire was burning north, as 843 personnel continued the fire fight. The order includes the south side of Hi...

Boy died of neck injury on water slide

Following Sunday's tragic news of Caleb Schwab's death on the Verruckt at Schlitterbahn, other families are coming forward to share their own scary close calls...

Delta Air Lines flights delayed by widespread computer outage

Local Delta officials declined comment on which Guam flights were affected, but an airport spokesperson said as far as their operations were concerned the impac...

Twilio's results, forecast beats estimates on strong demand

It's proving popular too, with the company saying it expects to achieve revenues of between $253 million and $257 million by the end of the year, beating Thomso...

Valeant Q2 Earnings: What to Expect (VRX, WBA)

However, Valeant announced on Monday a licensing agreement with Norgine B.V.to develop and commercialize a preparation for cleansing of the colon in preparation...

Britain counting on fintech for banking revolution

The rules set in place are set to encourage more competition in the retail banking market, as larger organizations do not now have to work hard enough to acquir...

Sperling: Trump Has Doubled Down On A 'Reckless' Plan

She has scheduled her own speech in Detroit later in the week. Susan Collins said Tuesday he was "unworthy" of America's highest elective office, and will n...

China CPI +1.8% On Year In July

The result was well below Beijing's targeted maximum of 3% this year, giving policy makers room to further ease monetary policy amid an economic slowdown. "A lo...

Cislago ricorda la tragedia di Marcinelle

Il sito Bois du Cazier, oramai dismesso, fa parte dei patrimoni storici dell'Unesco. Il Comune di Cislago vuole ricordare la tragedia di Marcinelle . La Bold...

Iran hangs famous Nuclear Scientist over espionage charges

Amiri, who worked for Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, went missing in 2009 while on a pilgrimage to Mecca and reappeared one year later in the USA in a s...

Standard Life jumps, L&G slumps as insurers bookend FTSE

The Edinburgh-based group said assets under management (AUM) grew by 7%, driven by market gains for some of its investments following the Brexit vote. Standard ...

After all the bad blood, King beats Efimova at Rio Olympics

That didn't sit well with King, who doesn't compromise on the issue. However, King held off the Russian who was right on her shoulder with five meters left to...

2 children, baby sitter drown in Colorado swimming pool

Two young sisters and their teenage babysitter drowned in the swimming pool of a Colorado mobile home park, according to police. Officers and others attempted...

Morrisons expands home delivery service

It will also increase the number of non-food brands it sells online by offering customers products, such as Playmobil and Vtech toys, which are now available on...

Monster Worldwide to be bought by Randstad for $429 mln

Randstad Group is one of the leading HR services providers in the world, with top-three positions in Argentina, Belgium & Luxembourg, Canada, Chile, France, Ger...

Google Maps for Android gets two of the features you've always wanted

The company today announced a Wi-Fi-only option for the Google Maps app for Android - it began testing the feature last month - and it also added support for ...

Zika Vaccines Trial In Humans

The study appears in the journal Science . This experimental vaccine can inoculate Zika. The three approaches - an inactivated virus vaccine, a DNA-based vac...

Hamlin beats Penske Fords at The Glen

For the second year in a row, the driver who won the Daytona 500 went on to win at Watkins Glen - Joey Logano completing the same double in 2015. "I thought, 'M...

Russell Knox wins Travelers but Jim Furyk steals show

Russell Knox saved par with a 12-foot putt on the final hole to beat hometown favorite Jerry Kelly by a stroke Sunday in the Travelers Championship, hours after...

USA says 'high likelihood' of Zika spreading locally

Florida's theme parks "have mosquito control down like no place else I don't think on the planet", Jacobs said. The official advice from the Foreign Office we...

US Economy Expands By Less than Expected in Second Quarter (INDEXDJX:.DJI)

USA government statisticians have found evidence that efforts to adjust the country's measure of economic growth for seasonal fluctuations have not been fully s...

Is India a buy after 'biggest tax reform since independence'?

Its passage marks a victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he seeks to boost growth in Asia's third-largest economy, and is a relief for investors, especia...

Wal-Mart buying online retailer newcomer Jet.com

NEW YORK (AP) - Wal-Mart is buying fast-growing online retailer Jet.com for $ 3 billion in cash plus $300 million in stock, scooping up a newcomer that launche...

Warren takes on Trump's economic plan

They're suffering", Trump said in a speech to the Detroit Economic Club . In our review, Trump stayed on message during the 50-minute speech despite more...

$May to cut councils out of fracking funds$

May to cut councils out of fracking funds

And Prime Minster Theresa May is now considering paying the money directly to individual households instead of councils and local trusts. The plan is one opti...