Bloomberg Starbucks Corp. illegally fired a Michigan employee because she engaged in union activism and participated in a US labour board proceeding, a National Labour Relations Board judge ruled. The agency judge’s decision requires the coffee chain to offer the worker reinstatement with back pay. It says Starbucks must also hold a meeting with employees as well as representatives ...

Bloomberg President Vladimir Putin threatened further missile attacks on Ukraine after Russia hit Kyiv and other cities in the most intense barrage of strikes since the first days of its invasion, marking a dangerous new escalation in the war. Monday’s bombardment came a day after Putin accused Ukrainian forces of carrying out an explosion that damaged a flagship road and ...

Bloomberg With Russia’s war in Ukraine in its eighth month, some European nations that have funneled weapons to Kyiv are running low, and it could take years for defense contractors to meet the shortfall. Nato states are urging companies to boost production to help them restock — to both resupply Ukraine and reinforce their own stores in a climate of ...