Bloomberg Thomson Reuters Corp. journalists in the US launched a daylong strike on Thursday, first walkout in decades among the media company’s long-unionised staff. Employees began a 24-hour strike after claiming the company didn’t fairly negotiate pay increases, according to the Communications Workers of America’s NewsGuild, which represents US-based Reuters reporters, photographers and video journalists. The group said about ...

Bloomberg Searing temperatures are shriveling corn crops across Europe, in the latest sign of a deepening crisis that spans everything from Rhine River transport to Spanish olive growers. Sown in the spring, corn is under stress due to a lack of rain as the region struggles with rolling heat waves. Three-quarters of Romania, Europe’s biggest producer, is affected by drought ...

  Bloomberg German factory orders sank for a fifth month in June as rampant inflation and global supply disruptions continued to weigh on the outlook in Europe’s largest economy. Demand slipped 0.4% from May, driven by a decline in orders for investment goods, particularly from abroad. That brought annual number down 9%. Economists had predicted a drop of 0.9% on ...