Amazon workers in Britain are taking strike action for the first time, with a third of staff walking out at a warehouse in Coventry in a dispute over pay. About 300 members of the GMB union, out of the 1,000 ...
An Australian-based startup, Recharge Industries, has made a nonbinding offer for the collapsed UK battery company Britishvolt that could revive plans to construct a large plant in northern England. The bid was lodged in the UK late on Tuesday, shortly ...
WASHINGTON – The US Justice Department accused Alphabet Inc’s GOOGL.O Google on Tuesday of abusing its dominance in digital advertising, threatening to dismantle a key business at the heart of one of Silicon Valley’s most successful internet companies. The government said Google should be forced to sell its ad manager ...
MEXICO CITY – Travelers reached the airport in Mexico’s tourist hot spot of Cancun without problem on Tuesday after a protest by local taxi drivers against ride-share app Uber left many stranded the day before. Angry taxi drivers on Monday blocked the main road between Cancun‘s airport and central tourist zone, forcing tourists to trek on foot ...
LONDON – Amazon workers at a warehouse in central England will walk out on Wednesday in a months-long wrangle over pay, marking the first time the US tech giant’s operations in Britain have faced strike action. About 300 employees in Coventry are expected to take part in the industrial action, according to the trade union GMB. ...
Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday withdrew a proposal to reunite News Corp. and Fox Corp. as the company is also exploring a sale of Move Inc, which operates the Realtor.com website, to CoStar Group, according to a regulatory filing and sources familiar with the process. Three sources familiar with the matter said News Corp was in talks to ...
Britain’s prospects for growth have declined, leaving the chancellor with a multibillion-pound hole before the budget in March, the government’s spending watchdog has warned. In a private submission to the Treasury, the Office for Budget Responsibility told Jeremy Hunt that ...
Accountants are being forced to turn away thousands of people every year who are still leaving it too late to approach them for help with their self-assessment tax returns. Simon Brookings, General Manager, Tax & Accounting Professionals UK at Thomson ...
We cannot begin the Daily without a mention of the glitch in the NYSE right out of the gate Tuesday morning. A wild stock-price swing occurred at the open and 84 stocks suddenly plunged or spiked, causing volatility triggers and ...