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Australian billionaire and manufacturing CEO Anthony Pratt said Friday on Fox Business that he is investing $2 billion in the United States because he has "confidence" in President Trump. "We have enormous confidence in President Trump. He's doing a wonderful job, and we think he will continue to do a great job," Pratt said. "He's reducing unemployment. As we saw today, the job figures show unemployment is the lowest it's been for a decade, and he's supporting manufacturing." "And that's why we are doubling down on our investment in the United States, creating 7,000 high-paying manufacturing jobs, mainly in the...

MOSCOW - Russian stock market showed a sudden rise on the first week of the New Year, with some of the stocks reaching their historic maximum rates, while RTS Index exceeded the level obtained before arrest of Russian businessman Mikhail Khodorkosky on Oct. 25. Russian securities’ quotations rise started on the last days of 2003. And at the first short working week of 2004, the RTS Index increased by 5,3 percent, reaching 597,3 points, the level it was in October of last year – shortly before the arrest of Khodorkovsky which prompted a market collapse. However, after the New Year...