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Companies divided on draft EU rules for gig economy workers
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The European Commission published draft rules on Thursday to give workers at online platform companies such as Uber and Deliveroo better social rights, but which companies say co...
Dec 09, 2021
EU draft rules for gig workers target Uber, Deliveroo, online platforms
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission announced on Thursday draft rules to give workers at online platform companies such as Uber and Deliveroo better social rights, but which companies say cou...
Dec 09, 2021
U.S. senators announce bipartisan social media data transparency bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. senators, two Democrats and a Republican, announced on Thursday a bill to require social media companies like Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms Inc, to give certa...
Dec 09, 2021
Volkswagen board to provide details on CEO’s future powers – source
HAMBURG (Reuters) -Volkswagen's supervisory board will provide details on Thursday on the future responsibilities of CEO Herbert Diess, which are likely to be curtailed as a result of an ongoing clash...
Dec 09, 2021
China Nov new bank loans rise less than expected as stance tilts towards easing
By Judy Hua and Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - New bank lending in China rose less than expected in November from the previous month even as the central bank seeks to bolster slowing growth in the worl...
Dec 09, 2021
Fed to lift rates in Q3 next year, but risk it comes sooner: Reuters poll
By Shrutee Sarkar BENGALURU (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve will raise rates in the third quarter of next year, earlier than expected a month ago, according to economists in a Reuters poll who mo...
Dec 09, 2021
Black Friday pushes UK card spending to new pandemic high – ONS
LONDON (Reuters) - Black Friday sales pushed consumer spending on credit and debit cards in Britain to its highest level since before the first lockdown of March last year, official data showed on Thu...
Dec 09, 2021
EU passes first chunk of green investment rules, contentious sectors still to come
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union has passed the first part of its rulebook on climate friendly investments, which from next year will define which activities can be labelled as g...
Dec 09, 2021
UniCredit targets 2024 net profit above 4.5 billion euros
MILAN (Reuters) -UniCredit said it would grow its net profit on average by 10% a year through 2024 to above 4.5 billion euros ($5 billion) by betting on fee income to drive revenues. UniCredit on Thur...
Dec 09, 2021
China removes 106 apps from app stores citing privacy violations
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has removed 106 apps from Chinese app stores including movie review app Douban, karaoke app Changba, and phone reseller Aih...
Dec 09, 2021
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