FILE PHOTO: On May 26, 2020, in Tokyo, Japan, during the spread of coronovirus disease (COVID-19), a call girl in Tokyo called the Friends Call Center in Tokyo, a suicide hotline center. …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US retail sales fell for a third month in December as new measures to slow down the spread of COVID-19 triggered job losses, further evidence that the injured economy …
Read More »After a long journey, Fiat Chrysler and PSA seal the merger to become Stellantis
MILAN (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler and PSA will seal their long-awaited merger on Saturday, allowing the world’s fourth-largest auto group to shift to electric driving with deep enough pockets and take on …
Read More »After a long journey, Fiat Chrysler and PSA seal the merger to become Stellantis
MILAN (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler and PSA will seal their long-awaited merger on Saturday, allowing the world’s fourth-largest auto group to shift to electric driving with deep enough pockets and take on …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US consumer prices rose sharply in December amid rising gasoline costs, although underlying inflation persisted as the economy battled a raging COVID-19 epidemic that weighed on the labor market …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Nearly half of the staff working in intensive care units (ICU) in England in the COVID-19 epidemic have severe anxiety, depression, or traumatic stress disorder, with some reporting feeling …
Read More »Ford charges $ 4.1 billion to shut down Brazilian manufacturing operations
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Read More »UK retailers seek help from police to enforce mask regulations
LONDON (Reuters) – British retailers call the police for helping to wear masks to limit the spread of COVID-19, one of the largest supermarkets on Monday said it was now trying to …
Read More »Exclusive: Tesla hunts for design chief to build cars for China
BEIJING (Reuters) – Tesla Inc. is seeking a design director in China, part of efforts to open a “full-function” studio in Shanghai or Beijing and design electric cars to suit Chinese consumer …
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