The RWDSU is confronting the outcome of the union election this month that resulted in a victory for Amazon. The union said Monday that it had filed objections to the National Labor Relations Board, the agency that enforces workers’ collective bargaining rights and oversees the union election process. The objections filed by the Retail, Wholesale […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks closed lower on Monday, slipping from last week’s record levels, as investors awaited guidance from first-quarter earnings to justify high valuations, while Tesla Inc shares fell after a fatal car crash.FILE PHOTO: A Wall St. street sign is seen near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury on Monday named climate change financial adviser John Morton to head the department’s new “climate hub,’ to foster green finance and use tax policy and financial risk assessments to help reduce carbon emissions.FILE PHOTO: The United States Department of the Treasury is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, […]
As the world eagerly anticipates the return of date nights and social functions, Fitbit announced a new fitness tracker on Monday that, it hopes, will work just as well out on the town as on a jog. Available for pre-order, the new Fitbit Luxe offers an upgraded look and feel over its previous, plastic Inspire […]
South by Southwest, the Austin, Texas-based festival of music, technology and film that was hit hard by the coronavirus, has a new investor. P-MRC, a joint venture between Penske Media Corp. and MRC, whose holdings include The Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone and Variety, has acquired a stake in South by Southwest, it was revealed Monday. […]
The economy contracted by nearly 10 percent last year, and the country faces a reckoning with the I.M.F. over $45 billion in debts. Volunteers at a soup kitchen in the slums of Buenos Aires. The pandemic has added to strains on Argentina’s poor.Credit…Sarah Pabst for The New York Times Supported by By Peter S. Goodman […]
(BLOOMBERG) – When Ms Pam Hendrickson went into labour at a New York hospital three decades ago, she still had to take a call to sort out a problem at her work in a bank. Now, the vice-chair of investment firm Riverside expects Covid-19’s terrifying toll to finally change the unhealthy work habits of many […]
Ocado has revealed plans to develop self-driving delivery vehicles and “kerb to kitchen” robots as part of a tie-up with tech firm Oxbotica. The online grocery firm hopes to see prototypes developed within two years though it will take longer before they are ready to start serving customers. Vehicles that operate within Ocado’s depots will […]
They were impressive figures. Nearly $1.3 billion worth of Contact and Meridian Energy shares were traded with the offshore exchange traded funds rebalancing their weightings, but it didn’t unnerve the New Zealand sharemarket. The S&P/NZX 50 Index gained 48.18 points or 0.38 per cent to 12,684.73 – as the global markets show more confidence and […]
City and state officials this week are celebrating a flurry of new flights coming to Denver International Airport, connecting the Mile High City with destinations ranging from Paris to Grand Junction. The headline announcement came Thursday morning when Air France unrelieved its forthcoming non-stop service to Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport. The flights are scheduled […]