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EU, Philippines announce restart of free trade talks
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/03/2024
» MANILA - The European Union (EU) and the Philippines announced the resumption of their free trade negotiations, seven years after they were halted, Manila's Department of Trade and Industry said in a statement.
Thai Union to book B18.5bn charge for exiting Red Lobster
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/01/2024
» Thai Union Group Plc, one of the world's biggest makers of canned tuna, will take a one-time charge of US$530 million (18.5 billion baht) as it plans to exit the unprofitable US restaurant chain Red Lobster.
Canned-tuna giant Thai Union may exit Red Lobster chain
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/03/2023
» Thai Union Group Public Company Limited, one of the world’s biggest makers of canned tuna, is considering an exit from its loss-making Red Lobster unit less than three years after boosting its stake in the United States restaurant chain.
China deserves new sanctions over Xinjiang - EU
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/06/2022
» European Union (EU) lawmakers pushed to bolster sanctions against Chinese officials involved in alleged human rights violations in the western region of Xinjiang.
Johnson’s Global Britain blueprint hit by China human rights row
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/03/2021
» Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted the UK must be ready to increase trade with China, in the face of criticism that his government is putting commercial deals ahead of security and human rights.
Deadly crash, fake pilots expose Pakistan’s broken airline
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/07/2020
» For decades Pakistan International Airlines Corp stood for a resurgent post-colonial nation, flying the flag from New York to Tokyo. Now the airline is struggling to recover from a fatal crash, years of losses, a collapse in global air travel and the stunning revelation that almost a third of the nation’s pilots obtained fake licences.
I’m no orangutan killer, says CEO trying to fix palm oil
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/12/2019
» SINGAPORE: Carl Bek-Nielsen, who’s about to give a tour of the palm oil plantations he runs in Malaysia, is reflecting on a story by the New York Times earlier this year about an orangutan that was shot 74 times and found close to death on an oil palm estate in Indonesia.
McDonald’s fires CEO over relationship with employee
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/11/2019
» NEW YORK: McDonald’s Corp fired chief executive officer Steve Easterbrook because he had a consensual relationship with an employee, losing the strategist who led the company’s charge into online ordering and delivery.
EU and UK reach agreement on Brexit
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/10/2019
» BRUSSELS: Negotiators from the UK reached an agreement with officials in Brussels on Thursday that could pave the way for Britain to finally break 46 years of ties with the European Union this month. The pound rose.
Thousands of workers to protest Indonesia’s labour laws
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/10/2019
» JAKARTA: Thousands of workers plan to carry out protests against Indonesia’s labour, wage and health insurance regulations, which they say are discriminatory, raising fresh risks for the stability of Southeast Asia’s largest economy.