Strike-hit Ryanair warns of job losses as cuts Dublin fleet
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair (RYA.I) has told more than 300 pilots and cabin crew that they risk losing their jobs…
Ryanair says biggest-ever strike to ground 600 flights next week
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair is to cancel more than 12 percent of its flights for two days next week in…
France needs ‘food safety police’ to avoid new Lactalis crisis: report
PARIS (Reuters) – France should appoint a “food safety police” and increase fines on those who sell contaminated products to…
Australia’s Fairfax to share print costs with rival News Corp
(Reuters) – Publisher Fairfax Media (FXJ.AX) said on Wednesday it had agreed with rival News Corp’s (NWSA.O) Australian unit to…
Silicon Valley employees flex newfound political muscles
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Employees at several of the world’s biggest technology companies have been exercising newfound political power where…
Exclusive: Tesla hits Model 3 manufacturing milestone, hours after deadline – factory sources
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) nearly produced 5,000 Model 3 electric sedans in the last week of its…
Uber battles to keep London license in court appeal
LONDON (Reuters) – Uber goes to court on Monday to overturn a decision stripping it of its license in London…
UK ministers take aim at business over Brexit warnings
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government and business leaders clashed in a deepening row over Brexit on Sunday after a…
McDonald’s to post $80-$90 million charges for restructuring, layoffs
(Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp (MCD.N) plans to take $80 million to $90 million in charges during the second quarter from…
China’s ZTE apologizes after paying ‘disastrous price’ in U.S. sanction case
HONG KONG/SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – The chairman of ZTE Corp (000063.SZ) (0763.HK) apologized to staff and customers on Friday after…
UK’s House of Fraser to close 31 stores, 6,000 jobs at stake
LONDON (Reuters) – British department store group House of Fraser said on Thursday it has proposed closing 31 stores in…
Tech leads Wall Street’s advance after strong jobs data
(Reuters) – Wall Street stocks rose on Friday after the latest monthly jobs report pointed to strength in the U.S.…
U.S. job growth seen picking up, wage growth likely moderate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth likely accelerated in May as warmer weather boosted hiring at construction sites, but wage…
Nestle plans to cut up to 500 IT jobs in Switzerland
ZURICH (Reuters) – Nestle (NESN.S) plans to eliminate up to 500 information technology jobs at its Swiss headquarters as its…
US and EU again at odds over Airbus subsidies at WTO
GENEVA (Reuters) – The European Union told the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement body on Monday that it had acted…
Oil falls as OPEC, Russia look to raise output amid U.S. surge
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday, extending even steeper declines from Friday, as Saudi Arabia and Russia said…
Oil prices fall as top three producers look to boost supplies
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Monday, extending a steep decline in the previous session, as the market eyed…
Facebook users unite! ‘Data Labour Union’ launches in Netherlands
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Activists in Amsterdam on Wednesday launched the ‘Datavakbond’ or “data labor union”, which hopes to elect leaders…
Boeing technicians in South Carolina to vote on unionization: WSJ
(Reuters) – Some Boeing Co (BA.N) workers at the planemaker’s factory in South Carolina will vote on union representation later…
U.S. top court backs companies over worker class-action claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a blow to the rights of workers on Monday by allowing companies…
China considers scrapping birth limits by 2019: Bloomberg
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China is considering ending the limits it sets on the number of children a family can…
Oil prices firm on OPEC cuts, strong demand and looming Iran sanctions
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices held firm on Friday on strong demand, ongoing supply cuts led by producer cartel OPEC…
U.S. labor market tightening; mid-Atlantic factory activity picks up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New applications for U.S. jobless benefits increased more than expected last week, but the number of Americans…
Deutsche Boerse’s chairman signals may not serve full term
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The chairman of Deutsche Boerse’s (DB1Gn.DE) supervisory board said on Wednesday he would not insist on serving…
Deutsche Boerse CEO on the hunt for acquisitions
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Boerse’s (DB1Gn.DE) chief executive is on the lookout for acquisitions as one of the pillars of…
Maduro seizes Kellogg plant after it leaves Venezuela due to crisis
CARACAS (Reuters) – U.S.-based cereal maker Kellogg Co (K.N) on Tuesday pulled out of Venezuela due to the country’s deep…
NAFTA math may not add up to more U.S. auto jobs
DETROIT (Reuters) – Trump administration demands in NAFTA trade negotiations meant to push auto jobs back to the United States…
Aiming for clearer skies: Air France-KLM to name interim CEO on Tuesday
PARIS (Reuters) – Air France-KLM’s (AIRF.PA) board meets on Tuesday morning to appoint an interim chief executive for the Franco-Dutch…
ZTE employees in China cheer Trump tweet
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Employees of ZTE Corp, the Chinese telecom equipment maker, are cheering a tweet by U.S. President…
GM Korea cancels news briefing as temporary workers storm venue
BUPYEONG, South Korea (Reuters) – General Motors Co’s (GM.N) South Korean unit canceled a news conference on Monday after a…
Oil cautious on rise in U.S. drilling, Iran sanctions opposition
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices edged lower on Monday as a relentless rise in U.S. drilling activity points to increased…
Exclusive: Emirates facing cabin crew shortages – sources
DUBAI (Reuters) – Emirates is facing a cabin crew shortage and is struggling to fully staff some flights following a…
Fidelity fires more than 200 over alleged misuse of reimbursement programs – WSJ
(Reuters) – Fidelity Investments has fired or allowed more than 200 employees to resign over alleged misuse of workplace-benefit programs,…
Air France-KLM CEO to quit after staff reject pay deal
PARIS (Reuters) – Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA) CEO Jean-Marc Janaillac said on Friday he would resign after staff rejected a pay…
A U.S. recession ahead? Fed policymakers say not to worry
CHICAGO/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – As the gap between short- and long-term borrowing costs hovers near its lowest in more than…
German interior minister rejects union’s six percent wage demand
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Saturday he would press for “reasonable results” in the next…
Volkswagen rushed revamp triggers labor concern: sources
BERLIN/MUNICH (Reuters) – Labor representatives at Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) are concerned by a sudden rush by the German carmaker’s board to…
Theranos lays off most of its remaining workforce: WSJ
(Reuters) – Embattled blood-testing company Theranos Inc laid off most of its remaining workforce to preserve cash and avert or…
Fed’s Evans says he’s optimistic on inflation, wants rate hikes
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans, one of the Fed’s most dovish policymakers, said Saturday that…
U.S. consumer spending up slightly; jobless claims at 45-year low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending rose marginally for a second straight month in February as households boosted savings, the…
In warning for Trump, Democrat claims too-close-to-call Pennsylvania vote
CANONSBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – The Democrat candidate claimed a congressional election in a Republican heartland in Pennsylvania, as a vote…
In California, Trump examines Mexico border wall designs
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump toured the U.S. border with Mexico on Tuesday and examined eight…
Trump unleashed at raucous rally for embattled Pennsylvania Republican
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump attacked his critics, promoted his steel and aluminum tariffs and tossed out…
U.S. nonfarm payrolls post largest gain in one-and-a-half years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth surged in February, recording its biggest increase in more than 1-1/2 years, but a…