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From zippers to glass, shortages of basic goods hobble U.S. economy
By Howard Schneider and Timothy Aeppel FLETCHER, N.C. (Reuters) - For Lauren Rash, it's the little things that have snarled production at her tent factory here, like the many shades of black Velcro. H...
Sep 13, 2021
Britain’s Tesco joins refillable revolution with in-store trial
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's biggest supermarket group Tesco launched a trial on Monday that allows customers to buy food, drink, household and beauty products in reusable packaging, part of its strat...
Sep 13, 2021
Water music: London canal boat serves as floating concert hall
By Ben Makori LONDON (Reuters) - Music lovers in London can now enjoy classical performances with a difference - on a canal boat traversing the city's waterways. Masayuki Tayama, the captain and piani...
Sep 13, 2021
Exclusive-Volkswagen’s China partners bristle as carmaker lavishes love on new venture
By Yilei Sun and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - Volkswagen is in talks to tighten its grip on a majority-owned joint venture in China, sparking tensions with the German automaker's other Chinese partn...
Sep 13, 2021
Greece to spend 4 billion euros on pandemic support in second half of 2021
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will pump an additional 4.4 billion euros into its economy in the second half of the year to prop up businesses and households battered by the coronavirus pandemic, Finance M...
Sep 13, 2021
Marketmind: September setback
A look at the day ahead from Sujata Rao. After seven straight months of gains, world stocks are enduring a dismal September, touching a 2-1/2-week low on Monday. Wall Street futures are higher but the...
Sep 13, 2021
Uber will appeal Dutch ruling that drivers are employees
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Uber will appeal a Dutch court ruling that drivers are employees of the company and not independent contractors that make use of its platform, the company said on Monday. "We are...
Sep 13, 2021
Uber drivers are employees, says Dutch court
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Uber drivers are employees rather than independent contractors and are entitled to greater workers' rights, a Dutch court ruled on Monday. It was the latest court victory for unio...
Sep 13, 2021
BoE aims for large but “lean” balance sheet when QE unwinds
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England expects to have a large but somewhat leaner balance sheet when it starts to run down its 895 billion pound asset purchase programme, and will ta...
Sep 13, 2021
Hit to oil output from Ida overshadows demand impact, says Goldman
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs said Hurricane Ida had a larger impact on oil production than on refinery demand, causing a net "bullish" impact on U.S. and global storage levels. The investment bank, in a ...
Sep 13, 2021
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