Getty Images The headquarters of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline GlaxoSmithKline shares lost ground on Thursday for a second day as brokers reacted cautiously to the U.K. pharmaceutical giant’s outlook. GlaxoSmithKline GSK, -2.58% …
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Getty Images The headquarters of pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline GlaxoSmithKline shares lost ground on Thursday for a second day as brokers reacted cautiously to the U.K. pharmaceutical giant’s outlook. GlaxoSmithKline GSK, -2.58% …
Read More »Royal Mail’s Christmas parcels hurt by labor unrest, warns of challenges
LONDON (Reuters) – UK’s Royal Mail (RMG.L) said on Thursday its outlook for the next fiscal year is “challenging” and the threat of a labor strike in late 2019 hurt parcel revenue growth during the Christmas period as customers opted to use other carriers. FILE PHOTO: A Royal Mail van …
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Read More »Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
Nurses strike in Northern Ireland for pay parity; Zimbabwe municipal workers refuse pay offer as hospital strike continues and teachers plan walkout Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa 17 January 2020 Europe Northern Ireland nurses strike over pay parity and staff shortages Northern Ireland health workers’ unions have …
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French oil refinery workers join strikes; nurses walk out in Northern Ireland Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa 10 January 2020 The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature. Europe Strike and blockade by French oil refinery workers French oil refinery …
Read More »The Queen pictured with Prince George, The Prince of Wales and The Duke of Cambridge
The royal family has released a rare photograph of the Queen and her three heirs, with Prince George absolutely stealing the show as usual. Shared on the Kensington Palace Instagram account today to mark the start of a new decade, the image features The Queen, The Prince of Wales, The …
Read More »2019: What Happened In Politics?
And so ends another quiet year in politics… 🙃 I ended 2018 by describing it as a year that ‘delivered some of the strangest, most bizarre, comical and concerning political moments of recent history.’ I think that maybe, just maybe, 2019 might have topped that. Ok, fair, we didn’t see the UK …
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Zimbabwe hospital doctors out for 15 weeks; German Amazon workers strike at three centres; health workers stoppage in Northern Ireland Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa 20 December 2019 Europe Strike at three German Amazon centres Around 1,200 Amazon workers at Bad Hersfeld, Koblenz and Leipzig Amazon sites …
Read More »Pound and U.K. stocks fall as Boris Johnson ramps up hard Brexit fears
The pound and U.K.-exposed stocks fell on Wednesday as renewed fears of a hard Brexit spooked investors. The FTSE 100 UKX, +0.21% made slight gains but the …
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