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Business Briefing: Low loonie works in central bank's favour

Largest decline since January as central bank seeks to bolster renminbi

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek journalists are striking to protest austerity measures, pulling all television and radio news broadcasts off the air a day before a nationwide general strike expected to shut down services across the country.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek journalists are striking to protest austerity measures, pulling all television and radio news broadcasts off the air a day before a nationwide general strike expected to shut down services across the country. Journalists are protesting sweeping social security reforms that will affect pension funds.

After Monday night’s beatdown at the hands of the Colts, the Jets were criticized for a lack of effort. But coach Todd Bowles said after watching the tape that he thinks his players were hustling. He admits, however, that his players made a lot of stupid mistakes to contribute to an ugly loss. “I thought…

ENSCHEDE - Twee mannen van 33 en 39 jaar zonder vaste woon- of verblijfplaats zijn dinsdag aangehouden met drie vuilniszakken vol met gestolen spullen. De twee werden betrapt bij een controle van het Grensoverschrijdend Politieteam in Enschede.

TOKYO (AP) — Six decades after "Minamata disease" mercury poisoning was first discovered, victims and their advocates are demanding tests for food toxicity and illnesses be carried out to help identify patients.

TOKYO (AP) — Six decades after "Minamata disease" mercury poisoning was first discovered, victims and their advocates are demanding tests for food toxicity and illnesses be carried out to help identify patients.

Britain's competition watchdog has fined Pfizer a record 84.2 million pounds ($107 million) for its role in ramping up the cost of an epilepsy drug by as much as 2,600 percent.

Tributes are paid to "gladiatorial" Game of Thrones and Porridge actor Peter Vaughan after his death.

Eating enough of these powerful foods can lower the risk of heart disease, developing obesity, and even cancer. Luckily you have to look no further than your...

Randy Phillips is starting as chief executive this week at LiveStyle, the dance-festival conglomerate formerly known as SFX Entertainment, which filed for bankruptcy in February. In recent months he has been crafting a strategy that includes broadening the company’s music appeal.

Billy on the Street kicked off Tuesday night’s episode with Andy Samberg and a little game called “Was at My Wedding or Possibly Killed Tupac?” and Andy won! Later, concerned that Hollywood is fresh out of interesting characters for action movies, Billy pitched some edgy new rebooted heroes to the average Joes on the street. Imagine Andy Samberg as MySpace Tom. Catchphrase: “I just updated my mood to pissed.”

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — An Indian tribe in northern Indiana that recently celebrated becoming the first tribe in the state to have land returned to it from the federal government is ready to announce its plans to build a casino in South Bend.

He was left with hypoxic brain injury.

De Canadese premier Justin Trudeau was deze week tot tranen toe geroerd bij het weerzien van een ingeburgerde Syrische familie in zijn land. Een jaar geleden verwelkomde hij de vluchtelingen nog persoonlijk in Canada.

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On behalf of its clients, ad giant WPP is spending about $70 million (£56 million) with Snapchat, the company's chief executive Martin Sorrell said on Tuesday at the UBS Media and Communications Conference, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The figure is just a pinch of the money it spends on other digital platforms — in October Sorrell said WPP will spend $5 billion (£4 billion) with Google this year, up from $4 billion (£3.2 billion) in 2015. That year the company... Читать дальше...

There may be nothing significant per se about having more than $3 trillion in reserves. But markets have a way of getting antsy about these things.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — An Indian tribe in northern Indiana that recently celebrated becoming the first tribe in the state to have land returned to it from the federal government is ready to announce its plans to build a…

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — An Indian tribe in northern Indiana that recently celebrated becoming the first tribe in the state to have land returned to it from the federal government is ready to announce its plans to build a…

Emboldened by the election of Donald Trump in the U.S., some Israeli lawmakers and Jewish settlers are pushing the contentious notion of annexing parts of the West Bank, which could threaten the long-stated goal of establishing a separate Palestinian state.

Chinese state media slammed Donald Trump this week, telling him to stop behaving like a 'diplomatic rookie.'