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US single-family housing starts rebound sharply in September
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. single-family homebuilding rebounded sharply in September, boosted by demand for new construction amid a dearth of previously owned homes, but the highest mortgage rates in...
Oct 18, 2023
China activates $6.5 billion swap line with Argentina
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina's central bank said on Wednesday that China has cleared a currency swap line totaling a freely accessible $6.5 billion, part of a broader deal the South American coun...
Oct 18, 2023
U.S. mortgage application flow plunges to lowest since 1995
(Corrects start of Fed rate hikes in paragraph 4 to March 2022) By Dan Burns (Reuters) - The volume of U.S. mortgage applications plummeted to the lowest in nearly three decades last week as the inter...
Oct 18, 2023
Canada to invest C$1.1 billion in satellite tech for better earth data
(Reuters) - Canada on Wednesday said it will invest C$1.01 billion ($740.90 million) over the next 15 years in satellite technology to boost the earth observation data that it uses to track wildfires ...
Oct 18, 2023
Canadian housing starts jump 8% in September -CMHC
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian housing starts unexpectedly rose in September, climbing 8% compared with the previous month, as groundbreaking increased on multi-unit and single-family-detached projects,...
Oct 18, 2023
AstraZeneca shares fall as abstract for lung cancer trial data disappoints
(Reuters) - Shares in AstraZeneca fell more than 4% on Wednesday after the publication of an abstract on its experimental precision drug's use in lung cancer in a late-stage trial disappointed some an...
Oct 18, 2023
Northern Trust posts smaller drop in Q3 profit on robust fee-based income
(Reuters) - Asset and wealth manager Northern Trust on Wednesday posted a smaller-than-expected drop in third-quarter profit as a rise in fee-based income cushioned the hit from a drop in its interest...
Oct 18, 2023
Peoria Council begins debate on $321M spending plan for 2024-2025
PEORIA, Ill. (25 News) – Peoria's proposed spending plan for the next two years went before the horseshoe for the first time a month ahead of the city's self-imposed deadline for final approval....
Oct 18, 2023
US sanctions seek to disrupt Hamas’ revenue, US Treasury says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration issued sanctions on Wednesday aimed at disrupting Hamas' funding, targeting what it said was "a secret Hamas investment portfolio," a financial facilitat...
Oct 18, 2023
Ride-hailing app Yango to set up global office in Dubai
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yango, the ride-hailing app owned by Russian tech group Yandex NV
Oct 18, 2023
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