Business

  • BusinessMotley Fool

    3 Reasons Royal Caribbean Stock Can Double Again in 2024

    Another blowout quarter finds the cruise line operator is in a strong position to double in price, the way it did in 2023.

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  • BusinessReuters

    Starbucks and US workers' union meet for contract negotiations

    The coffee chain and Workers United, that represents Starbucks workers in the United States, began negotiations this week on what they called a "foundational framework" to guide union organizing and collective bargaining across the country. Workers at more than 420 of Starbucks' 9,000 U.S. stores have voted to unionize since 2021. "We discussed a broad range of topics, including ... details relating to the union's representation of partners as both sides worked on the foundational framework th

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  • BusinessReuters

    General Motors to shut manufacturing operations in Colombia, Ecuador -statement

    BOGOTA (Reuters) -Car maker General Motors will close its manufacturing operations in Colombia and Ecuador, the company said in a statement on Friday, as part of its shift towards producing next-generation vehicles. Manufacturing will cease at company's Colmotores plant in Colombia from Friday, it said, while operations will halt at its factory in Ecuador at the end of August. In Colombia, the company is seeking permission from the labor ministry to lay off 850 workers, a spokesperson said.

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  • BusinessJust Food

    UK lower-sugar jam business Fearne & Rosie sets 2026 revenue target

    An export deal, the company's first, has been secured in Dubai with online grocer Spinneys.

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  • BusinessEnergy Monitor

    McKinsey’s Roland Rechtsteiner on the energy transition and commodities markets

    Inextricably connected to transitioning energy markets, commodities markets will remain volatile – and could be a "catalyst" for change, says McKinsey's Roland Rechtsteiner.

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  • BusinessBenzinga

    Apple Strengthens Supply Chain in China While Growing Presence in Southeast Asia and India

    Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) is deepening its involvement with China while expanding its production in Southeast Asia and India, illustrating the iPhone maker’s delicate balancing act between political pressures and business needs. In 2023, Apple increased its number of China-based suppliers and manufacturing sites, reducing its reliance on suppliers from Taiwan, the U.S., Japan, and South Korea, according to a Nikkei Asia review of Apple’s latest official supplier list. Apple publishes an official l

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  • BusinessJust Food

    Oscar Mayer jobs at risk as cuts spread to Wrexham ready-meals plant

    The branded and private-label business saw net losses widen to £22.1m ($27.6m) in the year to 1 April 2023.

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