Category: News
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Trump taps ex-Treasury official Miran as chair of Council of Economic Advisers
Last month, Trump tapped Kevin Hassett, who was a key economic adviser in his first term, to chair his National Economic Council, which helps set domestic and international economic policy
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No ‘Santa Claus rally’ for global stocks as equities slide
Wall Street’s three main indices slumped to end the day, adding to losses Friday
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Treasury secretary to Congress: US could hit debt limit in mid-January
Janet Yellen says her agency will need to employ accounting maneuvers intended to prevent nation from breaching debt ceiling as early as January 14
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Brazil views labor violations at BYD site as human ‘trafficking’
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — Authorities in Brazil said Friday they are probing Chinese auto giant BYD and one of its contractors for suspected “trafficking” of Chinese workers building a factory in the South American country. Federal prosecutors in Brazil are weighing possible criminal action after labor inspectors found 163 Chinese workers “in slave-like conditions” at…
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World Bank raises China’s GDP forecast for 2024, 2025
World’s second-biggest economy has struggled this year
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China, Japan foreign ministers meet and agree on visit, security dialogue
The one-day visit is Takeshi Iwaya’s first to Chinese capital since becoming Japan’s foreign minister in October, to discuss thorny issues with his country’s largest trading partner
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Water & Ice
VOA Connect Episode 330 – Enhancing water safety and addressing glacier melt’s impact on rising sea levels.