Bloomberg Marks & Spencer Group Plc will spend £15 million ($17 million) to support employees struggling with Britain’s spiraling cost of living. The retailer said that it plans to boost hourly wages to at least £10.20 from £10, its second pay rise this year, while providing one-time £250 M&S vouchers to 4,500 workers. Other measures include free meals every ...

Bloomberg Home Depot Inc employees based in Philadelphia have filed a petition to unionise, according to a National Labor Relations Board filing, a rare move at the home-improvement retailer amid a growing nationwide labor movement. The 274 employees included in the petition work in merchandising, specialty and operations associates, according to the NLRB filing. The petition was originally filed earlier, ...

Bloomberg President Vladimir Putin declared a “partial mobilization,” calling up 300,000 reservists, in a major escalation of his flagging invasion of Ukraine, which he portrayed as a fight to the death with the US and its allies. As Russia moves to annex occupied Ukrainian territory, Putin also renewed his warnings of a nuclear threat. “When the territorial integrity of our ...