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U.S. homebuilding fell more than expected in November, tumbling from a nine-year high as construction activity declined broadly, the latest sign of slower economic growth in the fourth quarter. Groundbreaking on new housing projects dropped 18.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.09 million units, the Commerce Department said. Housing starts data are choppy month-to-month, with much of the volatility coming from the multi-family segment of the market.

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Despite what Machiavelli said, great leaders don't have to be feared. According to the co-founder of Google's career mentoring program, they just have to listen. Jenny Blake, a career strategist who has helped more than 1,000 people at Google advance at work, says that trying to solve a problem immediately can sometimes do more harm than good.

Ask five people what it means to retire early and you're likely to get five different answers. Some would consider leaving work before age 65 as early retirement, while others would argue that it has to happen before age 45. Regardless of how you quantify “early,” saying adios to work isn't necessarily the solution to a happy and fulfilling mid-life experience. Many people who long for early retirement may have never known true job satisfaction. A better goal for some may be to shoot for a mid-life career change instead of an early retirement. Why People Retire Early Why do people retire early? Sometimes it's unplanned: a layoff, a long-term illness or caring for a loved one. In these cases,

Saudi Arabia surprised the world by helping to engineer an unexpectedly strong agreement from OPEC members to cut production by 1.2 million barrels per day, followed by additional cuts from non-OPEC members. While the two agreements incorporate cuts from a wide range of oil producers, Saudi Arabia will do much of the heavy lifting, cutting nearly 500,000 barrels per day and even promising to go further than that should the markets warrant steeper reductions. Depending on one’s perspective, Saudi Arabia demonstrated its diplomatic prowess and made OPEC relevant again, succeeding in talking up oil prices without sacrificing much.

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China has installed weapons on all seven of the artificial islands it has built in disputed water of the South China Sea, according to a U.S. think tank’s analysis of satellite imagery. Photo: Digitalglobe/Reuters

After a second massive data breach, it’s more than ever time to change passwordsAFP/If you’re a Yahoo email user, time to do the ol’ security shuffle. Yahoo Inc. revealed Wednesday that it suffered a security breach in August 2013 that affected more than 1 billion member accounts, twice as many as in its 2014 hack. As in the earlier attack, the 2013 intruders apparently were not able to acquire credit card information, bank account data or unencrypted passwords.

By Aaron Ross MONGBWALU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - When Guy Robert Lukama looked out at thousands of illegal gold diggers hacking away at the verdant hills in remote northeastern Congo, he glimpsed opportunity where previous owners saw only an intractable problem. Lukama's former employer, South Africa's AngloGold Ashanti, had for years sought to develop the 3,260 square kilometre Mongbwalu concession but pulled out partly due to concern over the sprawling blue-tented camps full of miners. When he led a buyout of AngloGold's 86 percent stake in the Mongbwalu Gold Mine (MGM) last year, Lukama knew he couldn't chase them away if he was to succeed in mining any of the 2.5 million ounces of gold estimated to lie trapped in the earth.

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If Soros is still sitting on his China short made earlier in 2016, he’s going to get rewarded more handsomely next year. The Chinese yuan is going to seven. It’s not going to take much to push it there either. As of Friday, it was trading at 6.95 to the dollar and is down 6.5% year-to-date. Since the government opened its capital accounts and has been promoting yuan internationalization of the yuan in trade, more yuans have been flying out of the country than dollars coming in and converting into them. Chinese corporations and individuals are taking their money and investing abroad in everything from real estate to foreign mutual funds. The weaker currency is as much a reflection of that as it

For over 14 months, large depositors at Imperial Bank, a fallen mid-sized Kenyan lender have done all they could to get back their money to no avail. At the heart of their plight are rogue central bank officials who conspired with the mid-sized lender’s officials to steal from depositors, according to court filings seen by Quartz. Shareholders are blaming officials at Kenya’s central bank who are said to have conspired in a multi-year fraud that cost the lender $380 million in bad loans and customer deposits.

