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Bloomberg Health care workers are walking out in record numbers this week, crippling the National Health Service and piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to resolve multiple disputes over pay for public-sector workers. Some 100,000 nurses are striking alongside about 10,000 ambulance workers on Monday, with 4,200 physiotherapists walking out on Thursday. Nurses will take action again on Tuesday, ...

  Bloomberg German factory orders grew more than anticipated in December in the latest sign that Europe’s largest economy will get through the winter without seeing a slump. Demand increased 3.2% from the previous month, more than the 2% rise analysts had predicted in a Bloomberg survey. The jump was due to large orders, without which there would have been ...

  Bloomberg UK engineering company Vesuvius Plc said it’s managing a cyber-security incident involving unauthorized access to its systems. The molten metal flow control firm has shut down affected systems and initiated steps to assess the scale of the attack, it said in a statement on Monday. The shares fell as much as 3.1% in early trading in London. The ...

Bloomberg Dell Technologies Inc., facing plummeting demand for personal computers, will eliminate about 6,650 jobs, becoming the latest technology company to announce it will let thousands of employees go. The company is experiencing market conditions that “continue to erode with an uncertain future,” Co-Chief Operating Officer Jeff Clarke wrote in a memo viewed by Bloomberg. The reductions amount to about ...

  Bloomberg The Swedish krona fell to its lowest level against the euro since 2009 as a downturn in the housing market fueled broader investor concern about the Scandinavian nation’s economy. The currency sank as much as 0.6% to 11.4434 per euro, taking its drop in the past 12 months to more than 8%. The krona could get some support ...

  Bloomberg Newmont Corp. is offering $17 billion to acquire Australia’s Newcrest Mining Ltd. and create a global precious metal behemoth in the largest takeover deal globally this year. The takeover, if completed, would also be one of the biggest in Australian history, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Newcrest jumped as much as 14% in Sydney, the most since ...

  Bloomberg The UK Treasury is exploring a significant increase in the bonds it sells to retail investors, a move that analysts say may draw in as much as £70 billion ($85.8 billion) for financing deficits in the coming years. The move would help Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt raise money at a time of economic turmoil and alleviate ...

Bloomberg Emmanuel Macron’s government may offer another concession on plans to raise France’s retirement age from 62 to 64, seeking to secure a parliamentary majority amid a massive public backlash. The government is considering another carve-out so more people can retire before they turn 64, Macron’s Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said in an interview with the JDD newspaper on Sunday. ...

  Bloomberg Joe Biden’s clean technology law has dragged the European Union into a subsidy fight that may trigger a transatlantic trade war, just as the allies are joining forces against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The EU has always defended the global rules-based order, even as the US has grown increasingly hostile toward the constraints it adopted as a member ...

  Bloomberg Life sciences company Danaher Corp. has expressed takeover interest in contract manufacturer Catalent Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. The overtures by Danaher in recent months valued Catalent at a significant premium, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. It’s unclear how Catalent will proceed or whether it’s receptive to ...