Expect to pay more this year for many consumer goods — from diapers to toothpaste to Big Macs. Just as the typical American family will finally have a few more dollars to spend, inflation will take a chunk of that extra cash.
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Temporary workers at a Hyundai Motor manufacturing plant in South Korea reportedly have agreed to end a near-monthlong strike that was inhibiting domestic production of subcompact cars, such as the Hyundai Accent.
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Millions of Londoners struggled to get to work this morning thanks to a 24-hour strike by workers on the city’s subway system, known as the Tube.
Transport for London, which runs the subway, said that about 40% of underground trains were operating, along with the Docklands Light Railway, which serves the financial district in the east of the city.
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France’s Parliament voted to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 in a move supporters say may preserve the country’s pension system. Yet the proposal has also caused nationwide strikes.
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Oil prices reached their highest point in five months due to the combination of a weakening dollar, an interest-rate cut in Japan, a strike by French workers and a barge crash that closed off a Texas shipping route.
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