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Not my pay! Some tech workers bemoan China’s crackdown on compulsory overtime
By Yingzhi Yang and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese government's campaign to improve conditions for workers has spurred companies, particularly some of its hardest-driving tech giants, to c...
Sep 03, 2021
AstraZeneca, EU reach settlement on delivery of COVID-19 vaccine doses
(Reuters) -The European Commission and AstraZeneca said on Friday they have reached a settlement on the delivery of the remaining COVID-19 vaccine doses by the British drugmaker and also ended the pen...
Sep 03, 2021
China’s SMIC to invest $8.87 billion for new chip plant in Shanghai
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp will invest $8.87 billion to build a chip plant in Shanghai, it said on Friday, expanding capacity amid a global chip shorta...
Sep 03, 2021
Geely’s Volvo Cars warns on sales as supply woes dent output
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden-based automaker Volvo Car Group warned on Friday that sales volumes in the second half of 2021 could fall year-on-year after it was forced to cut production due to materia...
Sep 03, 2021
Euro zone business activity strong in Aug but supply issues weighed-PMI
LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone business activity remained strong last month, despite fears about the Delta variant of the coronavirus and widespread supply chain issues, according to a survey which sugg...
Sep 03, 2021
UK’s Johnson slams ‘disgraceful’ racist abuse of England players in Hungary
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on world soccer's governing body FIFA on Friday to take action over "disgraceful" racist abuse aimed at England players by Hungary fans d...
Sep 03, 2021
German services sector drives growth as recovery persists- PMI
BERLIN (Reuters) - Activity in Germany's services sector expanded at a strong pace in August, albeit slightly weaker than in the previous month, as businesses which had been hit by coronavirus lockdow...
Sep 03, 2021
French business boom eases in August as staffing, price pressures bite -PMI
PARIS (Reuters) - French business activity grew in August at its slowest rate in four months as staff shortages and costs pressures worsened, a monthly survey showed on Friday. Data compiler IHS Marki...
Sep 03, 2021
Japan LDP’s Ishiba says he is ready to take on premier’s job if conditions are right
TOKYO (Reuters) - Former Japanese Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who regularly comes in high in lists of lawmakers that voters favour as premier, said on Friday he was ready to serve as prime minist...
Sep 03, 2021
Reaction to New Zealand’s supermarket attack by ‘violent extremist’
(Reuters) - New Zealand police on Friday shot and killed a "violent extremist" who was known to authorities, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, after he stabbed and wounded at least six people in a s...
Sep 03, 2021
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