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IBM Factory Strike Shows Shifting China Labor Landscape

A wildcat strike at an IBM factory in southern China illustrates how tectonic shifts under way in the country's labor market are emboldening workers to take matters into their own hands, raising risks for multinationals. More than 1,000 workers walked...

Financial Reporting Council Queries Bank Of Industry Over Missing Assets

EVELYN OPUTU BEVERLY HILLS, March 08, (THEWILL) – Worried by the misleading financial statement prepared by the Bank of Industry and the unsatisfactory responses from its management, the Financial Reporting Council FRC has queried the bank, noting that its reports...

China February Exports Tumble Unexpectedly

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The sharp drop in exports follows a series of factory surveys since the start of 2014 that point to weakness in economic activity as demand falters at home and abroad. Exports in February fell 18.1 percent from a year earlier,...

Exclusive: Pimco’s Gross Declares El-Erian Is ‘Trying To Undermine Me’

Bill Gross, the co-founder and co-chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co, has accused departing CEO Mohamed El-Erian of seeking to "undermine" him by talking to The Wall Street Journal about deepening tensions between the two executives who...

Gains In U.S. Job Growth Expected, But Weather May Weigh

U.S. hiring likely picked up enough in February to keep the Federal Reserve on track in reducing its monetary stimulus. But the size of the gain is nevertheless expected to be modest as the economy struggles to break free of...

Banks To Return 11.4 Billion Euro Of Crisis Loans To ECB Next Week

Banks will return 11.401 billion euros ($15.78 billion) in crisis loans to the European Central Bank next week, more than six times than the amount that was expected, accelerating the drain of extra cash out of the euro zone...

N17bn Required For 2016 Census, Says NPC

...As Nigeria loses N200bn annually to medical tourism BEVERLY HILLS, March 06, (THEWILL) –  The chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Mr. Eze Duru-Iheoma, Thursday disclosed that the sum of N17 billion would be needed by the Commission for...

Stocks Rise On Ukraine Diplomacy, ECB Easing Speculation

World shares rose on Thursday, supported by diplomatic efforts to cool the crisis in Ukraine, while the euro held steady on speculation the European Central Bank would ease monetary policy later in the day. The ECB was expected to keep...

Staples To Shut 225 Stores In North America As Sales Fall

the largest U.S. office supplies retailer, forecast a fall in current-quarter sales as it loses customers to mass market chains and e-retailers, and the company said it would close up to 225 stores in North America by 2015. Staples' shares...

Morgan Stanley Sells Zenith Parent Company Stake

Morgan Stanley (MS.N) has sold its majority stake in Accelerate Acquisitions, the parent company of British car provider Zenith, to UK private equity fund HgCapital for 3.8 times its original investment. Morgan Stanley said on Thursday that the sale by...