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2 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Sfundo Parakozov |Wendell Roelf |Alexander Winning |Alex Richardson
JOHANNESBURG, April 8 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand strengthened in early trade on Tuesday, recovering some of the ground it lost a day earlier, with the future of the country's multi-party government the main focus.
At 0706 GMT, the rand traded at 19.44 against the dollar , 1% firmer on the day after falling about 2.7% on Monday.
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3 weeks ago | 
insideretail.asia | Kantaro Komiya |Alex Richardson |Anil Prabha
Japan’s fast-food chain Sukiya will shut nearly all of its roughly 2000 stores nationwide for four days from Monday following recent incidents of customers finding a rodent in a bowl of miso soup and a bug in another meal, it said on its website on Saturday. Sukiya, the country’s biggest beef bowl chain owned by dining giant Zensho Holdings, last weekend apologised that miso soup served at one of its locations in western Japan in January had contained a rat.
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1 month ago | 
gurutrade.com | Rachel More |Kirsti Knolle |Alex Richardson
BERLIN, Feb 28 (Reuters) - The number of people out of work in Germany rose in February at a slower rate than expected, data showed on Friday, but the federal labour office warned that economic malaise was still putting pressure on the job market.
The office said the number of people unemployed increased by 5,000, in seasonally adjusted terms, to 2.89 million. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected that figure to rise by 15,000.
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2 months ago | 
industryweek.com | Brad Holden |Alex Richardson
The challenge for smaller companies, those under $1 billion in sales, is a simpler business structure limiting ownership’s ability to test executives with different products, production, or market-facing challenges. Therefore, the path for succession planning is not well-honed or disciplined. In 2023, 57% of new S&P 1500 CEOs were promoted from COO or president roles, a jump from 43% in 2022, according to a report from Spencer Stuart.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
gurutrade.com | John Revill |Alex Richardson
ZURICH, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Swiss inflation fell again in December, according to data on Tuesday, fuelling expectations for more interest rate cuts by the Swiss National Bank this year that markets now view as virtually certain.
Swiss prices rose by 0.6% in December compared with a year earlier, according to figures from the Federal Statistics Office, down from 0.7% in November.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
gurutrade.com | Kevin Buckland |Shri Navaratnam |Alex Richardson |Toby Chopra
Bitcoin close to overnight record high of $94,078
Sterling spikes briefly after strong inflation data
Dollar/yen firms 0.7%, reversing previous day's move
Nov 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar advanced on Wednesday, resuming its post-election rally after a three-day slide as investors awaited more clues on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's proposed policies, while the Japanese yen slid as safe-haven demand faded.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
gurutrade.com | Tannur Anders |Alex Richardson
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 12 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand extended its losses in early trade on Tuesday to hit a two-and-a-half month low, ahead of third quarter unemployment figures and September manufacturing data.
At 0805 GMT, the rand traded at 18.0375 against the dollar , about 0.6% softer than its previous close, and its weakest level since mid-August.
The currency has traded turbulently since Donald Trump's U.S. election win last week.
The dollar firmed against a basket of currencies.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
inc-aus.com | Martin Coulter |Matt Scuffham |Alex Richardson
The scientists recognized for great work in chemistry and physics have close affiliations with the tech giant. The award this week of Nobel prizes in chemistry and physics to a small number of artificial intelligence pioneers affiliated with Google has stirred debate over the company’s research dominance and how breakthroughs in computer science ought to be recognized.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
gurutrade.com | Alex Richardson
LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The British pound rose against the dollar on Monday, after closing slightly in negative territory last week, ahead of this week's UK inflation data and central bank meeting.
Sterling rose by 0.5% on the day to $1.3190, above the $1.3125 it recorded at Friday's close.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
industryweek.com | Brad Holden |Alex Richardson
We’ve all heard the expression “War for Talent,” and if you are in manufacturing, you’ve been living this war intensely in recent years – particularly at the hourly level or in front-line supervision. Quite simply, resources are limited, and competition abounds. Nowhere is this competition for talent greater than at the plant management level, where the shortage of skilled and experienced plant managers and assistant plant managers is acute.
