THE POUND is holding steady against the Euro and the Dollar as thoughts turn to the year ahead. Sterling is up a slight 0.01 per cent against the Euro and 0.09 per cent against the Dollar as the UK gets back to…
Towing a tanker full of milk from Florida, professional driver Joe Woodson pulls off for eggs and coffee at a massive Pilot Flying J truck stop in West Memphis. Among the heavy trucks refueling at the diesel pumps are some that show…
Fewer people have hit the UK’s Boxing Day sales this year as Black Friday discounts and savvy online shoppers lowered turnout. Shop visits dropped by 4.5% up to 5pm compared with last year, according to research group Springboard. Shopping centres and High…
Wall Street`s main indexes came under pressure on Tuesday following a 2.5 percent drop in Apple’s shares on a report of weak iPhone X demand. Apple will slash its sales forecast for its flagship phone in the current quarter to 30 million…
The U.N. Security Council unanimously imposed new, tougher sanctions on North Korea on Friday for its recent intercontinental ballistic missile test, a move the North branded an economic blockade and act of war. South Korea predicted on Tuesday that North Korea would…
China has tried to position itself as a helpful party to promote talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan, both uneasy neighbours ever since Pakistan’s independence in 1947. China and Pakistan will look at extending their $57 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to Afghanistan, Chinese…
Don’t like your holiday present? That’s a gift for FedEx and UPS. The companies stand to gain as fickle shoppers — and hard-to-please loved ones — send items back to retailers and other vendors in droves. Consumers will return about $90 billion worth of goods…
New Delhi: It is not only investors who have caught the Bitcoin bug lured by a crazy surge in prices, but also many Indians who are seeing a business potential in cryptocurrencies and rushing to set up companies to cash in on…
Learn what the tax bill just took away from taxpayers. The new tax reform bill is now law, and taxpayers can expect a lot of changes to take place in 2018. Reduced tax rates, higher standard deductions, and higher child tax credits for…
International passengers arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport after the U.S. Supreme Court granted parts of the Trump administration’s emergency request to put its travel ban into effect later in the week pending further judicial review, in Dulles, Virginia, U.S., June 26,…
