Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc plans to expand operations in China and rebuild its Asian equity capital markets unit after the workforce at its corporate and investment banking operations in the region dropped last year.
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More Americans than forecast filled applications for unemployment benefits last week, signaling the labor market is struggling to pick up.
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Manufacturing expanded faster than forecast in April, keeping factories at the forefront of the U.S. economic expansion.
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U.S. manufacturing cooled in April to a pace that’s consistent with steady growth in the industry that’s leading the expansion.
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Global demand for U.S. stocks, bonds and other financial assets fell in February from a month earlier, the Treasury Department announced today.
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German investor confidence fell more than economists forecast in April after the European Central Bank raised interest rates to curb inflation.
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Fewer Americans filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, signaling the labor market is improving heading into the second quarter.
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Residential real estate prices dropped in January by the most in more than a year, raising the risk that U.S. home sales will keep slowing.
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