
White House looks to boost U.S. trucking industry
The Biden administration is meeting with the trucking industry on Thursday as it looks to help add new drivers to a key part of U.S. supply chains.

The Biden administration is meeting with the trucking industry on Thursday as it looks to help add new drivers to a key part of U.S. supply chains.

Oil rose towards $75 on Thursday supported by record U.S. implied demand and falling crude stockpiles, even as the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant threatens to put a brake on consumption globally.

Australia’s Qantas Airways Ltd (QAN.AX) said on Thursday it has chosen Airbus SE (AIR.PA) as the preferred supplier to replace its domestic fleet, switching from Boeing Co (BA.N) in a major win for the European planemaker.

The Swiss National Bank stuck to its ultra-loose monetary policy on Thursday, diverging from the tightening path being taken by a growing number of central banks and despite higher inflation and a surge in the value of the safe-haven Swiss franc.

Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) is looking to sell stakes in non-strategic assets including its holding in Beijing-based Didi Global Inc (DIDI.N), its CEO said on Tuesday, who also described the China market as a tough one with little transparency.

The number of companies sharing climate data with CDP, the world’s leading disclosure platform, jumped by nearly 40% over the last year as investors and policymakers pressured boards, data seen by Reuters showed.

A group of U.S. lawmakers is asking the Treasury Department and State Department to sanction Israeli spyware firm NSO Group and three other foreign surveillance companies they say helped authoritarian governments commit human rights abuses.

Most stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Tuesday, on receding worries about the impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant, with the Dubai index outperforming the region.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) will merge its mobile and consumer electronics divisions, the firm said on Tuesday, naming new co-chief executives in the biggest reshuffle since 2017 to simplify its structure and focus on the logic chip business.

The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it would shift to a four and half-day working week with a Saturday-Sunday weekend from next year to better align its economy with global markets.

The Biden administration is meeting with the trucking industry on Thursday as it looks to help add new drivers to a key part of U.S. supply chains.

Oil rose towards $75 on Thursday supported by record U.S. implied demand and falling crude stockpiles, even as the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant threatens to put a brake on consumption globally.

Australia’s Qantas Airways Ltd (QAN.AX) said on Thursday it has chosen Airbus SE (AIR.PA) as the preferred supplier to replace its domestic fleet, switching from Boeing Co (BA.N) in a major win for the European planemaker.

The Swiss National Bank stuck to its ultra-loose monetary policy on Thursday, diverging from the tightening path being taken by a growing number of central banks and despite higher inflation and a surge in the value of the safe-haven Swiss franc.

Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) is looking to sell stakes in non-strategic assets including its holding in Beijing-based Didi Global Inc (DIDI.N), its CEO said on Tuesday, who also described the China market as a tough one with little transparency.

The number of companies sharing climate data with CDP, the world’s leading disclosure platform, jumped by nearly 40% over the last year as investors and policymakers pressured boards, data seen by Reuters showed.

A group of U.S. lawmakers is asking the Treasury Department and State Department to sanction Israeli spyware firm NSO Group and three other foreign surveillance companies they say helped authoritarian governments commit human rights abuses.

Most stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Tuesday, on receding worries about the impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant, with the Dubai index outperforming the region.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) will merge its mobile and consumer electronics divisions, the firm said on Tuesday, naming new co-chief executives in the biggest reshuffle since 2017 to simplify its structure and focus on the logic chip business.

The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday it would shift to a four and half-day working week with a Saturday-Sunday weekend from next year to better align its economy with global markets.
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