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Britain’s red-hot labor market showed signs of loosening with recruiters reporting a strong jump in the number of people looking for work and a drop in demand for staff.

The US government will have to write off billions of dollars of student loans from borrowers who died during the pandemic, adding another complication to a system ill-equipped to handle the resumption of payments this fall.

Campbell Soup Co. agreed to buy Sovos Brands Inc. in a deal valued at $2.7 billion, expanding the soupmaker’s presence in frozen meals and giving it a foothold in the premium pasta sauce market.

In late July, a programmer at Estonia’s CoinsPaid, the world’s biggest crypto payment provider, met over video link with a recruiter who had reached out on LinkedIn with a lucrative job offer. During the 40-minute job interview, the engineer was asked to download a file to take a technical test, which he did on his work computer.

Israeli assets traded in narrow, mixed ranges on Monday as traders looked for more evidence on whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s latest pronouncements on his plan to overhaul the judiciary would be enough to halt unrest in the country.

Greek lenders took a step closer to being able to access a deeper pool of debt investors after Scope Ratings restored the country to the ranks of investment-grade nations.

A top climate adviser to US President Joe Biden signaled the administration could phase in some requirements for a valuable new hydrogen tax credit in a bid to nurture a nascent industry critical to decarbonizing industrial operations.

Warning bells are ringing for US stocks from signs that high government spending, which underpinned economic growth this year, is unsustainable, according to Morgan Stanley’s Michael Wilson.