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Australia’s housing boom to deflate as mortgage rates rise: Reuters poll
By Vivek Mishra BENGALURU (Reuters) - Rampant rises in Australian house prices will grind almost to a halt this year, and an 8% decline is expected in 2023 as a cost-of-living crisis worsens and mortg...
May 25, 2022
Optimism dries up for UK services industry – CBI survey
By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - Confidence is draining away from the services firms that dominate Britain's economy, especially in consumer-facing companies which are most exposed to the worsening co...
May 25, 2022
U.S. backs flight attendants in California labor law fight
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration to a group of California-based flight attendants who won a lower court ruling that found Virgin America failed to abide by the state...
May 25, 2022
Broad support, but less hope for tighter U.S. gun laws -Reuters/Ipsos
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans support stronger gun laws but are less confident that lawmakers will take action in the wake of a spate of mass shootings, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll relea...
May 25, 2022
Global automakers face electric shock in China
By Norihiko Shirouzu BEIJING (Reuters) - If global automakers think they can extend their dominance in China into the electric era, they may be in for a shock. Kings of the combustion age such as Gene...
May 25, 2022
Asia’s war on inflation targets supply, not consumers
By Stefanno Sulaiman and Orathai Sriring (Reuters) - From export bans to price controls, governments in Asia are taking a much more targeted approach than their Western counterparts in curbing global ...
May 25, 2022
Texas school shooting leaves American parents angry, anxious, resigned
By James Oliphant (Reuters) - Melissa Zeidan was running errands in her San Francisco neighborhood on Tuesday - filling her car's gas tank, returning some clothes - while two of her young children wer...
May 25, 2022
Explainer – Can U.S. gunmakers be liable for mass shooting
By Tom Hals (Reuters) - An 18-year-old gunman stormed a Texas elementary school on Tuesday and killed 19 children and two teachers, reigniting a debate in the United States over gun control and the po...
May 25, 2022
Pritzker vs. Abbott in wake of Texas shooting on gun laws
CHICAGO, Ill. – Texas Governor Greg Abbott discussing gun legislation and the new details of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday that killed nearly two dozen people — might hav...
May 25, 2022
New Zealand leader urges U.S. to return to regional trade pact
By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday the United States should return to a regional trade pact it quit in 2017 if it wanted to engage e...
May 25, 2022
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