Australian Job Ads Dropped Sharply in November

SYDNEY—Further signs of an easing in conditions across Australia’s labor market emerged in November, with the ANZ-Indeed measure of job ads slumping sharply over the month. According to the ANZ-Indeed Australian job ads survey, employment ads fell 4.6% in November following a downwardly revised fall of 3.4%in October. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc….

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Can Washington Still Do Anything?

Can the United States government still act to solve problems and aid allies in the national interest? It’s hard to believe it has come to this, but that’s the underlying question as President Biden and Congress struggle to pass a spending bill to help Ukraine and Israel while improving U.S. border security. President Biden has…

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About Those Non-Terrorist Houthis – WSJ

Iran’s proxies continue to threaten U.S. assets in the Middle East, and the latest effort comes from the Houthi militia in Yemen. On Sunday the Houthis opened fire on commercial ships in the Red Sea, and a U.S. warship had to respond in self-defense. U.S. Central Command said in a tweet on Sunday that the…

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Regarding Henry Kissinger – WSJ

Before I knew him in the flesh, he was a presence on the screen—a shock of white hair, a pair of horn-rimmed spectacles, and a gravelly voice out of history: Henry Kissinger on Zoom. It was July 2020, and I was interviewing to become a researcher at Kissinger Associates. Halfway through, a nurse edged a…

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Alaska Air Reaches Deal to Buy Hawaiian Airlines

Updated Dec. 3, 2023 3:53 pm ET Alaska Air reached a roughly $1 billion deal to buy Hawaiian Airlines, a combination of two nearly century-old rivals that are dwarfed by the biggest players in a time of travel upheaval. The proposed deal would unite carriers that largely serve destinations in the Pacific region and operate…

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