US equity futures held losses after Congress failed to agree to a spending plan, forcing the government into a shutdown that will keep hundreds of thousands of federal workers home from their jobs. Futures on the S&P 500 Index were down 0.4% as of 1:02 a.m. Wednesday after the deadline to fund the government came…
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The dollar has started an event-loaded week with declines. Bloomberg’s gauge of the greenback fell 0.2% on Monday, dropping for a second day. A US government shutdown is looming, with both political sides digging in on their stances. Several pieces of key US economic data are also due this week, culminating with the monthly jobs…
The Grok app on a smartphone arranged in Riga, Latvia, on Monday, June 9, 2025. Announced in March, XAI Holdings was created from the combination of X, formerly Twitter, and Musk’s AI venture, xAI. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg | Image Credits:Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg / Getty Images Elon Musk’s xAI has reached an agreement with the U.S. government’s…
The Hamilton County Board of Commissioners are making plans for phase four of maintenance and facility improvements for Hamilton County Schools. At Wednesday’s meeting, commissioners discussed a resolution that would set aside $13.5 million for improvements. That allocation includes repairs at the Chattanooga School for Arts and Science and to bring a turf field to…
The US unemployment rate has ticked up in recent months to its highest level since 2021. Meanwhile, job seekers say it’s taking them longer to find work as employers pull back on hiring. In August, the economy created 22,000 jobs, a decline from the revised previous month’s 79,000, according to data from the US Labor…
President Donald Trump has urged pregnant women to avoid taking Tylenol, pointing to an unproven claim that links the painkiller to autism. Speaking from the Oval Office with Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, Trump claimed that acetaminophen, the main ingredient in Tylenol – also known as paracetamol in most parts of the world – …
Plymouth has been named one of the best-performing cities in the UK for both economic growth and quality of life. The city placed sixth out of 50 in the latest Good Growth for Cities report, produced by Demos and PwC. The annual index looks at 12 measures including jobs, health, income, housing, transport, skills, work-life…
Swiss watch exports tumbled in August as Chinese demand remained weak and stiff US tariffs went into effect. Exports fell about 17% from a year earlier, the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry said in a statement Thursday. All main markets saw double-digit declines, with China down 36% and the US — the watch industry’s…
The Government has not yet publicly tested the mobile phone-based SMS emergency warning system which it implemented nearly two years ago. Last Sunday, the UK government carried out its second national test of its emergency alert system. Millions of phones across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland loudlyrang out and vibrated shortly after 3pm. In…