One of the men charged was put in touch with the so-called Islamic State commander police believe directed the plot in April, Mr Phelan said. Phelen called the murder plan "one of the most sophisticated plots that has ever been attempted on Australian soil". [Full Article...]
Workers at a Nissan plant in MS have overwhelmingly rejected a bid to unionise. They have rejected the UAW and chosen to self-represent, continuing the direct relationship they enjoy with the company, " the company said in a statement released late last night. [Full Article...]
Wages continue to rise at historically low levels, which continues to be the main wrinkle in the country's labor market. Last year, it consistently had the lowest unemployment rate, falling to as low as 3.2 per cent in April 2016. Canada's economy added 11,000 jobs last month, and more than 387,000 jobs in the past 12 months - the strongest 12-month figure in a decade. The wholesale and retail... [Full Article...]
To date, no cases of West Nile virus have been found in humans in Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, four more samples of mosquitoes - from East Garden City, Mineola, Garden City and East Hills - that were collected on July 21 tested positive for the virus, McCummins said. [Full Article...]
Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd, which manages about $70.36 billion and $3.46 billion US Long portfolio, upped its stake in Transmontaigne (NYSE:TLP) by 12,163 shares to 101,389 shares, valued at $4.49M in 2016Q4, according to the filing. TRADEMARK VIOLATION WARNING: This report was reported by Transcript Daily and is the property of of Transcript Daily. If you are accessing this news story on an... [Full Article...]
However, the 2018 earnings growth forecast was cut to 3% from 3.5% and 2019's to 3.25% from 3.75%. Bank chief economist Andy Haldane surprised onlookers by voting to keep the current rate, despite speculation he may have been in favour of a rise. [Full Article...]
Some other tech companies, utilities and industrial firms rose too, and that was just barely enough to take the Standard & Poor's 500 index higher. A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. AMC slumped 27 percent. A rise of 6% in Apple AAPL, +5.24% - if it holds through Wednesday's session - would add about 64 points to the Dow , according to figures from a market data... [Full Article...]
The "real" unemployment rate, otherwise known as the U-6 measure, remained the same from the previous month at 8.6 percent. That's also 5,300 more than were employed or seeking jobs in July of a year ago. Nationally, Canada's labor market continued its stellar performance in July, with the jobless rate falling to the lowest since before the financial crisis. [Full Article...]