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Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc told employees at a New York warehouse, where workers have sued and gone on strike over safety concerns, that they won’t be punished for insufficient productivity or extra time washing their hands. In a message Amazon sent recently to employees and posted in bathrooms at the Staten Island facility, the e-commerce giant said workers wouldn’t be disciplined …

Bloomberg South African Airways creditors and unions approved a rescue plan that includes at least $1.6 billion in state funding and thousands of job losses. Voters representing about 86% of those eligible supported the package, first proposed by administrators for the bankrupt carrier a month ago. The motion overcame the 75% threshold after most labor groups agreed to sweetened severance …

Bloomberg US aviation regulators downgraded the safety ranking of Pakistan’s civilian airline system in the latest action following revelations that hundreds of commercial pilots received faked licenses. The Federal Aviation Administration’s action adds another hurdle to Pakistan International Airlines Corp’s ability to operate into the US, effectively blocking any carrier from that country from adding flights. The US Transportation Department …

Bloomberg China’s investors have waited five years for stock values to return to $10 trillion, a milestone that would seal the market’s recovery from its biggest crash in history. The good news is that it could happen as soon as this week, and even a slower pace of gains — which is favoured by Beijing — would do it. China’s …

Bloomberg European stocks extended a global retreat and German bonds climbed as investors weighed the risks of the upcoming earnings season and economic hit of rising virus cases. S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures pointed to a higher open after finishing in the red yesterday. The UK’s two-year bonds yielded less than Japanese debt for the first time. In Asia, shares …

Bloomberg Google said it plans to spend $10 billion over the next five to seven years to help accelerate the adoption of digital technologies in India. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of parent Alphabet Inc., made the announcement at the annual Google for India event via video conference. He said the coronavirus outbreak has made clear importance of technology for conducting …

Bloomberg Oil edged lower ahead of an Opec+ meeting this week at which the group may announce plans to start tapering historic production cuts even as the coronavirus surges unabated in many parts of the world. Futures in New York fell below $40 a barrel. The producer bloc will review the state of the market at an online meeting on …

Bloomberg CenterPoint Energy Inc, a power and natural gas supplier that’s been dragged down by an investment in a pipeline company, plans to sharpen its focus on regulated utilities and renewables while overhauling its strategy, according to its new chief executive officer. The Houston-based company was already pushing to become more of a pure-play utility and will now accelerate that …

Bloomberg Permits for European Union carbon emissions rose above 30 euros ($34) a ton for the first time since 2006 as the bloc works to enact a sweeping overhaul to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. Carbon futures climbed despite an overall gloomy economic outlook and with pollution set to fall to the lowest level in decades this year. While actual emissions plunge …

Bloomberg A Russian mining giant, which is already in a dispute with authorities over a fuel spill in the Arctic earlier this year, has suffered a leak in a pipeline. MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC reported a leak at its energy unit estimated at 44.5 tons of fuel near the village of Tukhard in the Arctic, about 2,700 kilometres (1,678 miles) …