US Economy
  • Labor market firming, but inflation still benign

    Labor market firming, but inflation still benign

    By Lucia Mutikani, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell sharply last week and a gauge of factory activity hit an eight-month high in early November, hinting at some...

  • Insight: Assad's sarin and how an Albanian 'Yes' became 'No'

    Insight: Assad's sarin and how an Albanian 'Yes' became 'No'

    By Benet Koleka and Anthony Deutsch, Reuters

    TIRANA/THE HAGUE (Reuters) - On the evening of Monday, November 11, the U.S. ambassador to Tirana, Alexander Arvizu, met Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and his foreign minister at a government...

  • U.S. factories rebound, but Europe, China falter

    U.S. factories rebound, but Europe, China falter

    By Jonathan Cable and Steven C. Johnson, Reuters

    LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. factory output rebounded this month but hiring remained sluggish, while business activity across the euro zone and at China's manufacturers slowed, surveys showed on...

  • Yellen takes big step toward becoming next Fed chair

    Yellen takes big step toward becoming next Fed chair

    By Alister Bull and Margaret Chadbourn, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen moved closer on Thursday to becoming the first woman to lead the U.S. central bank after a Senate committee backed her nomination and...

  • Insight: For Intel, Hollywood dreams prove a leap too far

    Insight: For Intel, Hollywood dreams prove a leap too far

    By Noel Randewich and Ronald Grover and Liana B. Baker, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Earlier this year, Intel Corp rented temporary retail space in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago for a splashy launch of Intel TV, a new Internet entertainment service that the chipmaker...