Three of the world’s biggest cigarette companies are nearing a deal that would end a decades-long fight in Canada to hold the firms to account for hiding the health risks…
Category: Business News
USA: Meta fires staff for misusing meal vouchers
Workers at Meta have reportedly been sacked for abusing the tech firm’s meal voucher system, such as using it to buy toothpaste and washing powder. Other breaches of the policy…
China: Economy continues to grow but at a slow rate
China’s economy expanded in the third quarter at the slowest pace since early last year, as the country struggles to boost flagging growth. On an annual basis, gross domestic product…
Martinique: France to cut prices in the island over cost of living unrest
After more than six weeks of protests over the high cost of living on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, the local prefecture has signed a deal to cut soaring…
UK: Man fights to excavate landfill to recover Bitcoins worth half a billion dollars
History will always remember the Wales-based software engineer, James Howells who threw away half a billion dollars of bitcoins in the trash can. This case dates back to 2013 when Howells unintentionally put…
India: Samsung workers end month long strike
Workers at Samsung Electronics’ factory in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu have called off a labour strike that went on for more than a month. Around 1,500 workers…
India: From one Tata chairperson to another
A day after the death of India’s most globally-recognised tycoon Ratan Tata, his half-brother Noel Tata has been named as the new chairperson of Tata Trusts, the group has announced. Tata Trusts…
USA: Boeing to cut 17,000 jobs amid strike and quality concerns
Boeing will axe its workforce by a tenth – cutting 17,000 jobs – and delay production as the aeroplane maker deals with issues across its business. Chief executive Kelly Ortberg…
USA: Elon Musk unveils ‘Cybercab’ at Tesla robotaxi event
Tesla boss Elon Musk unveiled the firm’s long-awaited robotaxi, the Cybercab, at the Warner Bros Studios in Burbank, California on Thursday evening. The futuristic-looking vehicle featuring two wing-like doors and no…
Pakistan:Gunmen kill at least 20 miners
Gunmen have killed at least 20 people at a coal mine in Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan, according to local police. The attackers stormed the workers’ accommodation at the Junaid…