NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday that she was not sure what an acceptable unemployment rate is for the current economic outlook, but said that the Trea[...]
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Foxconn asks workers for referrals to replenish China plant’s staff
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Apple supplier Foxconn on Wednesday offered a 1,000 yuan ($141.11) award to staff who successfully recommend people to work at its plant in China’s Zhengzhou city, as[...]
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The Caregiver’s Lament: How to handle the costs of care
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – You might know P.J. Byrne from the movies, most likely as one of the fast-living brokers alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Wolf of Wall Street.[...]
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Snap employees to be in offices 80% of time from end-Feb (Nov 28)
(This Nov. 28 story has been corrected to say employees will work from office 80% of the time, not that 80% of employees will return to office, in headline and paragraph 1 and changes source to compan[...]
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Banker with cancer claims $5 million from NatWest over dismissal
By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) -A senior banker is suing NatWest for around 4.3 million pounds ($5.2 million) after a London judge ruled that she was discriminated against and unfairly dismissed d[...]
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Rare China protests roil global commodities markets
By Noah Browning, Pratima Desai and Michael Hogan LONDON (Reuters) – Global commodities markets were hit on Monday by worries over rare demonstrations in China against COVID-19 curbs, with oil a[...]
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UAE’s deal-hungry IHC plans health and IT business IPOs
By Yousef Saba and Rachna Uppal ABU DHABI (Reuters) -International Holding Company plans to sell 20% of its technology unit in an initial public offering next year, its CEO told Reuters, adding that t[...]
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Huge Foxconn iPhone plant in China rocked by fresh worker unrest
By Brenda Goh and Yimou Lee SHANGHAI/TAIPEI (Reuters) – Hundreds of workers joined protests at Foxconn’s flagship iPhone plant in China, with some men smashing surveillance cameras and win[...]
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Singapore’s gig workers to get work injury, pension coverage
By Chen Lin SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore will extend work injury insurance and pension coverage to food delivery and ride-hailing workers under proposed legislative changes that it aims to im[...]
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