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1:07am, 4th August, 2019

How a shadow banking crisis sent India's autos sector into a tailspin

Sudhir Gharpure and his sales team sat chatting at a big Maruti Suzuki dealership on the outskirts of Mumbai some two hours after its doors were opened on a recent Saturday morning - not a single customer was in sight.

Venezuela's Guaido vows to paralyze public sector to squeeze Maduro

7:49pm, 5th March, 2019

World

Venezuela's Guaido vows to paralyze public sector to squeeze Maduro

Opposition leader Juan Guaido held talks with Venezuela's public sector unions on Tuesday about staging strikes to help bring down the government, as President Nicolas Maduro said a "crazed minority" bent on destabilizing the country would be de...

Key White House deputy press secretary to leave for private sector

3:53pm, 19th February, 2019

US

Key White House deputy press secretary to leave for private sector

Lindsay Walters, one of the original communications officials in U.S. President Donald Trump's White House, plans to resign soon to join the private sector, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced on Tuesday.

U.S. banking sector reports $62 billion profit in third quarter: FDIC

3:30pm, 20th November, 2018

Business

U.S. banking sector reports $62 billion profit in third quarter: FDIC

The U.S. banking sector reported $62 billion in profits in the third quarter, up 29.3 percent from the same period a year ago, according to quarterly data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Britain's 'broken' audit sector must change - MP

9:10pm, 11th November, 2018

UK

Britain's 'broken' audit sector must change - MP

Britain's parliament will start an inquiry into auditing in January to ensure that two pending reviews will lead to actual reform of a "broken" sector dominated by the Big Four accounting firms, a senior lawmaker said on Monday.

Thousands march in Warsaw demanding higher public sector pay

10:40am, 22nd September, 2018

World

Thousands march in Warsaw demanding higher public sector pay

Thousands of protesters marched through the Polish capital on Saturday demanding higher public sector pay, piling pressure on the Law and Justice (PiS) government ahead of a municipal election in October.

Australia to start powerful public inquiry into aged-care sector

4:02am, 16th September, 2018

World

Australia to start powerful public inquiry into aged-care sector

Australia will begin a public inquiry, or Royal Commission, into the country's aged-care sector as a spike in cases of elderly abuse creates a "disturbing trend", Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday.

Mexico president-elect hails passage of public sector pay cuts

2:54pm, 14th September, 2018

World

Mexico president-elect hails passage of public sector pay cuts

Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday hailed steps by the new Congress to cut the salaries of government officials, part of a raft of measures he promised to battle corruption and inequality.

UK public sector workers get biggest pay rise in years - Times

4:21am, 24th July, 2018

UK

UK public sector workers get biggest pay rise in years - Times

Around one million public sector workers in Britain will receive their biggest pay rise in years on Tuesday, including teachers, prison officers, doctors, military personnel and dentists, the Times of London newspaper reported.

S&P 500 index rises as climbing yields boost financial sector stocks

5:12pm, 23rd July, 2018

Business

S&P 500 index rises as climbing yields boost financial sector stocks

The benchmark U.S. S&P 500 index and the Nasdaq index rose on Monday as a jump in 10-year bond yields boosted financial sector stocks and investors anticipated continued strength in corporate earnings and U.S. economic growth.

7:24pm, 1st July, 2018

UK

Brexit clouds UK financial sector mood

LONDON (Reuters) - Banks' Brexit worries were a key theme in a quarterly survey of Britain's financial services sector, published on Monday, even though business sentiment stabilised in the second quarter, ending a near two-year slide, and...

Wall Street Week Ahead: Supercharged telecom sector could become investor favorite

6:20am, 22nd June, 2018

Business

Wall Street Week Ahead: Supercharged telecom sector could become investor favorite

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An overhauled telecommunications sector featuring most of the so-called FANG stocks could debut as Wall Street's hottest bet when it kicks off in September, boosted by a rising wave of media and television acquisitions.