Chinese real estate giant Dalian Wanda has finalised a deal to sell an iconic Madrid property, citing uncertainties over Spain's market and the local political environment, the firm's hotel unit said in a stock exchange filing on Friday. Wanda Hotel Development Co Ltd will sell the property to Spanish property developer Baraka Global Invest in a deal valued at 272 million euros (228.27 million pounds), it said. Wanda Hotel said the disposal was driven by "the market and political environment in Spain and the resulting uncertainties" around the project.

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Divergence in monetary policy between the United States and Europe will bring parity between the value of the euro and dollar, according to ING Group. Dollar strength is the key driver as investors believe the Federal Reserve will adopt a higher rate rise path in 2017 as the U.S. economy gathers momentum. Conversely, the European central Bank (ECB) has just announced it will inject a further 540 billion euros of QE (Quantative Easing) stimulus in to the stuttering EU economy.

Hong Kong investors have nowhere to run.  Their currency is pegged to the dollar and with Janet Yellen talking about accelerating the pace of interest rate increases, U.S. dollar funding costs have risen. But so have those in China, for completely different reasons. Sandwiched between the two, the Hong Kong interbank offered rate was pushed this week to the highest since 2009. Hong Kong benchmark interbank rates rose to the highest since March 2009 this week just as a cash crunch hit Chinese banks While the peg means that Hong Kong's monetary policy is dictated by the Fed, the spike in Hibor may have more to do with what's going on north of the border than across the Pacific. For most of this

Bangkok has emerged as a stylish sophisticated hub where Asia’s creatives come to work and live. Here are some spots for soaking in the eclectic culture of Thailand’s affordable and fun capital. Video: Warangkana Chomchuen Photo: Francesco Lastrucci for The Wall street Journal

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NEW YORK, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Japan became the largest holder of U.S. Treasuries for the month of October, outpacing China for the first time in nearly two years, data from the U.S. Treasury Department showed on Thursday. Japan held $1

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes have an obligation to consult him on who should replace retired world champion Nico Rosberg as his Formula One team mate next season, but he will have no say in their ultimate decision. "But I don't have a say who it is." Mercedes have been seeking a replacement for Rosberg since the German stunned the sport by announcing his retirement five days after winning the title in Abu Dhabi at the end of November. The Briton, whose relationship with Rosberg was highly competitive, sometimes glacial and frequently fraught, has said he does not care who his team mate is but he clarified that in the interview as being "a little bit out of context".

The Narendra Modi government’s move to demonetise an overwhelming bulk of Indian currency notes in circulation has squeezed the country’s banking system to the limit. From the long queues at branches and ATMs, formed by cash-starved people, to overworked employees, lenders have borne the brunt of demonetisation over the past few weeks. One of them, however, has been in a particularly bad spot: Mumbai-based Axis Bank.

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Japan and Russia are stepping up cooperation as Russian President Vladimir Putin pursues opportunities in fast growing Asian markets for his country's vast Far East. Many of the dozens of deals finalized during his visit to Japan this week involve the energy sector, and most are projects linked to some of both countries' largest corporations.

You’ve done all the right things – financially speaking, at least – to get ready for retirement. You started saving early to take advantage of the power of compounding, maxed out your 401(k) and individual retirement account (IRA) contributions every year, made smart investments, squirreled away money into additional savings, paid down debt and figured out how to maximize your Social Security benefits. Now what? When do you stop saving – and start enjoying the fruits of your labor? A Nice Problem to Have (But a Problem All the Same) Many people who have saved consistently for retirement have trouble making the transition from saver to spender when the time comes. Careful saving – for decades,

Five large euro zone banks face a cap on how much they can pay in dividends, bonuses and coupons next year because they have too little capital, the European Central Bank said on Thursday, a worrying sign for a sector struggling with meagre profits and unpaid loans. The ECB did not name the five banks, part of the roughly 130 it has supervised since becoming the bloc's watchdog in 2014 with the aim of preventing a repeat of the 2008-12 banking crisis. The ECB's annual review comes as lenders in Italy and other crisis-struck countries are under pressure to raise capital to cover losses from bad loans.

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