The U.S. economy lost 54,000 jobs in August as census workers continued to exit payrolls, but the private sector added 67,000 jobs. The unemployment rate rose to 9.6%.
A slim lead helped spark an inquiry that found some of Europe’s banks actively evaded U.S. law in aiding sanctioned countries to move $2 billion undetected.
When EU finance ministers assemble next week, they face an unpleasant reality: Rising yields on the bonds of Europe’s wobbliest countries.
The U.K.’s economic recovery showed further signs of losing steam as data showed a sharp slowdown in growth in the country’s dominant services sector.
A former spy with the U.K. Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6, was sentenced to one year in prison for trying to sell top-secret information to Dutch agents.