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Industrial developers describe facilities as “minor” polluters to avoid federal permitting requirements, and environmental lawyers say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality lets it happen.

Japanese firms look increasingly set to raise wages in 2024 at a pace that would at least keep the upward momentum seen in the previous year intact, though it may take some time, well into the year, for consumers to feel the actual benefits of higher wages due to inflation.

Despite having little in common, even our political parties could agree on one thing: Pakistan’s economic situation was dire in 2023. The year saw Pakistan go through a long and rocky road to finding some semblance of economic stability — if it can even be called that — while weathering political and social turmoil. Pakistanis also experienced a double whammy this year: the one-two punches of the worst economic crisis in decades and all-time high inflation. Add to that the gut punch of the aftermath of the catastrophic floods of 2022 began to settle in.

Unemployment for Saudi citizens rose slightly to 8.6 percent in the third quarter, up from 8.3 percent in the previous quarter, but still lower than the 9.9 percent recorded in the same period a year ago, data published on Thursday showed.

The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) announced on Thursday that 73.46 million shares from the major Egyptian state-owned tobacco producer Eastern Company were acquired by investors for EGP 2.05 billion ($66.55 million in the official exchange rate market).

Daihatsu Motor Co. suspended all domestic production on Tuesday, with it unclear exactly when its plants will restart operations amid a safety testing scandal that affects most of its models.

"I want to impact 10,000 lives every single day directly and put Pakistan on the map as a country that produces some of the best global marketing talent"

More than 5,500 unpaid work orders that form part of community sentences have not been completed more than two years after being handed down, with experts blaming “chronic understaffing” in the probation service.

The US Treasury market impacts everything from mortgage rates to the value of the dollar in your pocket. Recent increases in government borrowing have raised questions regarding its future. Is the most important financial market in trouble?

The European Central Bank on Thursday held interest rates steady for the second meeting in a row, as it revised its growth forecasts lower and announced plans to speed up the shrinking of its balance sheet.