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Powell or Brainard? Biden weighs his pick for U.S. Fed chair
By Jeff Mason (Reuters) - President Joe Biden is still weighing whether to keep Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve for a second term or elevate Fed Governor Lael Brainard to the post, an ad...
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Australia jobs take shock fall in Oct, unemployment jumps
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian employment suffered a shock fall in October and the jobless rate jumped as coronavirus lockdowns continued to plague the labour market, though all signs poi...
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Japan’s wholesale inflation hits 40-year high as fuel costs spike
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's wholesale inflation hit a four-decade high in October, following a similar spike in China's factory gate prices as supply bottlenecks and rising commodity cos...
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Thailand economy likely shrank in Q3 on COVID-19 curbs – Reuters poll
By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU (Reuters) - Thailand's economy likely lurched back into contraction last quarter, stalling a nascent recovery as tough restrictions to contain the spread of COVID-19 hit ...
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China coal’s last hurrah comes too late for old mining towns
By David Stanway PINGDINGSHAN, China (Reuters) - On the edges of an old and depleted mine on the rugged outskirts of Pingdingshan in central China's Henan province, workers sift through dunes of low-g...
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Texas governor calls for investigation into ‘pornography’ in school libraries
By Brad Brooks LUBBOCK, Texas (Reuters) - Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday called on the state's education regulatory agencies to investigate the presence of what he called pornographic books i...
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Grand jury indicts three men over 2016 U.S. election funds
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A federal grand jury indicted three men for operating two fraudulent political action committees during the 2016 U.S. election cycle and collecting about $3.5 million fro...
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Hot U.S. inflation drives dollar to 2021 peaks
By Tom Westbrook SYDNEY (Reuters) - The dollar stood at its highest levels of the year against sterling and the euro on Thursday, while the yen was smarting from its sharpest drubbing in a month, afte...
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UK house prices soar again, fuelled by dearth of sellers: RICS
LONDON (Reuters) - House price inflation in Britain picked up last month, propelled by a shortage of sellers that suggested further price rises lie ahead, a closely watched survey showed on Thursday. ...
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U.S. Senate panel to hold Nov 17 hearing on Biden FCC pick
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee plans to hold a Nov. 17 confirmation hearing for a new term for Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Rosenworcel, but will not imme...
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