TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core machinery orders likely fell in August, a Reuters poll found on Friday, reversing the previous month’s gain as the coronavirus pandemic weighed on business investment. Worsening earnings have discouraged businesses from investing, with the world third-largest economy only just emerging from its worst post war […]
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As the jobs recovery slows, moms, African-Americans and government workers are falling behind
Among the report’s scariest signs? The share of Americans working or looking for work, known as the labor-force participation rate, declined among prime working ages (25-54) in September. The drop was driven by plunging participation rates among women, just as the school year went into full swing in much of […]
Falling business investment scars UK’s long-term growth potential
Britain’s chances of a robust recovery after the pandemic have been dented by a much more severe deterioration in business investment over the past six months than in other countries. Companies slashed capital investment spending in the second quarter of the year, according to official figures, with more up-to-date data […]
Penguins’ Hornqvist-Matheson trade negotiation is potentially “falling apart”
It was a quiet day up until 11:17 this morning, when former Pensburgh podcast guest Kevin Weekes broke some news via twitter that shook up the hockey world. “As per what I’m told – the @penguins are trading F Patric Hornqvist to @FlaPanthers in exchange for D Mike Matheson,” was […]