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Boris Johnson urges Brexit backers to vote Tory or risk staying in EU
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson was joined at a press conference with fellow Conservative Michael Gove and former Labour MP Gisela Stuart, as they encourage the audience to back Boris if they want a final conclusion on Brexit. Gisela...
Bloomberg
U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims at 4.43 Million, Steep Downturn for Labor Continues
Apr.23 -- More than 4 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, bringing the five-week total to 26.5 million in the steepest downturn for the U.S. labor market since the Great Depression. Greg Peters of PGIM Fixed...
Press Association
Sunak: What the NHS needs to tackle coronavirus it will get
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said that "whatever extra resources our NHS needs" to cope with the coronavirus "it will get" as he delivered his first Budget to the House of Commons. Mr Sunak said statutory sick pay will be...
Bloomberg
U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Hint at Slowing Labor Rebound
Jul.16 -- U.S. initial jobless claims in regular state programs totaled 1.3 million in the week ended July 11, down 10,000 from the prior period, Labor Department figures showed Thursday. Bloomberg's Mike McKee has the latest on...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : The road to Iowa: A nation in flux in an election year
Ahead of the nation's first election contest the February 3 Iowa caucuses to start selecting the parties nominees a team of AFP journalists seeks to take the political pulse of the country by driving to the Midwestern state from...
Press Association
Nandy refuses to back military ballot proposal
Labour leadership candidate Lisa Nandy takes questions at Worksop Town Hall. She discusses Richard Burgon's proposal of balloting party members on military interventions, women in politics and scrapping youth minimum wage and universal...
Bloomberg
BlackRock: China Will Continue to Be a Growth Engine
Aug.26 -- Ben Powell, chief Asia Pacific investment strategist at BlackRock Investment Institute, shares his views on Asian stocks, economies, and emerging-market debt. He speaks with Manus Cranny and Yousef Gamal El-Din on "Bloomberg...
Bloomberg
Huawei Wants to Hold Talks With U.S. Government, Executive Says
May.28 -- Andy Purdy, chief securities officer of Huawei Technologies Co.'s U.S. operations and a former security official for the Department of Homeland Security under President George W. Bush., discusses the U.S. curbs on China’s...
Bloomberg
Gary Cohn Has Some Advice for Biden’s Economic Team
Dec.02 -- Former National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn discusses the U.S. economy's resiliency and offers some advice to Biden's Treasury pick, former Fed Chair Janet Yellen. Cohn spoke with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on Nov. 30.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : AFPTV BEST OF 2020/The road to Iowa: A nation in flux in an election year
AFPTV refiles some of its most notable stories of 2020 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
Higher Rates Are Good for Business: Bob Diamond
Jun.04 -- Atlas Merchant Capital Founding Partner and CEO Bob Diamond says businesses would benefit from higher rates. He also sees rates at the low end of the range. He joins alongside RockCreek founder and CEO Afsaneh Beschloss and...
Bloomberg
Goldman's Currie Sees Oil Benefiting From Green Spending
Jun.02 -- Jeff Currie, Goldman Sachs global head of commodities research, says the commodities market is "long on conviction, short on position." He adds that increased green spending and air travel will boost oil prices through 2021....
Curated Video
U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Fall To 326,000
Overall, the job market has been rebounding this year with employers adding about 586,000 jobs a month.
Bloomberg
GE Breakup Will Attract More Pure-Play Investors: CEO Culp
General Electric Chairman and CEO Larry Culp discusses the factors behind the decision to split the conglomerate into three separate companies��on "Balance of Power.
Curated Video
U.S. Economy Adds 194,000 Jobs In September
Though the gain is tepid, Friday's report from the Labor Department also showed that the unemployment rate fell sharply to 4.8% from 5.2% in August.
Bloomberg
Biden Blames Delta Variant for Weak Jobs Report
Sep.03 -- President Joe Biden said the U.S. economy remains strong after a disappointing jobs report, blaming a retrenchment in hiring on the spread of the delta variant of coronavirus.
Bloomberg
abrdn Favors Asian Mining Stocks, China Renewables
Pruksa Iamthongthong, senior investment director for Asian equities at abrdn, discusses the outlook for the region's stocks and the opportunities she sees. She speaks with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Asia."
Press Association
Boris Johnson holds Cabinet meeting
Boris Johnson is facing fresh accusations he lied to Parliament after photographs emerged of him raising a glass at a Downing Street leaving party during lockdown. The images – obtained by ITV News – were taken at a do for departing...
Bloomberg
How to Place Your Bets on Just About Anything
Kalshi Founder and COO Luana Lopes Lara joins Emily Chang to discuss how Kalshi, the first regulated financial exchange for trading on events, has been approved by the CFTC where many have failed before them.
Press Association
Sunak and Gove make Levelling Up visit to Morecambe
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Minister for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove visit the Eden Project North in Morecambe, Lancashire. Mr Sunak has reiterated his commitment to levelling up as the Government announced £2...
Curated Video
South Africa - Internet Helps Townships
It's a small, rough dwelling in one of South Africa's many shanty towns, but for Archibald Dinqizwayo, his wife and two children, it's home. And Archibald considers himself lucky. As elsewhere in the new South Africa, many people in the...
Curated Video
EUROPE: ALAIN JUPPE : STRONG REACTION TO US UN PEACEKEEPING VOTE
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Alain Juppe, French Foreign Minister, has reacted strongly to yesterday's (Thursday's) vote by the U-S Congress to reduce support for United Nation peacekeeping missions.
Speaking in Paris today, he deplored the decision...
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Labor Secretary Hilda Solis takes questions from Facebook users and the AP's Mark Hamrick about the job market amid word that hiring by private employers was the weakest so far this year in May. (June 4)
HEADLINE: Labor Secretary: Jobless can help in clean-up
CAPTION: Labor Secretary Hilda Solis takes questions from Facebook users and the AP's Mark Hamrick about the job market amid word that hiring by private employers was the weakest...