Bloomberg Starbucks Corp. violated federal law in Kansas and Missouri by firing pro-union employees, stepping up enforcement of its dress code in response to union organising and asking for police to disperse workers with picket signs, a National Labour Relations Board judge ruled. The agency judge’s decision requires Starbucks to offer reinstatement with back pay to four employees, and …

  Bloomberg Plant-based burger maker Beyond Meat Inc. is conducting further layoffs following a round of cuts made in August, according to people familiar with the matter. It wasn’t immediately clear how many workers were terminated. Beyond Meat asked employees to work from home and restricted access to documents. Management then set up individual calls to inform some workers that …

  Bloomberg Asian governments spent about $50 billion in foreign-exchange reserves last month — the highest level since March 2020 — to defend their currencies from a relentless advance in the US dollar. Exante Data Inc., a firm that specialises in tracking global capital flows, estimates emerging Asian nations excluding China spent nearly $30 billion with dollar sales in the …