International News

  Bloomberg France’s financial sector is now the most popular destination in Europe for US backers, helping the country narrow the gap with the UK for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the industry. The country recorded a total of 60 FDI projects in finance last year — its highest in a decade, according to a survey by the professional services ...

  Bloomberg It’s been seven months since a consumer-facing firm last listed in London, and offerings look scarce for the rest of the year as a cost-of-living crisis rips through people’s wallets. Rampant inflation, already at a 40-year high and heading toward double digits, is heaping fresh misery on retailers after a torrid few years dominated by pandemic lockdowns. Add ...

  Bloomberg Alphabet Inc’s Google agreed to pay $118 million to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit with about 15,500 female employees, lawfirms representing the women said in a statement. In addition, an independent expert will analyse Google’s hiring practices and and independent labour economist will review the company’s pay equity studies, reports said. . The settlement couldn’t be confirmed on ...

  Bloomberg UK companies are scaling back their ambitions in response to chronic labour shortages that show few signs of abating, an employment group has warned. The report by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG found job vacancies and placements both slowed in May, possible signs that employers are starting to “rethink their growth plans because of skills shortages ...

  Bloomberg The Port of Los Angeles, the US’s busiest, is preparing for the early arrival of 2022 peak season for cargo as retailers stock up on back-to-school and fast-fashion products despite high inventory levels, Executive Director Gene Seroka said. “The upstream orders coming from Asia — getting ready for an early arrival of peak-season goods — look strong; the ...

  Bloomberg Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Elon Musk sent staff, investors and electric-car watchers on a three-day rollercoaster with conflicting messages about potential job cuts, underlining the sometimes erratic nature of his leadership and muddying the automaker’s outlook. Musk tweeted that Tesla’s total workforce would grow, even as the number of salaried workers remains broadly the same. That ...

  Bloomberg Czech inflation accelerated more than expected in May, supporting expectations of one more large interest rate hike before less hawkish leadership takes over the central bank. Consumer prices rose 16% from a year earlier, driven mainly by cost of housing and food, the statistics office in Prague said. The reading exceeded the median estimate of 15.5% in a ...

Bloomberg President Emmanuel Macron aims to reform France’s pension system by the summer of 2023, he told French news outlets in his first extended interview since his re-election in April. The reform, which initially aimed to lift the retirement age from 62 to 65, is essential to financing Emmanuel Macron’s larger ambitions for his second five-year term. He discussed those ...

  Bloomberg UK economic growth is grinding to a halt as the cost of the living crisis escalates, a leading business lobby warned. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) predicted output will be barely higher in the fourth quarter than it was at the end of 2021, with consumers and businesses set to rein in spending as taxes climb and ...

  Bloomberg Nearly half of all Germans can no longer afford their lifestyle as inflation surges from one record to the next, according to a poll conducted for public broadcaster ARD. About 47% indicated they’re strongly or very strongly cutting back on spending. In low-income households, that share rises to more than three-quarters. The survey was conducted among 1,337 Germans ...