KUALA LUMPUR. An insurance agent claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to a charge of deceiving a man by posing as a director of a financial management company, causing the victim to suffer a loss of RM900,000. Read full story ... .
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits unexpectedly fell last week, consistent with a low level of layoffs, but the unemployment rate likely remained high in December amid sluggish hiring ....