WASHINGTON: US employers hired the fewest workers in five months in October, offering the clearest evidence yet that the end of fiscal stimulus and exploding new COVID-19 infections were sapping momentum from the economic recovery. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 638,000 jobs last month after rising ...
SINGAPORE: There are currently about 26 million pieces of S$1,000 notes still in circulation, the Monetary Authority of Singapore said on Friday (Nov 6). MAS had said on Tuesday that Singapore will stop issuing S$1,000 notes from Jan 1 next year to reduce money laundering and terrorism financing ......
ViacomCBS Inc beat analysts' estimates for quarterly revenue on Friday as higher demand for its streaming services, CBS All Access and Showtime, partially offset a decline in ad sales.
Insurer American International Group Inc , which plans to separate its life and retirement business from the rest of the company, said on Friday it was considering options for the business, including an initial public offering or a stake sale of nearly 20per cent.
Walmart Inc , the world's largest retailer, said on Friday it would sell its retail operations in Argentina to South American supermarket chain owner Grupo de Narváez.
SINGAPORE: All workers who have recovered from COVID-19 are now exempted from rostered routine testing, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Manpower (MOM) in a joint press release on Friday (Nov 6). The move comes after a review of the latest scientific evidence suggested that these...
The budget has proposed to raise the ceiling of the COVID-19 Fund, distribute cash aid worth RM6.5 billion and allow those in the low-income group to defer loan payment for three months.
The pay gap between men and women doing the same job in Europe narrowed only marginally this year, the European Commission said on Friday, even though a vast majority of EU citizens support eliminating that difference.
France expects smoother trade relations with the United States should Democratic contender Joe Biden win the presidential vote, with greater alignment on sustainable development and more multilateral cooperation, trade minister Franck Riester said.
The European Commission on Friday urged online platforms to gird for a fresh wave of consumer scams linked to the resurgence of COVID-19 infections in Europe and said they need to work harder against the spread of disinformation related to the pandemic.
