LONDON (Reuters) -Amazon workers walked out on strike at multiple locations across Europe on Friday in protests against the U.S. e-commerce giant’s working practices on one of the busiest shopping days of the year. “Make Amazon Pay”, a campaign coordinated by the UNI Global Union, said strikes and protests would take place in more than…
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) -Nissan will pump 1.12 billion pounds ($1.4 billion) into building electric versions of two of its cars at its British plant, in a boost for the country’s auto industry and a prime minister desperate to attract foreign investment. Friday’s announcement fires the starting gun on Rishi Sunak’s Global Investment Summit…
By Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) – The White House is stalling action on requests by Farm Belt states to allow regional sales of gasoline blended with higher volumes of ethanol after oil industry warnings that the move could cause regional supply disruptions and price spikes, according to two sources familiar with the matter….
By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) – Investors have poured $40 billion into stocks since Oct. 9, the biggest two-week inflow since February 2022, as equities rallied, Bank of America said on Friday. In the four trading sessions to Tuesday, investors put $16.5 billion into stock funds, BofA said in its weekly Flow Shows research note,…
By Sinead Cruise and Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) -Barclays is working on plans to save up to 1 billion pounds ($1.25 billion), which could involve cutting as many as 2,000 jobs, mainly in the British bank’s back office, a person with direct knowledge of the proposals told Reuters. Managers at Barclays, led by Chief Executive…
