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Canada adds 21,000 jobs in tight market

  Bloomberg Canadian employment grew in September for the first time in four months, but gains remained moderate in a sign the labour market continues to be near full capacity. The country added just over 21,000 jobs last month, with small gains in both full-time and part-time work, Statistics Canada reported in Ottawa. That’s in line with the median estimate ...

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Intel plans thousands of job cuts

  Bloomberg Intel Corp. is planning a major reduction in headcount, likely numbering in the thousands, to cut costs and cope with a sputtering personal-computer market. The layoffs will be announced as early as this month, with the company planning to make the move around the same time as its third-quarter earnings report, said the people, who asked not to ...

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Pound and UK bonds rally; stocks, futures advance

Bloomberg The pound rallied and UK bonds surged as more of Prime Minister Liz Truss’s package of unfunded tax cuts were reversed. Stocks rise, with investors preparing for a number of key earnings reports this week. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said the UK will raise £32 billion ($36.15 billion) with new measures, scrapping plans to cut income tax and dropping a ...

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