TOKYO—Japan’s manufacturing activity contracted for a third straight month in January as export weakness persisted amid a worsening global outlook, a corporate survey showed on Tuesday. The au Jibun Bank flash Japan manufacturing purchasing managers’ index (PMI) was at a seasonally adjusted 48.9 in January, unchanged from the final reading in the previous month. The…
Japan’s Factory Activity Extends Declines for 3rd Straight Month: PMI
Eurozone Business Activity Back to Growth in January: PMI
LONDON—Eurozone business activity made a surprise return to modest growth in January, adding to signs the downturn in the bloc may not be as deep as feared and that the currency union may escape recession, a survey showed. S&P Global’s flash Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), seen as a good gauge of overall economic health,…
Spend Your Time Intentionally
I’ve seen a lot of people with goals about changing how they spend their time. They want to spend more time with their family, have a better work/life balance, read more, or spend more time outside. These are wonderful goals. They all involve something that theoretically is pretty simple: changing how you spend your time….
Nine Reasons to Adopt Real Estate Technology
Dear Monty: At some point in the next few years, we will sell our home. We have been here 25 years and raised our kids here. My wife and I have resisted modern technology. We get along fine with paper road maps. I have an old flip phone, but my work is outdoors, and my…
Shootout at Oakland Gas Station Kills 1, Wounds 8 People
January 24, 2023
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OAKLAND, Calif.—A shootout at an Oakland gas station killed one person and wounded seven others in the second shooting involving several people on Monday night in the San Francisco Bay Area, police said. Officers were sent to the scene on Macarthur Boulevard just after 6 p.m. and learned there had been a shooting between several…
90-Year-Old Creative Woodcutter Built His Own Hobbit House and Has Been Living in It Off-Grid
A woodcutter who built his own hobbit house has revealed he’s never watched Lord of the Rings but nevertheless lives in it almost off-grid despite being nearly 90. Great-grandad Stuart Grant, 89, has split his time between the United Kingdom and Australia since 1959. In 1984, he moved into a 200-year-old cottage that he bought as a…
Dollar Stuck Near 9-month Low Versus Euro as Yen Bounces
LONDON—The dollar hovered near a nine-month low against the euro and surrendered recent gains against the yen on Tuesday, as traders weighed the risks of a U.S. recession against the outlook for Federal Reserve monetary policy. Eurozone data on Tuesday reinforced the view that the economy is surviving a winter of intense price pressures reasonably…
Chinese Nationals Arrested in Afghanistan for Allegedly ‘Smuggling’ Lithium Into China
January 24, 2023
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The Taliban regime in Afghanistan reportedly arrested five men, including two Chinese nationals, over their alleged roles in the illegal smuggling of lithium-bearing stones from Afghanistan into China. The two Chinese nationals were accused of trying to smuggle 1,000 metric tons of stones containing 30 percent of lithium into China through Pakistan with the help…
Dreaming of an Organized Garage
I like an organized home. When things get all chaotic and messy, I find that my mind kind of gets that way, too. But when everything has a place—and everything is in its place—I feel a sense of peace. I can think straight, relax and enjoy. I like an organized garage, too. At least I’ve…
Oil Steady as China Reopening Is Balanced by Economic Concerns
January 24, 2023
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LONDON—Crude oil prices were steady on Tuesday as concerns about a global economic slowdown and expected build in U.S. oil inventories were offset by hopes of a fuel demand recovery from top importer China. Brent crude was down 30 cents, or 0.3 percent, at $87.89 a barrel by 1010 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI)…
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