UAW expands strike against Stellantis, hitting pickup truck plant

UAW expands strike against Stellantis, hitting pickup truck plant

[1/2]United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain meets with striking UAW members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant, as they picket in Delta Township, Michigan U.S. September 29, 2023. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights WASHINGTON/DETROIT, Oct 23 – The United Auto Workers (UAW) union went on strike at Chrysler-parent Stellantis’s largest assembly plant on … Read more

UAW presses Detroit automakers for better offer, threatens more walkouts

UAW presses Detroit automakers for better offer, threatens more walkouts

[1/2]The GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021. Picture taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook// Acquire Licensing Rights DETROIT, Oct 20 (Reuters) – United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain on Friday warned of more walkouts at U.S. truck and SUV factories unless the … Read more

Ford, UAW leaders spar as auto strike costs rise

Ford, UAW leaders spar as auto strike costs rise

[1/5]Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, speaks at their Rouge Visitor Center in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S. October 16, 2023. Jeff Kowalsky/Ford Motor Co./Handout via REUTERS. Acquire Licensing Rights DEARBORN, Michigan, Oct 16 (Reuters) – Ford (F.N) executive chairman Bill Ford on Monday urged the United Auto Workers union to end a 32-day strike … Read more

Analysis: When, not if, Europe copies Wall Street share trading reform

Analysis: When, not if, Europe copies Wall Street share trading reform

Wall Street due to change to one day settlement in May Shorter time could increase competitiveness of EU markets Could be complex due to numbers of institutions involved LONDON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – The European Union, Britain and Switzerland have little choice but to copy Wall Street in speeding up share trading, though it will … Read more

United Airlines to announce order for 110 Airbus, Boeing jets – sources

United Airlines to announce order for 110 Airbus, Boeing jets – sources

A United Airlines Airbus A319-100 jet takes off from Washington National Airport in Washington, U.S., August 9, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Oct 3 (Reuters) – United Airlines (UAL.O) is set to announce an order for 110 aircraft from Boeing (BA.N) and Airbus (AIR.PA) on Tuesday, a purchase that includes 50 widebody Boeing … Read more

Dutch police arrest suspect after shootings wound at least two

Dutch police arrest suspect after shootings wound at least two

AMSTERDAM, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Dutch police said they arrested a 32-year-old suspect after at least two people were wounded in in the Netherlands on Thursday in shootings that began at a house in the city of Rotterdam and continued in a classroom at a nearby university medical centre. Police said an arrest team had … Read more

Air France, motorway operators criticise French govt’s new tax plans

Air France, motorway operators criticise French govt’s new tax plans

Air France CEO Anne Rigail attends a pannel at the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society in Paris, France, November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/file photo Acquire Licensing Rights PARIS, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Air France (AIRF.PA), airport group ADP (ADP.PA) and motorway operators criticised the French government’s plans to impose a new tax on … Read more

Ryanair says EU minimum pricing on flights ‘politically impossible’

Ryanair says EU minimum pricing on flights ‘politically impossible’

Employees work on a Ryanair plane preparing to take off at the Rosalia De Castro airport in Santiago de Compostela, Spain June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights DUBLIN, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Ryanair (RYA.I) said on Thursday it did not see a risk of the European Union introducing minimum prices or compulsory … Read more

KLM cancels flights over Azerbaijan due to Nagorno-Karabakh escalation

KLM cancels flights over Azerbaijan due to Nagorno-Karabakh escalation

Logo of Air France KLM Group is pictured on the first Air France airliner’s Airbus A350 during a ceremony at the aircraft builder’s headquarters of Airbus in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, September 27, 2019. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights AMSTERDAM, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Air France’s KLM said on Tuesday that it had cancelled … Read more

Apple moves to defuse French iPhone 12 dispute as EU scrutiny steps up

Apple moves to defuse French iPhone 12 dispute as EU scrutiny steps up

Apple says will issue software update to iPhone12 in France France says update should allow for resumed iPhone 12 sales Apple says it still disputes French radiation findings Belgium says asked Apple for EU-wide software update Belgium sees no danger for users, Denmark says not concerned PARIS, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Apple (AAPL.O) pledged on … Read more