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Musk details mass cuts to US federal spending and staff
Washington (AFP) - Elon Musk outlined plans Wednesday for his new role as "efficiency" czar -- signaling an assault on...
Ryanair threatens to drop 10 French airports over tax hike
Paris (AFP) - Low-cost airline Ryanair threatened Wednesday to stop serving 10 French regional airports if the government goes forward...
US Fed official warns against cutting rates ‘too quickly’
Washington (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve should be careful not to cut rates "too quickly" and risk reigniting stubborn...
Ford to cut 4,000 jobs in Europe
Frankfurt (Germany) (AFP) - US car giant Ford on Wednesday announced 4,000 more job cuts in Europe, mostly in Germany...
General strike in Greece against cost of living
Athens (AFP) - Thousands of people demonstrated in Athens and other cities Wednesday as a 24-hour general strike against the...
French farmers lift border blockade after talks with PM
Paris (AFP) - French farmers protesting pay and conditions and a prospective EU-Latin America trade deal on Wednesday lifted a...
Floods to shave 0.2 percentage points off Spain’s growth
Madrid (AFP) - The floods which killed 227 people in Spain last month could shave 0. 2 percentage points off...
Strike at French cognac maker Hennessy over measures in China spat
Bordeaux (AFP) - Hundreds of employees of French cognac maker Hennessy, part of the LVMH group luxury empire, went on...
Trump names China hawk Howard Lutnick as US commerce secretary
Washington (AFP) - US President-elect Donald Trump nominated Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of his transition team, as his commerce secretary...
Taxing the richest: what the G20 decided
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Anti-poverty campaigners have hailed a decision by G20 leaders meeting in Rio to make sure...
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