Unilever profit slides ahead of ice cream demerger
London (AFP) - British consumer goods giant Unilever on Thursday said net profit fell five percent in the first six ...
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US chip maker Intel says revenue rose as it cut ranks
San Francisco (United States) (AFP) - Intel on Thursday posted quarterly revenue that topped market expectations, saying it has cut ...
Volvo Cars swings into loss on electric vehicles, tariffs
Stockholm (AFP) - Volvo Cars announced on Thursday it had swung into loss in the second quarter, after it took ...
US Fed plans to cut workforce by 10% in next ‘couple of years’
Washington (AFP) - US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told staff on Friday that the bank plans to cut its ...
Burberry warns 1,700 jobs at risk after annual loss
London (AFP) - British luxury fashion label Burberry said Wednesday it could shed almost one-fifth of its global workforce over ...
Nissan posts $4.5 bn annual net loss, to cut 20,000 jobs
Tokyo (AFP) - Japan's Nissan posted an annual net loss of $4. 5 billion on Tuesday while saying it plans ...
Scottish refinery closure spells trouble for green transition
Grangemouth (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Andrew Petersen is a third-generation oil refinery worker from a small, industrial Scottish town. When ...
Japan’s Panasonic targets 10,000 job cuts worldwide
Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese electronics giant Panasonic, which supplies batteries to Tesla, said Friday it will target 10,000 job cuts ...
Distillery layoffs send shudders across remote Scottish island
Isle of Harris (AFP) - When Scotland's windswept Isle of Harris welcomed its first commercial distillery a decade ago, it ...
Hit by Trump cuts, journalists at Dubai-based US channel face uncertain future
Dubai (AFP) - Sara, a Dubai-based journalist, joined the US-funded Alhurra TV news channel hoping for job security. But after ...
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