A boom in apartment construction is helping to curb rents but not all renters will benefit
When viewed through a wide lens, renters across the U.S. finally appear to be getting some relief, thanks in part to the biggest apartment construction boom in decades
2023-07-30 21:25
France’s Le Maire Lobbies for Chinese Investment, More Trade
France’s finance minister said talks with officials in China this weekend were positive and called for Chinese companies
2023-07-30 20:27
Britain’s Youngest Workers Face a Bleak Economic Future
Sticky inflation, rising bills and the fastest set of interest rate hikes in a generation have plunged the
2023-07-30 17:57
High winds stall efforts to tow a burning cargo ship packed with cars off northern Dutch coast
Dutch authorities say high winds in the North Sea are delaying efforts to tow a burning cargo ship carrying thousands of new cars to safety off the coast of the Netherlands
2023-07-30 17:45
France's Le Maire presses China on market access and lobbies for electric car investment
The French finance minister says he pressed Chinese leaders to open their markets wider to foreign companies
2023-07-30 13:57
Russian missile attacks leave few options for Ukrainian farmers looking to export grain
The collapse of the Black Sea grain deal and a series of missile strikes on Ukrainian grain silos and ports have left farmers with few options to export their grain — and all of them are getting more expensive
2023-07-30 13:16
India cuts rice exports, triggering panic-buying of food staple by some Indian expats in the US
Hoping to stave off inflationary pressures on a diet staple, the Indian government is banning exports of non-Basmati white rice varieties
2023-07-30 04:20
More Trader Joe's recalls? This soup may contain bugs and falafel may have rocks, grocer says
Trader Joe’s is recalling a broccoli cheddar soup that may contain insects and cooked falafel that may contain rocks, about one week after the grocery chain recalled two cookie products over similar concerns
2023-07-30 01:20
Historically Black fraternity drops Florida for convention because of DeSantis policies
The oldest historically Black collegiate fraternity in the U.S. says it is relocating a planned convention in two years from Florida because of what it described as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration’s “harmful, racist and insensitive” policies towards African Americans
2023-07-30 00:29
Port workers in Canada's British Columbia reject contract offer leaving ports hamstrung by dispute
Port workers in the province of British Columbia have voted to reject a mediated contract offer meant to end a labor dispute that stopped goods moving in and out of harbors, including at Canada’s busiest port in Vancouver
2023-07-29 22:45
Montreal’s $5 Billion Rail Line Starts Up in Test Case for CDPQ
After years of delays and hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns, a Montreal rail system planned,
2023-07-29 22:24
A large explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Thailand kills at least 10 people and wounds scores
A large explosion at a fireworks warehouse in southern Thailand has killed at least 10 people and wounded scores
2023-07-29 21:30