Wall Street opens higher after jobs data; tariff ruling awaited
Wall Street’s main indexes opened slightly higher on Friday (Jan 9), as investors digested weaker-than-expected jobs data, while awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on US President Donald…
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Asian stocks ease, dollar firms ahead of jobs report, ruling on tariffs
Asian stocks drifted lower and the dollar stood tall on Friday ahead of a crucial jobs report, while investors girded for a Supreme Court ruling on the legality of President Donald Trump’s…
Gold falls as commodity index adjustments weigh ahead of US jobs data
Gold fell on Friday (Jan 9) as commodity index readjustments and a firm US dollar kept the pressure on prices in the near term, with investors positioning ahead of the US non-farm payrolls…
Cathay Pacific seeks savings, cuts some jobs in efficiency push
Cathay Pacific Airways has asked all departments to identify savings and efficiencies in an attempt to rein in expenses, as Hong Kong’s flagship carrier prepares for a slower rate of…
Gold, precious metals rise as softer US jobs data boost Fed rate cut bets
Gold and other precious metals rose on Thursday (Jan 8) after US private payroll data showed job openings fell to a 14-month low in November, reinforcing bets for Federal Reserve rate…
5 of the hottest jobs in 2025
In 2025, AI became officially unavoidable: It had been lurking in the background before, as early adapters experimented with it. But this year, companies invested more than $202 billion in…
Telefonica to cut 5,500 jobs with total cost of 2.5 billion euros
The Spanish carrier has signed an agreement with unions to implement the exit plans Telefonica will book a cost of 2.5 billion euros (S$3.8 billion) to pay for the exit of about 5,500…
Kate Winslet ‘Desperately Tried’ to Recast Herself in ‘Goodbye June’ Directorial Debut: ‘I Cannot Do Three Jobs’
Kate Winslet is opening up about the challenges she faced while making her directorial debut, “Goodbye June.” Written by her son, Joe Anders, the actress revealed that she only planned to…
14 Celebrities Who Admitted They Took TV And Movie Jobs "Just For The Paycheck"
14 Celebrities Who Took TV And Movie Jobs Just For The Paycheck Not all of us like to admit it, but we've all definitely worked a not-so-glamorous job because we really just needed the…
New Jobs Data Blows Up One of Trump’s Main Talking Points
President Donald Trump wants to pretend like he’s not crippling the economy, but job growth in 2025 has dropped by more than half and it’s all his fault. Only 499,000 jobs were created…
Asian markets drift as US jobs data fails to boost rate cut hopes
ASIAN equities fluctuated on Wednesday as mixed US jobs data did little to boost expectations for another interest rate cut next month, while oil rallied after Donald Trump ordered the…
Wall Street slips at open as investors assess key jobs data
Wall Street’s main indexes slipped at the open on Tuesday (Dec 16) after data broadly signalled a cooling US economy, paving the way for more monetary policy easing by the Federal Reserve…
Asian markets retreat ahead of US jobs as tech worries weigh
ASIAN markets extended losses with Wall Street on Tuesday as investors jockeyed for position ahead of key US jobs and inflation data, while sentiment remains subdued by worries over a…
Fed Chair Warns Trump Admin May Be Seriously Exaggerating Jobs Numbers
On Thursday, hours before the state Senate is set to vote, Trump issued another nasty missive, attacking more local leaders while threatening to back primary opponents for anyone who votes…
OpenAI Staffer Quits, Alleging Company’s Economic Research Is Drifting Into AI Advocacy
OpenAI has allegedly become more guarded about publishing research that highlights the potentially negative impact that AI could have on the economy, four people familiar with the matter…
People Are Sharing Real-Life "Rom-Com Jobs," And Now I Need To Know If You Have One, Too
14 Rom-Com Jobs Recently, a Twitter user changed lives by casually dropping a revolutionary phrase: "rom-com jobs." "several of my friends have what i would consider 'romcom jobs' but my…
UBS may cut further 10,000 jobs by 2027: report
The bank has been cutting jobs as a result of the integration of former rival Credit Suisse UBS may cut an additional 10,000 jobs by 2027, Swiss paper SonntagsBlick reported on Sunday (Dec…
Washington Times Weekly: Jobs down, shopping up, diving headfirst into the holiday season
I'm George Gerbo and welcome to Washington Times Weekly, where we get a chance to sit down with our reporters and talk about their coverage of the latest news and events. And joining me…
Gold holds steady after weak US jobs data reinforce rate-cut bets
Gold prices held steady above the US$4,200 mark on Thursday (Dec 4), buoyed by weak private payrolls data that reinforced expectations of a US interest rate cut at the US Federal Reserve’s…
Trump Official Panics as Brutal Jobs Report Blames Trump’s Tariffs
The order banned citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen from traveling to the U.S. It also…
Ad giant Omnicom to cut over 4,000 jobs, fold legacy brands after IPG takeover
After the job cuts, roughly 85% of the roles will be client-focused, while 15% will be administrative, the company says Omnicom said on Monday (Dec 1) that it will lay off more than 4,000…
Allianz to cut up to 1,800 jobs due to AI advances
German insurance group Allianz plans to cut up to 1,800 jobs in its travel insurance division, mainly in call centres, as artificial intelligence increasingly replaces manual processes, a…
McKinsey cuts about 200 tech jobs, shifts more roles to AI
The company is not ruling out additional reductions across different functions over the next two years McKinsey & Co cut about 200 global tech jobs in the past week as the consulting firm…
HP to cut about 6,000 jobs by 2028, ramps up AI efforts
HP SAID on Tuesday it expects to cut between 4,000 and 6,000 jobs globally by fiscal 2028 as part of a plan to streamline operations and adopt artificial intelligence to speed up product…