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The United Auto Workers (UAW) chief calls on 7,000 more workers to join a historic strike against the top three US car manufacturers at noon on Friday. UAW President Shawn Fain calls on the workers at Ford and General Motors (GM) plants in Chigaco and Michigan to join the first ever strike at the "Big Three" Detroit automakers -- Ford, GM and Stellantis -- as the union pushes for improved conditions across the board. "What we win at the bargaining table depends on the power we build on the job. It's time to use that power," Fain says. SOUNDBITE
The Lebanese pound sinks to a historic low against the dollar on the parallel market, as banks in the crisis-hit country resumed an open-ended strike. The Lebanese pound, officially pegged at 15,000 to the dollar, was trading at 100,000 against the greenback on Tuesday, dealers said -- a dizzying plunge from 1,507 before the economic crisis hit in 2019. IMAGES
The closing bell rings at the New York Stock Exchange. US stocks ended sharply higher after a whipsaw session in which the belief the US economy was recovering overcame inflation worries, while OPEC's production restraint pushed crude to levels not seen in nearly two years. IMAGES
French agro-food giant Danone, badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, announces that it wants to cut up to 2,000 jobs at its headquarters in France and abroad. IMAGES of Danone France HQ
France is likely to suffer 800,000 job losses in coming months, the finance minister warned on Wednesday, as the economy reels from the effects of a lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic. "Our evaluation is that 800,000 jobs will be lost in the coming months, or 2.8 per cent of total employment," Bruno Le Maire told a finance committee in parliament. SOUNDBITE
Facebook is to create 1,000 jobs in the UK, largely in their "community integrity" team, which polices harmful and hateful content posted across the firm's apps.
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