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Bangladesh Reopens Economy Despite Covid Third Wave
The government is lifting a lockdown despite warnings from health experts that the outbreak could worsen.
Evergrande Went From China’s Biggest Developer to One of Its Worst Debtors
10/08/2021 Comments Off on Evergrande Went From China’s Biggest Developer to One of Its Worst Debtors
Regulators want to fix the property sector’s bad habit of borrowing too much. Evergrande, with its billions of dollars in debt, may stand in the way.
Continue reading …They Wait Hours to Withdraw Cash, but Most A.T.M.s Are Empty
07/08/2021 Comments Off on They Wait Hours to Withdraw Cash, but Most A.T.M.s Are EmptyMyanmar has been crippled by a cash shortage since the military seized power six months ago, plunging the Southeast Asian nation into a financial crisis.
Continue reading …New England Business Owners on the Uncertainty of the Summer
06/08/2021 Comments Off on New England Business Owners on the Uncertainty of the SummerDemand is high, but employees (and bikes!) are hard to find. These five New England business owners say the summer of 2021 is unlike any other.
Continue reading …Europe’s Pandemic Aid Is Winding Down. Is Now the Best Time?
05/08/2021 Comments Off on Europe’s Pandemic Aid Is Winding Down. Is Now the Best Time?Governments want vaccinations and a business rebound to carry the economy now, but cutting aid too quickly could create economic aftershocks.
Continue reading …I.M.F. World Economic Outlook Forecasts 6 Percent Global Growth
27/07/2021 Comments Off on I.M.F. World Economic Outlook Forecasts 6 Percent Global GrowthThe gap between the rich and poor countries will widen as the United States and other advanced economies will expand faster than expected, according to new projections.
Continue reading …Yellen Says China Trade Deal Has ‘Hurt American Consumers’
20/07/2021 Comments Off on Yellen Says China Trade Deal Has ‘Hurt American Consumers’The Treasury secretary said an agreement made by the Trump administration, which remains under review, had failed to address fundamental problems between the two countries.
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill