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Why is the Euro rising?

The EUR/USD pair gathers strength to near 1.1385 during the early European trading hours on Friday, bolstered by the prospect of imminent European Central Bank (ECB) rate hikes. The preliminary readings of the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for July from the Eurozone, Germany and the US will be the highlights later…

I moved to the US on a green card. I wouldn’t do the same today on an H-1B visa.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Mohamed Zeeshan, 32, an Indian national and green card holder, who lives in Arlington, Virginia. The following has been edited for length and clarity.My parents are both Indian. I was born in Indonesia because my father’s job took him there, but we moved back to India when I was 7. In Indonesia, everyone knew me as the Indian kid, and in India, everyone knew me as…

Business

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EU fines Google B, escalating trade tensions with US

European regulators have fined Google 890 million euros ($1 billion), alleging the company gives preferential treatment to its own services. The Trump administration says this will affect the trade relationship between the U.S. and the European Union.U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer points out in a statement that the latest fine…

Markets

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The AI boom didn’t stop Google from hiring nearly 12,000 people

As companies make rounds of job cuts and double down on AI spend, Google’s parent company Alphabet is expanding its workforce.Alphabet reported blockbuster second-quarter earnings, with revenue climbing 24% year over year to $119.8 billion. The company revealed in its earnings report that it increased head count by 11,830 employees,…

Investing

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