By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) – BNP Paribas is pushing back its return-to-office date for U.S. employees by nearly a month to the second week of February due to the Omicron variant, an executive at France’s largest...
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Qantas to cut more domestic capacity after W. Australia delays border opening
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Qantas Airways Ltd will cut domestic capacity by 10 more percentage points, to 60% of pre-pandemic levels, in the March quarter after the state of Western Australia indefinitely delayed opening its border, the...
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Alphabet’s unprofitable Verily unit in skin-care deal with L’Oreal
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) -Alphabet Inc’s money-losing health tech arm Verily on Thursday announced a new tie-up in its search for sustainable revenue, saying it would study skin health and explore new products with cosmetics maker...
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Unvaccinated truckers entering Canada must quarantine -government
By Steve Scherer and David Shepardson OTTAWA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Unvaccinated Canadian truckers re-entering Canada from the United States must get tested for COVID-19 and quarantine themselves starting Jan. 15, the Canadian...
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COVID: France eases work-from-home directive from February onwards
PARIS (Reuters) – France has decided to loosen its directive for people to work-from-home, said Prime Minister Jean Castex, as the country aims to get through a fifth wave of the COVID-19 virus without too many restrictions. The...
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U.S. trade chief Tai says world can’t return to 2019 trading system
(Reuters) -U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Thursday that global trade policy makers should not try to recreate the pre-pandemic trading system but build one that is more resilient, sustainable and supportive of higher...
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