1,100 NYT staff picket for higher pay
NEW YORK, 9 Dec 2022: Hundreds of reporters, editors, photographers and other staff picketed outside the Manhattan headquarters of The New York Times yesterday as part of a 24-hour strike …
Uber fined A$21 million for misleading Australian consumers
CANBERRA, 7 Dec 2022: An Australian court has fined Uber A$21 million for misleading or deceptive conduct and giving false or misleading information to its customers between 2017 and 2021, …
Pakistan to import discounted crude oil from Russia
ISLAMABAD, 6 Dec 2022: Pakistan is set to import crude oil at discounted rates from Russia, the state minister for petroleum said yesterday, days after he led a government delegation …
Russia stopping oil supply to EU by end-2022, after G7 price cap
VIENNA, 4 Dec 2022: Moscow will stop supplying oil to Europe this year, following the bloc’s move – alongside the G7 and Australia – to cap the price of Russian …
US signs law to avert Christmas rail strike
WASHINGTON, 3 Dec 2022: President Joe Biden yesterday signed into law a measure imposing a settlement on railroads and unions to avert a nationwide rail strike in the US ahead …
Gas supply uncertainty: Japan goes into energy-saving mode
TOKYO, 1 Dec 2022: Japan began a period of energy savings today – in which the government recommends citizens use heating as little as possible, among other measures, due to …
US Fed expects to slow rate hikes by December sitting
WASHINGTON, 1 Dec 2022: US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell yesterday said interest rate hikes will start to slow as soon as December, insinuating the next increase in the US …
Terraform Labs co-founder left cryptocurrency firm 2 years before crash
SEOUL, 30 Nov 2022: South Korean prosecutors today said they sought an arrest warrant for Daniel Shin, a Terraform Labs co-founder, over the collapse of the blockchain firm’s cryptocurrencies. The …
SIA gets 25.1% stake in Air India with cash, Vistara injection
NEW DELHI, 30 Nov 2022: Singapore Airlines (SIA) and India’s Tata Sons yesterday announced the merger of Air India and Vistara, two of the south Asian country’s leading Indian airlines. …
South Korea govt orders cement truckers to end strike
SEOUL, 29 Nov 2022: South Korea today ordered truckers of the cement industry to return to work after an almost week-long strike. It is the first time the government has …