NEW YORK, Feb 27 (Reuters) – On paper, American consumers spent last year tightening their belts, and even retail heavyweights stumbled. But sit-down restaurants and some drive-through chains…
Read more Analysis-Restaurants Emerge as Bright Spot for US Job Growth as Consumers Seek TreatsBERLIN, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Buses, trams and trains across Germany ground to a halt early Friday as local transport workers heeded a call by the Verdi public…
Read more Buses, Trams and Trains Grind to a Halt Across Germany at Start of Two-Day StrikeMEXICO CITY, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Mexico’s Congress approved a bill late on Tuesday to gradually reduce the workweek from 48 to 40 hours, despite significant resistance from…
Read more Mexico’s Lower House Approves Bill Cutting Workweek to 40 Hours by 2030By Trevor Hunnicutt and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on…
Read more Takeaways From Trump’s State of the Union Address to CongressWASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday told a briefing he would sign an order to impose a 10% global tariff under Section 122…
Read more Trump Says He Will Sign Order Imposing a 10% Global TariffBy Rachel More, Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke STUTTGART, Germany, Feb 13 (Reuters) – On a dark February morning at Mercedes-Benz’s vast Untertuerkheim plant, workers arriving for the…
Read more Germany’s Far-Right Woos Unhappy Car WorkersFeb 5 (Reuters) – Since she was laid off in October, after Lesotho lost tariff-free access to its vital U.S. garments market, Matokelo Masenkane has got up early…
Read more Lesotho and Its Textile Workers Hope African Duty-Free Deal Extension Heralds US Trade RevivalJan 29 (Reuters) – Former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh came to the White House for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, according one source…
Read more Former Fed Governor Warsh Met With Trump on ThursdayBy Andrea Shalal and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said he had spoken at length with President Donald Trump about…
Read more US Treasury Chief Says Spoke at Length With Trump About Fed Chair CandidatesBy Maria Alejandra Cardona, Savyata Mishra and Ross Kerber MINNEAPOLIS, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Up and down Lake Street in the heavily Latino area of south Minneapolis, numerous…
Read more Small Minneapolis Businesses Hit Hard by ICE Crackdown, While Corporations Stay SilentJan 5 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Monday agreed to expedite an appeal of a court loss by U.S. business and research groups that are challenging…
Read more US Appeals Court Fast Tracks $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee DisputePARIS, Jan 5 (Reuters) – The opening of France’s Louvre museum in Paris was delayed until 0900 GMT on Monday as staff was meeting to decide whether to…
Read more Louvre Opening Delayed as Staff Meets to Decide Whether to Resume StrikeToday’s workforce has never been more digitally connected, yet many employees feel more isolated than ever. New research from EY’s Global Belonging Barometer 4.0 reveals a workforce quietly…
Read more The Shifts Needed to Make Employees Feel Less Isolated and More Supported in a Digital-First WorldLISBON, Dec 20 (Reuters) – The man who police say killed two Brown University students and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist had cut short a promising academic…
Read more Brown University Shooter Took IT Job in Portugal After Abandoning Physics PursuitBUCHAREST, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Romania’s broad coalition government survived a no-confidence vote on Monday over a second attempt to raise the retirement age for judges and prosecutors…
Read more Romania’s Government Survives No-Confidence Vote Over Judicial PensionsDec 13 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions this month, the Washington Post reported on…
Read more US Veterans Affairs Agency Plans Health Care Job Cuts, WaPo ReportsWASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Friday terminated the collective bargaining agreement covering 47,000 Transportation Security Administration officers. The American Federation of…
Read more US Invalidates Union Contract Covering 47,000 TSA OfficersBy John O’Donnell and Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Ireland’s planned curbs on trade with Israeli settlements will be limited strictly to goods, a minister told…
Read more Irish Minister Defends ‘Limited’ Trade Curbs on Israeli SettlementsOn the job training is in focus because of the rapid rise of AI technology and a widening gap between management expectations and the actual skill levels of…
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