By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE, Oct 5 (Reuters) – The dollar started the week on a firm footing, hovering near a 17-month high on Monday as traders weighed receding odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike this month after soft US jobs data while fiscal worries…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) – US authorities arrested a California woman on Sunday and accused her of spying on a son of Taiwan’s president at the behest of Chinese officials, the FBI said. The FBI arrested Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, at Los…
Flydubai Co-Pilot Planned To Crash Plane Into Ben Gurion Airport or Tel Aviv Skyscraper By The Media Line Staff Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami allegedly targeted Ben Gurion International Airport and Tel Aviv skyscrapers as he prepared for months to crash an Israel-bound Flydubai jet, reports…
(Undated) — Texas is still the number one team in the country in the latest college football coaches poll. The Longhorns are followed by Georgia, Notre Dame, Miami and Indiana. Missouri saw a major gain in the poll, moving up nine spots to number-16. Other…
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Stocks were off to a strong start on Monday while the dollar edged lower and bonds steadied, as investors trimmed bets on an aggressive policy tightening cycle by the Federal Reserve following cooler-than-expected US jobs data. Trading…
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Crude oil exports from the Middle East rose above pre-war levels in four of the seven days of the final week of September, shipping data showed on Monday, despite attacks on vessels passing through the Strait of…
By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Japan no longer needs expansionary fiscal and monetary policies aimed at boosting demand, former Bank of Japan board member Asahi Noguchi told Reuters, projecting another interest rate hike by the central bank in December.…
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) – The US Coast Guard has halted its search for six people who were on a medical transport aircraft that crashed off the coast of Massachusetts’ Nantucket Island. “Suspending a search is not an easy decision,” said Rear Admiral…
By Field Level Media Oct 04 (Field Level Media) – Green Bay Packers linebacker Edgerrin Cooper is believed to have sustained a season-ending Achilles tear on Sunday, according to ESPN. Cooper was carted off the field after suffering a noncontact injury during the third quarter…
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters) – A shooting early on Sunday at a Georgia block party left two people dead and almost three dozen injured, some critically, local and state officials said. Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy told a news conference that…