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TradingDollar Edges up After August US Payrolls Paints Mixed Picture
TechnologyApple Cuts About 100 Digital Services Jobs, Bloomberg News Reports
BusinessThousands of Workers at UK Retailer Next Win Equal Pay Case
BusinessAustralian Employees Now Have the Right to Ignore Work Emails, Calls After Hours
UK Employers Plan Smallest Pay Rises in Two Years, Survey Shows
Date: August 12, 2024
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British employers expect to raise pay by 3% over the coming year, the lowest planned increase in two years and down from 4% three months ago, a survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development showed on Monday. The news is likely to reassure the Bank of...
Dollar Steady on US Jobs Relief as Yen Heads for First Weekly Drop in Six
Date: August 9, 2024
By Kevin Buckland and Sruthi Shankar TOKYO (Reuters) -The dollar was close to a one-week high against other major currencies on Friday after the biggest drop in U.S. jobless claims in close to a year allayed fears of a looming economic downturn. The U.S. currency was steady against the Japanese yen following a three-day rebound,...
Striking U.S. Video Game Actors Say AI Threatens Their Jobs
Date: August 2, 2024
By Danielle Broadway BURBANK, California (Reuters) – Striking video game voice actors and motion-capture performers held their first picket on Thursday in front of Warner Bros. Games and said artificial intelligence was a threat to their professions. “The models that they’re using have been trained on our voices without our consent at all, with no...
UK Building Firms Face Worst Recruitment Problems, Survey Shows
Date: July 16, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) – Construction and engineering firms are bearing the brunt of Britain’s shortage of workers, according to a survey that underscores the challenge for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to meet his plans to boost home-building and infrastructure. The British Chambers of Commerce’s (BCC) quarterly recruitment survey showed 82% of construction and engineering businesses...
Germany’s Working-Age Population to Decline by 2% by 2045, Study Shows
Date: June 19, 2024
Germany’s working-age population to decline by 2% by 2045, study shows BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will see its working-age population decrease by 2% by 2045, according to a forecast released on Wednesday that is likely to add to fears over growth constraints in Europe’s largest economy. Though its overall population will grow by 0.9% or...
Norway’s Schibsted to Cut 250 Jobs in Cost Drive
Date: June 18, 2024
Norway’s Schibsted to cut 250 jobs in cost drive OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian online classified ads group Schibsted will cut around 250 jobs in the Nordic region as part of a restructuring plan to reduce costs and boost efficiency, the company said on Tuesday. Schibsted, which recently divested its legacy news media business, operates online...