TAIPEI (Reuters) -Apple’s major supplier Foxconn said on Thursday a “technical error” occurred when hiring new recruits at a COVID-hit iPhone factory in China and apologised to workers after the company was rocked by fresh labour unrest. Men smashed surveillance cameras and clashed with police as hundreds of workers protested at the world’s biggest iPhone…
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Swati Bhat COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka’s central bank held interest rates steady on Thursday, as widely expected, but said it expected a moderation in market interest rates in line with prevailing policy rates. The Standing Lending Facility rate was held steady at 15.50% while the Standing Deposit Facility Rate was kept…
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Larger protests at Foxconn’s flagship iPhone plant in China were under control and the company continued to communicate with employees engaged in smaller protests, a source said on Thursday. Hundreds of workers joined protests at Foxconn’s major iPhone plant China’s Zhengzhou this week, with some men smashing surveillance cameras and windows, footage…
(Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is likely to file an antitrust lawsuit to block Microsoft Corp’s $69 billion takeover bid for video game publisher Activision Blizzard Inc, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. A lawsuit challenging the deal is not guaranteed, and the FTC’s four commissioners have yet to…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett donated more than $750 million in Berkshire Hathaway stock to the four foundations run by his family Wednesday, but unlike his annual gifts to charity each summer, the recipients didn’t include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Buffett has been making annual donations to the same five…
By Steve Scherer and Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -Inflation in Canada remains too strong, and higher interest rates will be needed to cool the overheating economy, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said in testimony at the House of Commons on Wednesday. “Inflation has come down in recent months, but we have yet to see…
(Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway Inc said Warren Buffett has donated more of his fortune to four family charities, without disclosing whether the billionaire chairman made a new donation to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. According to a regulatory filing, Buffett on Wednesday donated another 2.4 million of the conglomerate’s Class B shares, worth about…
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian inflation remains high and broad based and more interest-rate increases will be needed to cool the overheating economy, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said in testimony at the House of Commons on Wednesday. “Inflation has come down in recent months, but we have yet to see a generalized decline in…
NEW YORK (AP) — The company tasked with locking down the assets of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX says it has managed to recover and secure $740 million in assets so far, a fraction of the potentially billions of dollars likely missing from the company’s coffers. The numbers were disclosed on Wednesday in court filings…
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) -World equities rose while U.S. Treasury yields retreated after minutes of the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting showed U.S. central bankers looking to soon moderate the pace of interest rate hikes. A “substantial majority” of Fed policymakers agreed it would “likely soon be appropriate” to slow the pace of…
