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Russian Governor Backs Down on Migrant Labour Ban After Corporate Outcry
Date: March 7, 2025
By Anastasia Lyrchikova and Lucy Papachristou MOSCOW (Reuters) - The governor of a Russian region has lifted a ban on migrant workers in the construction industry just over a week after it was...
US Dollar Sags After Weaker-Than-Expected Jobs Data, Fed's Powell Comments
Date: March 7, 2025
By Brigid Riley TOKYO, (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar wallowed near a four-month low on Friday as ever-shifting tariff policies fanned uncertainty and increased concern about growth prospects for the...
Labour Shortages Ease in Germany’s Economy, Survey Shows
Date: December 19, 2024
By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -Fewer German companies are struggling to fill vacancies due to labour shortages than a year ago, the DIHK Chamber of Commerce and Industry said on Thursday, in what shows a resilient labour market that is starting to feel the impact of economic weakness. Germany, like industrialised countries around the world,...
US Labor Market Steadily Cooling Amid Higher Job Openings, Low Layoffs
Date: December 4, 2024
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job openings increased solidly in October while layoffs dropped by the most in 1-1/2 years, suggesting the labor market continued to slow in an orderly fashion. But the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS report, from the Labor Department on Tuesday also showed employers hesitant to...
US Job Openings Rise in October, Layoffs Decrease
Date: December 3, 2024
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job openings increased moderately in October while layoffs declined, suggesting the labor market continued to slow in an orderly fashion. Job openings, a measure of labor demand, had risen 372,000 to 7.744 million by the last day of October, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said in its Job Openings...
Boeing Shares Rise as Planemaker Makes New Wage Offer to End Strike
Date: November 1, 2024
(Reuters) -Boeing rose 2% in early trading on Friday after the U.S. planemaker bumped up its wage hike offer to about 33,000 striking workers, its latest effort to end a damaging strike after two earlier attempts were rebuffed by employees. The workers will on Monday vote on the proposal that boosts wage hike to 38%...