RWJBarnabas Health wants your blood amid winter shortage
WEST ORANGE, N.J. — RWJBarnabas Health is urging the public to donate blood and platelets during its annual Winter Blood Drive Appeal as supplies reach critically low levels. The healthcare network is…
BMW’s CEO expects chip shortage to last into 2023
BERLIN – A shortage of semiconductors is likely to remain a problem for the auto industry into 2023, German carmaker BMW’s Chief Executive Oliver Zipse said in an interview with newspaper Neue…
Australia’s Graincorp raises profit view on Ukraine conflict-led shortage
By Harshita Swaminathan (Reuters) – Graincorp said on Friday it expects underlying profit for fiscal 2022 to be around 2.5 times that of last year, as the Australian agribusiness firm benefits from…
Mercedes-Benz puts 5,600 workers on vacation in Brazil due to chips shortage
SAO PAULO – Mercedes-Benz Group will put more than five thousand workers on collective vacation in two plants in Brazil due to the shortage of semiconductor chips, the company said on Monday.…
Volvo Cars says March sales fall 22%, hurt by chip shortage
STOCKHOLM – Volvo Cars said on Monday car sales in March fell 22% to 58,677 cars as the automaker faced shortages of a specific semiconductor. Volvo, majority owned by China’s Geely Holding,…
Daimler Truck cuts production at some locations over chip shortage
FRANKFURT – Daimler Truck, the world’s largest truckmaker, on Monday said it was curbing production at some of its German factories due to a shortage of critical semiconductors. The company, which was…
Volvo Cars cuts 2022 sales volume forecast due to chip shortage
STOCKHOLM – Volvo Cars said on Tuesday that a shortage of semi-conductors was hitting production and would likely to continue through the second quarter, forcing it to cut its forecast for vehicle…
New Jersey seeking legislation to curb school bus driver shortage
LAKEWOOD, NJ – School bus shortages are a major problem facing hundreds of thousands of New Jersey families and students since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nowhere in the state is…
Spanish rule protecting gig-economy riders leads to labour shortage, Uber says
By Christina Thykjaer MADRID – A Spanish law passed last year forcing food delivery companies to contract their couriers as staff has caused a labour shortage as many prefer to remain self-employed…
Russian banking liquidity shortage widens to 7 trillion roubles, central bank says
MOSCOW – The Russian banking system’s liquidity shortage widened to 6.9 trillion roubles ($68.25 billion) on Wednesday, the central bank said, up from 5.4 trillion roubles a day before as people rush…
VW faces supply shortage due to Ukraine crisis
FRANKFURT – Volkswagen will halt production for a few days next week at two German factories after a delay in getting parts made in Ukraine, a spokesperson confirmed on Friday. The supply…
Healthcare worker shortage looms as Murphy vaccine mandate targets former pandemic “Frontline Heroes”
From the Desk of Senator Anthony Bucco TRENTON, NJ – Less than two weeks before Governor Phil Murphy’s deadline requiring health care workers to have their second COVID vaccine shot, Senator Anthony…
New bill could allow retired bus drivers to easily get back behind the wheel to address shortage
by Bethanne McCarthy Patrick TRENTON, N.J. – As schools struggle to find bus drivers who can safely transport kids and custodians who can sanitize classrooms, Assemblywoman Bethanne McCarthy Patrick eyes an opportunity for…
Volkswagen expects chip shortage to ease later in 2022
BERLIN – German carmaker Volkswagen expects a continued hit from a shortage of semiconductors this year, although it should be able to ramp up production in the second half of the year,…
Ford suspends or cuts output at plants due to chip shortage
DETROIT – Ford Motor Co said on Monday it will continue idling some of its assembly plants in the week of Feb. 14 due to the global semiconductor shortage. The U.S. automaker…
Analysis-Abundant lower-quality Asian wheat supplies to fill corn shortage
By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE – Record volumes of lower quality wheat from India and Australia are set to fill a gap left in Asia’s animal feed market by a shortage of corn…
Bosch CEO expects chip shortage to ease significantly in second half
BERLIN – Bosch CEO Stefan Hartung expects the chip shortage to lessen significantly in the second half of this year, he said at a press conference on Thursday, adding he hoped businesses…
Tesla cut steering component from some cars to deal with chip shortage – CNBC
– Tesla Inc decided to remove one of the two electronic control units included in the steering racks of some made-in-China Model 3 and Model Y cars to meet fourth-quarter sales goals…
Volkswagen does not see chip shortage ending this year – Automobilwoche
BERLIN – Volkswagen does not expect the global shortage of semiconductors to end this year although it should further ease slightly in the second half, a board member was quoted as saying…
Porsche expects another record year for sales despite chip shortage – Automobilwoche
BERLIN – Luxury carmaker Porsche AG expects another record year for sales despite the global semiconductor chip shortage, its sales chief was quoted as saying by industry magazine Automobilwoche. “When I look…
Ford to suspend or cut output at 8 of its factories due to chip shortage
SAN FRANCISCO – Ford Motor plans to suspend or cut production at eight of its factories in the United States, Mexico and Canada throughout next week because of chip supply constraints, a…
Automakers, chip firms differ on when semiconductor shortage will abate
By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO – Automakers, including General Motors, Ford Motor and Hyundai Motor, predict a near two-year chip constraint will ease in the second half of 2022, but automotive chipmakers,…
Synergy CEO says Restaurants not facing worker shortage, but wage shortage
Last year, we experienced The Great Resignation, which hit the hospitality industry especially hard. In November 2021, a record 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs — and 1 million of those were restaurant and hospitality…
Canadian farmers face cattle feed shortage due to drought, transport strains
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba – Canadian farmers say they are just days away from running out of feed for cattle, due to severe drought last summer damaging crops needed to fatten…
U.S. set to release study details on chips shortage amid funding push
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to soon release details from a study of semiconductor chips it conducted last year amid a push to win funding to…
Police officers fill in as substitute teachers in this one U.S. town as COVID creates educator shortage
MOORE, OK – Police officers in Moore, Oklahoma are going from sitting behind the wheel of their police cruisers to sitting behind the desk in front of classrooms. The officers, all off-duty…
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