WASHINGTON, Sept 24 Reuters U.S. singlefamily home prices edged up in July, but the overall trend is slowing amid improving supply, which together with easing mortgage rates could make buying a house more affordable. House prices gained 0.1 on a monthonmonth basis after being unchanged in June, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said on Tuesday. […]

LONDON, Sept 24 Reuters British employers gave staff the jointlowest pay rises since June 2022 in the three months to the end of August, offering a median raise of 4, figures from human resources data company Brightmine showed on Tuesday. The figures are in broadly line with other pay surveys and official data showing a […]

WASHINGTON, Sept 24 Reuters U.S. consumer confidence unexpectedly fell in September amid mounting worries over the health of the labor market. The Conference Board said on Tuesday its consumer confidence index dropped to 98.7 this month from an upwardly revised 105.6 in August. The decline was the largest since August 2021. Economists polled by Reuters […]

Sept 24 Reuters Vista Outdoor has again delayed a special shareholder meeting to vote on Czechoslovak Group39;s CSG 2.15 billion offer for the firm39;s ammunition unit and a stake in its outdoor division. The meeting, which was scheduled to take place on Sept. 27, has been delayed to Oct. 9, the company said on Tuesday. The […]

MUMBAI, Sept 24 Reuters JPMorgan, the largest bank in the U.S., is bullish on India and Japan within Asia but is also keen to allocate resources towards Southeast Asia, which is benefiting from the China Plus One strategy, a top official at the bank said. India is still firmly in the top three, possibly top […]

August export orders 9.1 yy vs 8.35 Reuters poll forecast Orders from China 2.8 yy vs 0.1 in prior month Ministry sees Sept orders between 4.7 and 8.6 yy TAIPEI, Sept 24 Reuters Taiwan39;s export orders exceeded expectations in August as demand for chips used for artificial intelligence AI applications continued to climb, with the […]

NEW DELHIMUMBAI, Sept 24 Reuters India39;s decision to remove the floor price for basmati rice exports is expected to spur a flurry of orders from the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas, leading exporters said, helping New Delhi to increase its share of the global market. The world39;s biggest rice exporter earlier this month removed a floor […]