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Ford Averts Auto Strike in Canada as UAW Talks in U.S. Inch Along
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The United Auto Workers union is threatening to expand strikes on Friday if it does not make significant progress in talks with General Motors, Ford and Stellantis.

  20 septembrie 2023 | NYTimes

Fed Pauses Interest Rate Increases as It Aims for a Soft Landing
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Central bankers held rates steady at 5.25 to 5.5 percent, and forecast that they could still make a final quarter-point-rate move this year.

  20 septembrie 2023 | NYTimes

Gas Prices Have Crept Higher This Summer, a Challenge for the Fed
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Now at their highest level in 11 months, they can complicate the Federal Reserve’s campaign to rein in inflation.

  20 septembrie 2023 | NYTimes

Rishi Sunak’s government risks looking incapable of honouring a commitment | Nils Pratley
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Net zero rollback could be a disaster for business confidence, with cars policy looking particularly perverse One can understand why Rishi Sunak sees political opportunity in watering down a few climate policies. Previous soundbites about “the economic opportunity of the 21st century” may be correct in the round, but voters have also noticed that heat pumps are expensive and that the path to net zero by 2050 involves costs as well as opportunities. A strategy that claims, in effect, that ne...

  20 septembrie 2023 | TheGuardian.com

Floods, Winds and Temperature Extremes Challenge Rail Lines
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The environmental risks to railroads are rising, but the measures to reduce the danger will be costly.

  20 septembrie 2023 | NYTimes

U.K. Inflation Rate Slips to 6.7%, Slowing for Third Straight Month
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Prices rose at an annual rate of 6.7 percent in August. A rise in energy costs was offset by a slower increase in food prices.

  20 septembrie 2023 | NYTimes

The Guardian view on diluting net zero targets: bad economics dictated by cynical politics | Editorial
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The PM has chosen to put a narrow, divisive electoral calculation ahead of serious statecraft and responsible government It takes a special kind of cynicism to assert that long-term planning must have primacy over short-term expediency while defending a policy choice that does the exact opposite. Rishi Sunak’s decision to postpone deadlines for the transition to low-carbon technology is the very definition of tactical partisanship trumping strategic statecraft. That the prime minister sought ...

  20 septembrie 2023 | TheGuardian.com

Mortgage lenders including NatWest cut rates after surprise inflation drop
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Brokers expect more home loan reductions with offerings at lowest prices for several months Leading lenders including NatWest have cut their mortgage rates after an unexpected fall in UK inflation, and brokers are predicting that others will follow suit over the coming days. Banks and financial firms have announced a fresh wave of home loan reductions before Thursday’s Bank of England interest rates decision, with NatWest announcing reductions of up to 0.31 percentage points across its fixed ...

  20 septembrie 2023 | TheGuardian.com

Florin Jianu: Ar trebui să începem să discutăm de salarii minime diferenţiate
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Salariul minim ar trebui să fie diferenţiat, în funcţie de sector, pentru că una este competitivitatea în IT şi alta este în turism sau agricultură, este de părere preşedintele Consiliului Naţional al Întreprinderilor Private Mici şi Mijlocii din România, Florin Jianu. „Ar trebui să începem să discutăm de salarii minime diferenţiate, pentru că una este competitivitatea sectorului IT, de exemplu... Source

  20 septembrie 2023 | GlobalManager.ro

Crisis-hit CBI shelves plans for tie-up with manufacturing body Make UK
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Confederation of British Industry tells members it is confident an alternative emergency cash rescue will be found The Confederation of British Industry, one of the UK’s largest business lobby groups, has shelved plans for a tie-up with manufacturing body Make UK, telling members it was “confident” an alternative emergency cash rescue would be found. A call with the CBI president, Brian McBride, and its director general, Rain Newton-Smith, on Wednesday replaced its scheduled annual genera...

  20 septembrie 2023 | TheGuardian.com

ChatGPT Can Now Generate Images, Too
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OpenAI released a new version of its DALL-E image generator to a small group of testers and incorporated the technology into its popular ChatGPT chatbot.

  20 septembrie 2023 | NYTimes

E.ON boss hits out at Sunak’s plan to row back on net zero policies
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PM accused of delaying vital work on transforming UK economy as car industry leaders also condemn plans Business live – latest updates UK politics live – latest updates The boss of one of Britain’s largest energy suppliers has criticised the government’s plan to row back on net zero policies, including the planned phase-out of gas boilers, as a “misstep on many levels”. Accusing Rishi Sunak of delaying the “vital work of transforming our economy”, the chief executive of E.ON U...

  20 septembrie 2023 | TheGuardian.com

Bank of England likely to ignore calls for rate rise restraint despite inflation fall
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Business groups and economists fear further increases risk rise in corporate bankruptcies and unemployment UK inflation in surprise fall to 6.7% despite rise in fuel prices Which UK goods and services have changed most in price? The UK’s headline inflation rate has come in lower than expected at 6.7% but it still seems highly probable that the Bank of England will raise interest rates yet again on Thursday. Not for the first time, central bank policymakers could end up disregarding the warn...

  20 septembrie 2023 | TheGuardian.com

Tata Steel to begin Port Talbot job cuts within months, say unions
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Timeframe of large-scale redundancies discussed at meeting with bosses days after firm secured £500m state support package Workers at the vast Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales will be made redundant within months as part of a plan to secure its future while cutting thousands of jobs, unions have warned. At a meeting between bosses at Indian conglomerate Tata, which owns Britain’s biggest steelworks, and union representatives in London, plans to make large-scale redundancies in “months...

  20 septembrie 2023 | TheGuardian.com

Salariul minim brut va crește la 3.300 lei, de la 1 octombrie 2023 (proiect de HG)
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De la 1 octombrie 2023, salariul minim brut pe țară garantat în plată va fi majorat de la 3.000 lei la 3.300 lei pe lună, potrivit unui proiect de Hotărâre de Guvern scos în dezbatere publică de Ministerul Muncii, arată News.ro.

  20 septembrie 2023 | Startupcafe.ro

Ghid practic de cardiologie în Timisoara - Accesul la servicii și pregătirea pentru consult
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Accesul la servicii medicale de calitate poate fi uneori greu de obținut, mai ales când vine vorba de specialități precum cardiologia. În realitate, exista o procedura clara si destul de simplu de urmat pentru a beneficia de servicii medicale decontate prin Casa de Asigurări de Sanatate. Vom explora pașii necesari pentru a accesa aceste servicii, detalii despre cum te pregatesti e

  20 septembrie 2023 | eFin