Bloomberg Argentina’s economy contracted in January as a surge in coronavirus cases due to the omicron variant weighed on industrial manufacturing. Economic activity in January falls 0.5% from the prior month, better than analysts’ median estimate for a 1% contraction. From a year ago, the economy expanded 5.4% in the first month of the year, according to government data. ...

  Bloomberg London beats Brighton and Oxford for the UK city with the highest overall employee satisfaction, according to a new survey. Belfast came in last. Glassdoor analysed over 300,000 employee reviews from across the country between January 2021 and February 2022, during height of pandemic. The capital won an average rating of 3.92, scoring high in career opportunities, culture ...

Bloomberg The European Union (EU) plans to ensure that products from handbags to laptops and mobile phones are more durable, in a bid to curb the environmental damage caused by their limited lifespans. Under the “Circular Economy Package” put forward by the European Commission on Wednesday, companies will have to show that the products they sell within the EU last ...