Author Archives: Syndicated Content
UK's top court backs Asda workers in equal pay dispute
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top court ruled on Friday that Asda's supermarket workers are entitled to compare themselves to workers at the group's distribution centres - a key victory for shop worker...
Mar 26, 2021
Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus
(Reuters) - As EU leaders voiced frustration over a massive shortfall in contracted deliveries of AstraZeneca vaccines, the bloc's executive said vaccine exports by the British-Swedish company could b...
Mar 26, 2021
Software maker UiPath last valued at $35 billion, reveals U.S. IPO filing
(Reuters) - Robotic process automation startup UiPath on Friday disclosed its filing for an initial public offering in New York, weeks after it raised fresh capital from investors at a valuation of $3...
Mar 26, 2021
Chinese celebs drop top foreign brands over Xinjiang 'forced labour' accusations
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese celebrity endorsers have abandoned several foreign retail labels, including six U.S. brands such as Nike, as Western concerns over labour conditions in Xinjiang spark a pat...
Mar 26, 2021
NCAA takes on student-athletes in U.S. Supreme Court compensation dispute
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the annual U.S. ritual of the "March Madness" college basketball tournament unfolds, the Supreme Court is poised to hear the National Collegiate Athletic A...
Mar 26, 2021
Analysis: Money no object as governments race to build chip arsenals
By Douglas Busvine and Mathieu Rosemain (Reuters) - Governments around the world are subsidizing the construction of semiconductor factories as a chip shortage hobbles the auto and electronics industr...
Mar 26, 2021
Exclusive: BASF warns chemicals could be left out of post-pandemic party
By Ludwig Burger and Patricia Weiss FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's BASF is benefiting as people under lockdown fix up their homes but its CEO said the chemical maker may be left out of the party afte...
Mar 26, 2021
U.S. bail-bond insurers spend big to keep defendants paying
By Alwyn Scott and Suzanne Barlyn NEW YORK (Reuters) - Insurance companies have spent $17 million to defeat proposals to weaken or abolish the for-profit bail industry in the United States, a system t...
Mar 26, 2021
Chemicals giant BASF, spurred on by customers, allocates up to $4.7 billion for CO2 cuts
By Ludwig Burger and Patricia Weiss FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BASF, the world's largest chemicals producer by sales, pledged on Friday to spend up to 4 billion euros ($4.7 billion) to slash greenhouse gas...
Mar 26, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court weighs taking up major gun rights case
By Andrew Chung NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday will discuss taking up a major new gun rights case involving a National Rifle Association-backed challenge to a New York state law...
Mar 26, 2021
