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Bank unions to strike work on 8 January against SBI’s forced settlement with subsidiaries
28 Dec 2015
Royal Dutch Shell to axe 2,800 jobs
15 Dec 2015
ABB appoints Sanjeev Sharma as India MD
11 Dec 2015
Tata Steel close to selling UK long products plant: report
07 Dec 2015
Tata Steel may also cut 720 jobs at its Rotherham plant in South Yorkshire after talks to save redundancies failed, say reports
India Inc to hike salaries 10.8% in 2016: study
28 Nov 2015
Lloyds Bank to axe 1,000 jobs to cut costs
27 Nov 2015
Last year, the bank said it would close up to 150 branches and cut around 9,000 jobs, as part of a three-year strategy to make the business simpler and more efficient
United Air, union agree to open contract negotiations early, further expand job protection for employees
07 Nov 2015
StanChart to cut 15,000 jobs, raise $5.1 bn in fresh capital
03 Nov 2015
The Asia focused bank said it will axe 17 per cent of its workforce to pare costs by $2.9 billion and also sell or restructure $100 billion of loans
Amazon boosts paid leave for new parents
03 Nov 2015
Delivery drivers sue Amazon in proposed class-action suit
29 Oct 2015
Delivery drivers for the new app-based Amazon Prime Now service say by classifying them as independent contractors Amazon denies them regular employee benefits
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