reflects distortions created by the pandemic, underlying wage pressures also are gathering pace. The

As shoppers wait in the background, a woman looks at Apple’s new iPhone 15 at an Apple Store in Los Angeles.... Print An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose in August, boosted mainly by higher gas prices.... It was the second straight rise in the year-over-year figure, which has tumbled from its 7% peak in June 2022 but still exceeds the Fed’s 2% inflation target....

.... Those still-high underlying inflation pressures are a key reason why the Fedraised its short

Australian soldiers stand outside an airport in Honiara, Solomon Islands, on Nov.... Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare sought to deflect attention from domestic issues by blaming outside interference for stirring up the protesters, with a thinly veiled reference to Taiwan and the United States.... Sogavare has been widely criticized by leaders of the country's most populous island of Malaita for a 2019 decision to drop diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of mainland China....

The mean hourly wage for retail salespeople is$ 14.87, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor

PETALING JAYA: Upward inflationary pressure is anticipated for the rest of the year. The scenario

The Chancellor is under immense pressure to scrap the Tory campaign pledge-which promises that

exert when it comes to the implementation of the RM1, 500 minimum wage. The resistance to why business

Join our Whatsapp channel THE recent three-day Pashtun Qaumi Jirga in Jamrud was a reflection of the anguish of people who have suffered in a conflict that has ravaged KP for over two decades. Thousands of people have been killed and, by some estimates, millions have been displaced.... A whole generation has grown up in the midst of destruction and dislocation.... The bitterness was palpable at the jirga. The state initially tried to clamp down on it....

CLICK TO ENLARGESOCIAL media has been abuzz on the new minimum wage policy of RM1, 500 announced by