Bloomberg Hong Kong will shorten its quarantine requirement for inbound travelers by a week, but extended a ban on people coming from eight countries as a record number of infections stresses the city’s infrastructure. The shorter quarantine period will begin from February 5, and will see travelers stay in a hotel for 14 days and then undertake seven days ...

    Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc workers at a facility in Staten Island, New York, have collected enough signatures to hold an election on whether to join a union, according to US labor officials. There is “sufficient showing” to proceed with a petition from the fledgling Amazon Labor Union, a National Labor Relations Board representative said in an email. The ALU ...

  Bloomberg Retail investors who netted billions in the legendary pandemic bull market are getting schooled on stock volatility at long last, as the rates-fueled rout resumes. When major major indexes were in free fall Monday, mom and pop offloaded a net $1.5 billion worth of stock by noon, according to data compiled by JPMorgan Chase & Co. strategist Peng ...

Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG banned cargo from moving through its Frankfurt hub due to surging Covid-19 infections and related staff shortages in the German city. The move will impact goods arriving from other parts of Germany, the rest of Europe and North America, according to an emailed statement. Direct deliveries to Frankfurt — a major transport hub for coronavirus vaccines ...

    Bloomberg Russia gave a critical initial response to US security proposals aimed at defusing a crisis over Ukraine, saying they failed to address Moscow’s demands to prevent Nato expansion, though the Kremlin indicated talks are likely to continue. While President Vladimir Putin has read the documents and will take time to study them, “it cannot be said that ...

  Bloomberg Publication of the UK government’s investigation into pandemic parties in Boris Johnson’s office has slipped to next week as officials debate what details need to be redacted after police opened their own inquiry. Senior civil servant Sue Gray, who was commissioned by Johnson to look at allegations he and his staff broke lockdown rules with various gatherings in ...

  Bloomberg North Korea fired what were believed to be two short-range ballistic missiles, adding to one of its biggest barrage of tests since Kim Jong-un took power a decade ago. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the military “detected two projectiles that appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles,” fired at around 8 am Thursday from around North Korea’s ...

Bloomberg Kenyan lawmakers approved legislation backed by President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga, which will allow the formation of political coalitions without stripping constituent parties of their identities. Deputy President William Ruto and his allies opposed the Political Parties Amendment Bill as it will aid his main rival, Odinga, to set up a formidable alliance made up of ...

  Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG plans to further increase its dividend after resuming payouts following a huge restructuring that saw it exit equities trading and cut thousands of jobs. The decision to pay out 700 million euros ($790 million) through buybacks and dividends is an “important first step” in the bank’s commitment to pay out 5 billion euros ($5.60 billion) ...

  Bloomberg Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) plans to hire more than 2,000 technology workers this year, more than six times the number added last year, pitting the lender against fintech firms in the war for talent. The hires come as the bank works to become more digitally focused, according to a statement, and follow the 300-plus technology roles added in 2021. ...