NJ Transit strike enters third day as talks with engineers union stall
NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit rail service disruptions will continue for a third consecutive day after contract negotiations between the transit agency and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) ended…
Kaiser Permanente resumes talks with healthcare workers union week after strike
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Kaiser Permanente and the union representing healthcare workers resumed negotiations on Thursday, more than a week after contract talks broke off at the start of…
Factbox-Sri Lanka still in debt restructuring talks with creditors
(Reuters) – Sri Lanka, mired in its worst economic crisis in decades, is in debt restructuring talks with a range of bilateral creditors, including China, its largest single creditor. The island nation…
Truist in talks to sell insurance business for $10 billion – Semafor
(Reuters) -Truist Financial is in talks to sell its insurance brokerage unit to private equity firm Stone Point for about $10 billion, news website Semafor reported on Monday, citing people familiar with…
Hollywood’s striking actors, studios to resume talks on Wednesday
(Reuters) – Negotiators for the SAG-AFTRA actors’ union and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) met on Monday, the parties said in a joint statement. Both parties concluded negotiations…
Venezuela readying return to Mexico-based talks with opposition -sources
By Marianna Parraga, Diego Oré and Mayela Armas HOUSTON/MEXICO CITY/CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government is set to approve a return to Mexico-based negotiations with the country’s political opposition, almost a year after…
Las Vegas hospitality unions see ‘no real movement’ in talks with casinos
(Reuters) – The unions representing 53,000 hospitality workers in Las Vegas said on Friday they have seen “no real movement” this week in contract negotiations with casino-resort operators MGM Resorts International and…
Disney in talks with Adani, Sun TV to sell India assets -Bloomberg News
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Disney has held talks with Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Sun TV Network owner Kalanithi Maran as well private equity firms to sell its streaming and television business in the…
KKR in talks to buy Spanish fertility clinic company Eugin from Fresenius -report
MADRID (Reuters) – United States-based buyout fund KKR is in exclusive talks with Germany’ Fresenius to buy Eugin, fertility clinics in Spain and Portugal, Spanish newspaper Cinco Dias reported on Monday citing…
Quebec in talks with battery, auto makers for C$15 billion in EV-related investments
By Divya Rajagopal TORONTO (Reuters) – Quebec is in talks with battery makers and automobile companies looking to invest about C$15 billion ($11 billion) in the Canadian province over the next three…
US, China talks gather momentum, paving way for Xi-Biden Summit- WSJ
(Reuters) – Beijing and Washington are paving the way for Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit the U.S., the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Both sides are discussing a trip to…
Saudi envoy links Israel normalisation talks to land-for-peace offer
By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s first ambassador to the Palestinians described a decades-old Arab land-for-peace offer on Tuesday as a pillar of any normalisation of ties with…
IMF board clears Suriname review, sees advance in China debt talks
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The board of the International Monetary Fund said on Monday it had completed a third review of Suriname’s $630 million program, allowing the government of the South American country…
Striking writers, Hollywood studios to meet on Sunday as talks stretch on
(Reuters) – Negotiators for the striking Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Hollywood studios will meet again on Sunday after a fourth day of talks failed to reach a deal. The WGA…
Exclusive-Biden aides in talks with Vietnam for arms deal that could irk China
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is in talks with Vietnam over an agreement for the largest arms transfer in history between the ex-Cold War adversaries,…
Factbox-UAW President Fain gives details of talks with automakers
(Reuters) – The United Auto Workers said on Friday the union will expand its strikes against Detroit automakers General Motors and Chrysler parent Stellantis, but has made real progress in talks with…
Exclusive-UAW to announce it has made real progress with Ford in labor talks – source
(Reuters) – The United Auto Workers (UAW) will announce on Friday it has made real progress with Ford Motor in talks over a new labor contract, a source familiar with the matter…
Exclusive-JSW in talks with LG Energy Solution to make EV batteries in India -sources
By Aditi Shah and Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian steel-to-energy group JSW is in early stage talks with Korea’s LG Energy Solution (LGES) about jointly manufacturing batteries in India, two…
Qatar held separate talks with US, Iran touching on nuclear, drones
By Parisa Hafezi, Jonathan Landay and Arshad Mohammed UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Qatar held separate bilateral meetings with the United States and Iran this week that touched on Iran’s nuclear program and U.S.…
Sixth Street-led consortium in exclusive talks to buy Goldman’s GreenSky-source
By Saeed Azhar, Greg Roumeliotis and Shubhendu Deshmukh (Reuters) – A consortium led by investment firm Sixth Street Partners has entered exclusive talks to acquire Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s home improvement lender…
Colombia gov’t, largest FARC dissident group to begin peace talks
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government and the Estado Mayor Central (EMC), the largest FARC dissident group, on Tuesday said in a joint statement they would begin peace talks on Oct. 8 and…
Comedian Bill Maher postpones ‘Real Time’ show return as writer talks resume
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -American comedian Bill Maher said on Monday he was postponing the return to his HBO political show “Real Time,” becoming the second talk show host to…
Kosovo’s Kurti accuses EU envoy of siding with Serbia during talks
PRISTINA (Reuters) – Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti accused the European Union mediator on Monday of siding with Serbia days after talks collapsed in Brussels with the EU blaming what it called…
Port of Los Angeles says cargo lost during West Coast talks is returning
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Cargo volume at the Port of Los Angeles jumped from July to August after business lost during the now-finished West Coast labor talks began returning,…
Houthi envoys heading to Riyadh for ceasefire talks with Saudis – sources
By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Mohammed Alghobari RIYADH (Reuters) -Houthi and Omani envoys are planning to head to Saudi Arabia on Thursday night to try to negotiate a permanent ceasefire with Saudi…
Sri Lanka bondholders talks focus on state enterprise debt, domestic banks – sources
By Karin Strohecker and Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON (Reuters) – Talks between Sri Lanka and its international bondholders will seek common ground on how much of a hit should be incurred by…
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