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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 ...

  Dubai / WAM The World Government Summit 2023 will be held in Dubai from February 13-15, under the slogan “Shaping Future Governments”. The summit witnesses the participation of presidents, governments, ministers, officials, heads of international organisations and companies, thought leaders, global experts and prominent business leaders from the private sector. Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs ...

Bloomberg Oil will rise back above $100 a barrel this year and may face a serious supply problem in 2024 as spare production capacity runs out, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. With sanctions likely to cause Russian oil exports to drop and Chinese demand expected to recover as the country ends its Covid Zero policy, prices will rise above ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a cable of condolences to President of Pakistan, Arif Alvi, over the death of Former President Pervez Musharraf. HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has dispatched similar cable of condolences to ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai received 14.36 million international overnight visitors in 2022, growing 97 per cent YoY from the 7.28 million tourist arrivals in 2021, according to the latest data published by Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism (DET). The growth, which enabled the emirate to surpass global and regional tourism recovery levels, contributes to the goal of the Dubai ...