By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota Motor Corp agreed on Wednesday that its union demand for annual salary and bonus hikes will be fully met in the new fiscal year, President Akio Toyoda said. Nissan Motor and Honda Motor followed suit with the same response to its union’s demands after Toyota’s announcement, in a sign…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. businesses posted a near-record level of open jobs in January, a trend that has helped push up worker’s pay and added to inflationary pressures in the U.S. economy. Employers posted 11.3 million jobs at the end of January, down slightly from a record of 11.4 million in December, the Labor Department…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives was poised on Wednesday for a critical series of votes that would ban U.S. imports of Russian oil, provide emergency aid to Ukraine and fund the federal government through Sept. 30. Democrats and Republicans reached a $1.5 trillion deal overnight to fund the federal government for fiscal…
By Maytaal Angel and Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) -Nestle, the world’s largest packaged food group, said on Wednesday it had suspended all capital investment in Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. The Switzerland-based company’s decision follows similar moves by other food majors, which are under pressure from consumers to take a stand against the conflict….
BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe faces a tough choice: Is it worth a recession to choke off oil and gas money to Russia while it fights a war in Ukraine? While U.S. and British bans on Russian oil increase the pressure on Europe to follow suit, the continent’s dependence on Russia for energy makes an immediate…
Gun violence in America is a public health crisis that is worsening with pandemic-like speed. So says Steve Ballmer, the billionaire philanthropist whose nonprofit is devising a new remedy to address it. Even with COVID-19 lockdowns, deaths caused by gun violence in America jumped 30% from 2019 to 2020, the year the pandemic struck, according…
By Jessica DiNapoli and Richa Naidu NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Makers of everyday staples from Pampers diapers to Dove soap are walking a fine line by continuing to sell their products in Russia, as pressure grows on multinational companies to take a stand against Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine. McDonald’s Corp said on Tuesday it…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Judiciary Committee has referred Amazon.com Inc to the U.S. Department of Justice, alleging “potentially criminal conduct” by the company senior executives amid the panel’s ongoing probe into digital markets competition, lawmakers said in a statement on Wednesday. (Reporting by Susan Heavey)
PARIS (AP) — The dancers are torn between body and mind — physically on stage in Paris but in spirit back home in Kyiv. In other circumstances, the Kyiv City Ballet’s residency at the Théâtre du Chatelet would be a dream come true, but the stranded company of young dancers feels little but heartbreak. “We…
BRUSSELS (AP) — Even though Russia has lost influence and friends since the collapse of the Soviet empire in 1989, the nuclear superpower still holds sway over several of its neighbors in Europe and keeps others in an uneasy neutrality. The Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine and the humanitarian tragedy it provoked over the past…
