© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Oil prices fell for a third straight day on Friday, logging their worst monthly loss since March, as fresh curbs placed on business and people in France and…
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Voters in California will decide in November whether Uber drivers and other gig economy workers should be considered employees or contractors – a question that’s been debated and litigated for many years now. On the…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Gold prices rose Friday, appearing poised to return to the key $1,900 level, as the safe haven crowd leveraged on uncertainty over next week’s U.S. election and that…
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Burnt orange daytime skies signal that the consequences of climate change are already here. But while we tend to focus on the death and destruction resulting from the growing frequency and severity of wildfires and…
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The Melbourne Cup is upon us. This year will be different due to COVID-19 — but one thing we don’t expect to change is concern about horses’ welfare, which seems to resurface each year. Just…
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© Reuters. Glencore Cuts Coal Target Again as Colombian Strike Hits Output (Bloomberg) — Glencore (LON:), the world’s biggest shipper of coal, reduced its production target for the third time this year as the company…
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Google’s payments to Apple to promote its search engine in iPhones, iPads and Mac computers are at the center of the Department of Justice’s antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant. The suit alleges this creates…
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On Monday October 26, five days ahead of Queensland’s election, many voters received an unsolicited text message from Clive Palmer’s mining company Mineralogy, accusing Labor of planning to introduce a “death tax” and providing a…
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© Reuters. By Barani Krishnan Investing.com – Oil prices tumbled for a second straight day on Thursday, hitting a near 5-month low, as the market reeled from fears of another global ramp-up in coronavirus cases…
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The U.S. economy rebounded from its unprecedented coronavirus plunge in the spring with a record surge over the summer, giving the president some good news just days before Election Day. Gross domestic product climbed 33%…
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