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Indonesian parliamentary committee finishes deliberating contentious jobs bill
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia moved a step closer to passing President Joko Widodo's contentious "Job Creation" bill after parliament's legislation committee and government ministers on Saturday appro...
Oct 03, 2020
Hungary PM agrees on big wage hike for doctors as COVID-19 cases rise
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government agreed with the Hungarian Medical Chamber on a substantial wage hike for doctors on Saturday, as the country braces for a further rise in ...
Oct 03, 2020
UK trade minister: We need to protect British firms from predatory overseas bids
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has to make sure that British firms are not subject to predatory takeover bids from foreign states, trade minister Liz Truss said on Saturday. "We need to make sure that, pa...
Oct 03, 2020
Lufthansa’s Swiss unit plans 1,000 job cuts over two years through attrition
VIENNA (Reuters) - Lufthansa unit Swiss International Air Lines plans to cut roughly 1,000 jobs over the next two years through voluntary measures rather than layoffs, its outgoing Chief Executive Tho...
Oct 03, 2020
UK’s Gove says job market ‘churn’ inevitable after COVID-19 crisis
LONDON (Reuters) - British cabinet office minister Michael Gove on Saturday said it was inevitable there would be some 'churn' in the labour market as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, speaking at th...
Oct 03, 2020
E-commerce firm Shopee in Thai twitter storm for banning anti-government store
By Chayut Setboonsarng and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - E-commerce firm Shopee has reversed a ban on a store linked to a dissolved opposition party in Thailand, a spokeswoman said, after o...
Oct 03, 2020
Paytm, other Indian startups vow to fight ‘big daddy’ Google’s clout: sources
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Dozens of India's technology startups, chafing at Google's local dominance of key apps, are banding together to consider ways to challenge the U.S. tech giant, in...
Oct 03, 2020
UK PM launches transport review to boost economy, strengthen ties
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson launched a review aimed at improving transport links across the UK, including a possible bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland, as part o...
Oct 03, 2020
U.S. probing whether Vietnam undervalues its currency
By Makini Brice and Khanh Vu WASHINGTON/HANOI (Reuters) - The United States is opening an investigation into whether Vietnam has been undervaluing its currency and harming U.S. commerce, the U.S. Trad...
Oct 02, 2020
At 7.9%, U.S. jobless rate spells trouble for Trump
By Ann Saphir (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.9% in September, from 8.4% in August, a big drop that in normal times would be welcome news for a presidential incumbent seeking reelecti...
Oct 02, 2020
