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1 month ago | 
today.line.me | Wen Tsui |Zeng Hui |Xiong Maoling
U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts egg prices will increase by 41.1 percent in 2025. This drastic price surge is having ripple effects across the food industry. SACRAMENTO, the United States, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Egg prices in the United States have hit record highs, reaching an average of 8.11 U.S. dollars per dozen as of Wednesday, a 53 percent increase from a year earlier, as a devastating bird flu outbreak continues to decimate the country's egg-laying hen population.
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1 month ago | 
today.line.me | Wen Tsui |Zeng Hui |Xiong Maoling
The egg shortage is having significant ripple effects throughout the food industry. Many grocery stores have implemented purchase limits to stretch existing supplies. SACRAMENTO, the United States, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- U.S. egg prices have skyrocketed to unprecedented levels, with wholesale costs reaching over 8 U.S. dollars per dozen as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) continues to devastate commercial laying flocks across multiple states.
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2 months ago | 
today.line.me | Xiong Maoling |Hu Yousong |Liu Yutian |Tian Li
The Chinese Embassy in the United States said on Thursday that two Chinese citizens were among the victims in the mid-air collision of a passenger plane and a helicopter near Reagan National Airport Wednesday night. #XinhuaNews
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
thestar.com.my | Xiong Maoling
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he will create External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and other revenue from foreign countries. "For far too long, we have relied on taxing our Great People using the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Through soft and pathetically weak Trade agreements, the American Economy has delivered growth and prosperity to the World, while taxing ourselves.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
thestar.com.my | Xiong Maoling
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Friday warned that global economy in 2025 faces heightened uncertainty due to economic policies, particularly the directions of U.S. trade policy.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
thestar.com.my | Xiong Maoling
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that 20 billion U.S. dollars from an Emirati developer will be invested to build data centers across the United States, just days ahead of his inauguration on Jan. 20. At a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump told reporters that the investor is Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani, chairman of DAMAC properties.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
thestar.com.my | Xiong Maoling
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Congress on Monday officially confirmed Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 presidential election, four years after his supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to overturn the previous election result.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
thestar.com.my | Xiong Maoling
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he has nominated Paul Atkins, a former commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), to be the agency's chairman. Atkins, the CEO & founder of Patomak Global Partners, a risk management consultancy, served as an SEC commissioner from 2002-2008 under President George W. Bush. The SEC has five commissioners, one of whom is designated as chairman by the president.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
thestar.com.my | Xiong Maoling
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- U.S. economic activity rose slightly in most districts, with three regions experiencing modest to moderate growth that helped offset flat or slightly declining activity in two others, the U.S. Federal Reserve said in its Beige Book released on Wednesday. The Beige Book, a survey on economic conditions based on information collected from its 12 regional reserve banks, is published eight times per year.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
thestar.com.my | Xiong Maoling
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. private sector added 146,000 jobs in November, with mixed industry performance, according to a report released Wednesday. The latest data from the National Employment Report is compiled by Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Research in partnership with the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. "While overall growth for the month was healthy, industry performance was mixed," said Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP.
