LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s labour force shortages are more of an issue for the economy than Brexit, finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Sunday, adding that he would seek to …
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By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) -Europe needs to act now to avoid a natural gas shortage next year given the loss of Russian supply and expectations Chinese demand will increase, …
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By Victoria Waldersee BERLIN (Reuters) -Volkswagen is entering into direct purchase agreements in unprecedented areas to tackle the worst supply chain shortages the company has seen, its purchasing chief Murat …
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The Tampa company behind The Brass Tap and Beef ‘O’ Brady’s defies odds with increased revenue and a projected record number of franchise sales. Tampa, FL (-) Despite the impact …
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By Allison Lampert ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – The shortage of parts from chips to windshields that has held back plane production will run into at least 2023 – and manufacturers …
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By Allison Lampert and Rajesh Kumar Singh MONTREAL/CHICAGO (Reuters) – Canada’s Mitchell Aerospace has a booming business – and a shop-floor shortfall that is reverberating from Boeing to Airbus. The …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Volkswagen should be able to maintain production in the next 5-6 months if Germany continues to fill its gas reserves, but rising energy prices and instability in supply …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport has asked airlines to cancel flights between 4pm and 11pm local time on Monday due to labour shortages, it said in a statement. The …
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California Votes To Save Its Last Nuclear Plant To Fight Energy Shortages Jack McEvoy on September 1, 2022 California’s legislature voted overnight to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant, the …
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‘Political Suicide’: Germany Will Shutter Nuclear Plants Despite Looming Winter Shortages Jack McEvoy on August 22, 2022 German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Sunday that the government is unlikely …
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Biden Touts Northeast’s Climate Progress — They Now Face Energy Shortages Every Winter Jack McEvoy on July 22, 2022 President Biden boasted about replacing fossil fuel plants in New England …
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By Arathy Somasekhar and Timothy Gardner HOUSTON/WASHINGTON – A tanker carrying a liquid fertilizer product from Russia is about to arrive in the United States, sources and vessel tracking data …
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China Is Hoarding Grain And Corn Amid Global Food Shortages Jack McEvoy on July 11, 2022 China continues to stockpile large amounts of grain and corn, tightening supply and inflating …
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By David Milliken TELFORD, England – British manufacturing firm Corbetts the Galvanizers used to rely on a stream of workers from Poland and Romania to fill its shop floor, where …
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By Jane Lanhee Lee WASHINGTON D.C – A severe semiconductor shortage has resulted in record wire fraud cases last year reported by desperate buyers, a company that tracks counterfeit and …
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(Reuters) – Cox Automotive on Tuesday lowered its U.S. auto sales forecast for 2022, as analysts at both Cox and Carmax-owned Edmunds.com said continued supply chain disruptions will leave dealers …
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BERLIN – Volkswagen sees a strong second half of 2022 and expects progress in catching up with rival Tesla as easing chip shortages start to offset supply chain bottlenecks and …
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By Tom Polansek CHICAGO – U.S. farmers have cut back on using common weedkillers, hunted for substitutes to popular fungicides and changed planting plans over persistent shortages of agricultural chemicals …
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Massive Oil Refinery On Track To Shut Down Amid Fuel Supply Shortages, Record Prices Thomas Catenacci on June 7, 2022 UPDATE: This article has been updated to include comment from …
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By Jennifer Rigby LONDON – Growing food shortages may represent the same health threat to the world as the COVID-19 pandemic, a leading global health figure has warned. Rising food …
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BERLIN – Europe could face fuel shortages this summer due to squeezed oil markets, the head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, told Germany’s Spiegel. “When the main holiday …
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ZURICH – Nestle does not expect “significant infant formula shortages” in other markets the Swiss food maker serves outside the United States, Chief Executive Mark Schneider said in an interview …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL – North Korea’s office workers and factory labourers have been dispatched to farming areas around the country to join a fight against drought, state media reported …
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By Timothy Aeppel (Reuters) – Surging inflation and snarled supply lines have hit U.S. manufacturers like Snap-on Inc over the past year, but so far haven’t hurt profits. The toolmaker, …
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BERLIN – German flag carrier Lufthansa said on Friday it had to reduce the buy-on-board meal offer for some short- and medium-haul routes departing from Frankfurt as its catering contractor …