U.S. business activity better than expected, but remains soft Euro zone posts surprise return to modest growth Britain PMI falls at fastest rate in two years, surveys show NEW YORK/LONDON Jan 24 (Reuters) – The downturn in U.S. business activity eased slightly in January even as it contracted for the …
Read More »New technique from U.S. national lab promises to strip carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and factories at record-low cost
A scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory looking at the carbon capture system technology. Photo courtesy Andrea Starr at Pacific Northwest National Lab. Photo courtesy Andrea Starr at Pacific Northwest National Lab. Scientists at one of the country’s premier research labs have discovered a record-cheap way to capture carbon dioxide …
Read More »Gold eases off nine-month peak as U.S. dollar, yields gain
Holdings in iShares Silver Trust rose 4% on Monday U.S. 10-Treasury yields at near one-week peak Jan 24 (Reuters) – Gold prices pulled back from a nine-month high on Tuesday due to a slight uptick in the dollar and U.S. bond yields, although hopes of slower interest rate hikes from …
Read More »U.S. Accuses Google of Abusing Monopoly in Ad Technology
The Justice Department and a group of states sued Google on Tuesday, accusing it of illegally abusing a monopoly over the technology that powers online advertising, in the agency’s first antitrust lawsuit against a tech giant under President Biden and an escalation in legal pressure on one of the world’s …
Read More »The U.S. is massively underperforming global stock markets, and analysts see more of the same
A trader works on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), January 5, 2023. Andrew Kelly | Reuters U.S. stocks have fallen far short of their global peers over the past three months, a rarity in recent years, and analysts expect this divergence to widen over the …
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