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The Bank of Japan ends its negative interest rate policy, opting for its first hike in 17 years
Japan's central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding policy of negative rates meant to boost the economy Read More
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Unilever to cut 7,500 jobs and spin off its ice cream business, which includes Ben & Jerry's
Unilever, the company that makes Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Dove soaps and Vaseline, says it's cutting 7,500 jobs and spinning off its ice cream business to reduce costs and boost profits
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4 things to know from Elon Musk's interview with Don Lemon
Former CNN reporter Don Lemon mixed it up with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an interview Lemon posted on Musk's X social network Monday
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Rules that helped set real estate agent commissions are changing. Here's what you need to know
The cost of hiring a real estate agent to buy or sell a home may soon change, along with decades-old rules that have helped determine broker commissions
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Sex trade to slavery: A UN agency says criminals reap $236B a year in profits from forced labor
The U.N. labor agency says illegal profits from forced labor globally have risen to the “obscene” amount of $236 billion per year
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The Bank of Japan ends its negative interest rate policy, opting for its first hike in 17 years
Japan's central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time in 17 years, ending a longstanding policy of negative rates meant to boost the economy
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Workers at Tennessee Volkswagen factory ask for vote on representation by United Auto Workers union
Volkswagen’s factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is likely to be the first test of the United Auto Workers’ effort to organize nonunion automobile plants across the nation
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Stock market today: Wall Street mostly lower in premarket as world's central banks take center stage
Wall Street drifted modestly lower early Tuesday in what’s turning out to be a big week for central banks around the world
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Judge delays Trump’s hush-money criminal trial until mid-April, citing last-minute evidence dump
A judge has delayed ex-President Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial in New York until mid-April after his lawyers said they needed more time to sift through new evidence
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UK high court rules Australian computer scientist is not mysterious bitcoin founder as he claims
Britain’s high court has ruled that an Australian computer scientist is not, as he claimed, the mysterious creator of the bitcoin cryptocurrency
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