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South Korea needs foreign workers, but often fails to protect them
New York Times, Published on 02/03/2024
» POCHEON, South Korea — Samsung phones. Hyundai cars. LG televisions. South Korean exports are available in virtually every corner of the world. But the nation is more dependent than ever before on an import to keep its factories and farms humming: foreign labour.
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Google's once happy offices feel the chill of layoffs
New York Times, Published on 08/02/2024
» SAN FRANCISCO — When Diane Hirsh Theriault's co-worker returned from lunch to Google’s Cambridge, Massachusetts, office one afternoon in October, his work badge could not open a turnstile. He quickly realised it was a sign that he had been laid off.
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Roald Dahl’s books rewritten to make them 'less offensive'
New York Times, Published on 21/02/2023
» LONDON: New editions of the works of Roald Dahl - the bestselling British novelist whose children’s classics include “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Matilda” and “James and the Giant Peach” - have been rewritten to make them less offensive and more inclusive, according to a representative from the author’s estate.
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Protest against Covid-19 lockdown after fire kills 10 in Xinjiang
New York Times, Published on 26/11/2022
» A deadly fire in an apartment building in China’s far western region of Xinjiang set off an outpouring of anger online and street protest in the region’s capital Friday, with residents calling for the lifting of lockdowns that have confined many to their homes for more than three months.
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As 737 Max crisis festers, Boeing fires its leader
New York Times, Published on 24/12/2019
» NEW YORK: Boeing said on Monday that it had fired its chief executive, Dennis A. Muilenburg, who was unable to stabilise the company after two crashes involving its best-selling 737 Max plane killed 346 people and set off the worst crisis in the manufacturing giant’s 103-year history.
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To fit into Silicon Valley, wear these shoes
Business, New York Times, Published on 19/08/2017
» Silicon Valley goes through its own unique shoe crazes. There were Vibrams. There were Crocs.
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VDOs search for " factory "
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Review: 'Child 44' is a secret-police thriller in Soviet Russia
By New York Times
Posted at 18/04/2015 Clip length 00:46
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Apple assembler Foxconn to build giant US factory
New York Times, Published on 27/07/2017
» WASHINGTON - Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics supplier for Apple and other tech giants, said Wednesday it would open its first major American factory in the US state of Wisconsin, a boost both for the battleground state's economy and the Trump administration's efforts to bolster domestic manufacturing.
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Tesla first mass-market car hits production
New York Times, Published on 03/07/2017
» Tesla Motors' first mass-market car, the Model 3, will begin rolling off the line Friday, two weeks earlier than planned, Elon Musk, the company's chief executive, said late Sunday.
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Iconic Harley-Davidson is building plant in Thailand
New York Times, Published on 24/05/2017
» HONG KONG - Iconic motorcycle builder Harley-Davidson, praised by US President Donald Trump as a pillar of American manufacturing and keeping jobs at home, is building a new plant in Thailand.
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The Apple of home appliances
Business, New York Times, Published on 08/04/2017
» When Michael Aldred joined the British home electronics maker Dyson Ltd two decades ago, he had a simple goal: to quickly build a robotic vacuum cleaner.
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