Bloomberg Google fired four employees for what the technology giant said were violations of its data-security policies, escalating tension between management and activist workers at a company once revered for its open corporate culture. Alphabet Inc’s Google sent an email describing the decision, titled “Securing our data,” to all employees, according to a copy of the document obtained by Bloomberg ...

Bloomberg Workers are receiving lay-off notices and chemical companies face shutdowns as the effects of Canada’s largest rail strike in a decade ripples through the economy. The strike by about 3,200 conductors and railyard operators at Canadian National Railway Co (CN) is entering its seventh day, disrupting cargoes of everything from wheat to propane. In Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Canada’s ...

Bloomberg Thieves made off with jewellery and artifacts worth a reported $1.1 billion after an early-morning burglary at a German museum. The robbers stole three sets of jewellery from Dresden’s Grunes Gewolbe — or Green Vault — after entering through a window just before 5 am local time on November 25, Joerg Kubiessa, the head of Dresden’s police, told reporters. ...