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Zeiss opens tech-focussed centre in India, to double workforce in 3 years
Date: November 11, 2024
By Sai Ishwarbharath B BENGALURU (Reuters) – German optical technology firm Carl Zeiss AG on Monday opened its first global capability centre (GCC) in India and said it plans to double its local workforce to 5,000 in the next three years. The centre, located in the southern city of Bengaluru, will host functions such as...
US minority veterans face unequal access to Ozempic and Wegovy, study finds
Date: November 11, 2024
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – U.S. military veterans face racial and ethnic inequities in access to Novo Nordisk’s highly in-demand drugs for diabetes and weight loss, according to a review of patient data published on Monday, the U.S. Veterans Day holiday. In the U.S. Veterans Affairs Medical System, Black patients and those of Asian or...
WHO to convene emergency meeting on mpox on Nov. 22
Date: November 11, 2024
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization will convene a meeting of its Emergency Committee next week to determine whether mpox remains a global health crisis, it said in a statement on Monday. The disease which continues to spread in Africa is currently classified by the U.N. health body as a public health emergency of...
Spain’s Melia books 24% 9-month net profit increase as summer sales soar
Date: November 11, 2024
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s largest hotel chain, Melia Hotels, on Monday said its net profit over the first nine months of the year rose 24% to 118.6 million euros ($126.83 million) beating analysts’ expectations, thanks to a good summer season. The company also said it reaped the benefits of its investments in luxury rooms in...
Analysis-As its industry struggles, Germany services sector offers untapped growth potential
Date: November 11, 2024
By Maria Martinez (Reuters) – By chiefly focusing on trying to salvage its industry champions, German policymakers may have overlooked the untapped growth potential of the country’s services sector. The German economy, once described as Europe’s growth engine, has underperformed euro zone peers since 2018 and faces further pain amid plans by car giant Volkswagen...
UK public-sector pay rises to overtake private ones, employers say
Date: November 11, 2024
By Suban Abdulla LONDON (Reuters) – British public-sector employers now expect to raise pay faster than their private-sector counterparts for the first time since late 2020, after the new Labour government approved big public-sector pay rises funded in part by higher employer taxes. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development said 2,000 employers surveyed from...