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Welfare benefit recipients staying on payouts longer, Government models reveal

Modelling obtained by the Herald reveals that expected time on Jobseeker and other main benefits has risen sharply in the past four years, Alex Spence...

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PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Chinese companies ByteDance and Shein are rapidly expanding spending on lobbying the U.S. Congress in a bid to minimize the adverse

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Residential building consents down 25%, off record high

Applications to build new homes have fallen sharply, but a rider has come out with the new data that the sector is coming off an all-time peak. StatsNZ...

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US close: Stocks drop sharply on Fed rate-cut uncertainty

US stock markets suffered heavy losses on Wednesday on the back of poorly received results from tech heavyweights and comments from the Federal Reserve which said that interest-rate cuts are not yet imminent.

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SHANGHAI -- The decline in China's factory activity modestly narrowed in January, indicating higher demand ahead of the Lunar New Year celebrations st

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California Seeing Less Snow & Rain and Deere a Hit at Consumer Electronics Show - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST

Unlike 2023, California snowfall and rain has sharply diminished so far this year, and John Deere showed off its future farmer-focused technology, including radio still playing a big part of the in-cab entertainment system, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

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Business confidence on the rise amid concerns over sluggish economy

Business confidence rose sharply in the final three months of 2023, as the acute labour shortages and cost pressures that previously weighed on the economy...

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US close: Stocks sharply lower as investors look to take profits

Wall Street stocks closed sharply lower on Wednesday, snapping major averages' recent positive run as investors took some profits.

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Empire State manufacturing index drops sharply in December

Business activity in New York's manufacturing sector declined sharply this month, according to the Empire State Manufacturing Survey by the regional Federal Reserve bank on Friday.

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