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AI a productivity boost to banks but making money from it is a challenge
Date: December 11, 2024
By Isla Binnie and Megan Davies NEW YORK (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence is expected to show big gains in productivity at banks, panelists said at the Reuters Next conference in New York, but it...

VW offers 14% wage hike over four years to Tennessee factory workers
Date: December 11, 2024
(Reuters) - Volkswagen said Wednesday it is offering its newly unionized workers at its Tennessee assembly plant a 14% wage increase over four years and profit sharing. The automaker and United Auto...

Serbia's Vucic promises to meet protesters' demands after train station disaster
Date: December 11, 2024
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Beset by weeks of protests by students over a deadly train station disaster last month, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic acted on Wednesday to defuse the unrest by pledging to...

Austria's OMV terminates Gazprom gas contract after supply row
Date: December 11, 2024
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's OMV said on Wednesday it had terminated its long-term gas supply contract with Gazprom after the Russian firm stopped deliveries last month amid a row that has been highly...

Rivals criticise Google's search result changes, call for EU antitrust charges
Date: December 11, 2024
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - More than 20 price comparison websites across Europe on Wednesday criticised Google's proposed changes to its search results, saying they still fail to comply with...

Maersk sees global container volumes rising as much as 7% in 2025, exec says
Date: December 11, 2024
By Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK (Reuters) - Maersk expects global container market volume rising as much as 7% next year, bolstered by strong demand from the United States where a potential port strike...
