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In US, teleworkers don't want to turn back
For Curtis Sparrer, a work-from-home evangelist, an office is nothing less than a "corporate jail." Five years after the Covid-19 pandemic sent workers scrambling for home, laptops under their arm, Sparrer methodically challenges the arguments made by corporate America as it pushes for a full-time return to office.
Rome shoppers take pot luck in 'blind sale' of unclaimed packages
Benedetta slid a manicured nail through the sellotape of a mystery package to unwrap a garden hoe and earbuds. It's a hoe."
US TikTok ban looms as Trump seeks last-ditch solution
TikTok says it will "go dark" in the United States on Sunday, threatening access to the app for 170 million users, unless the government provides assurances that a law mandating its sale or ban won't be used to punish service providers.
US Treasury to take 'extraordinary measures' to avoid debt default
The US Treasury Department will start taking "extraordinary measures" next week to avoid risking a default on government debt, Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday, days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. On Friday, Yellen said: "The period of time that extraordinary measures may last is subject to considerable uncertainty."
Canada vows 'Trump tax' on US in response to tariffs: minister
Americans will be hit by a "Trump tariffs tax" if the US president-elect increases customs duties on Canadian products, the Canadian foreign minister said Friday, pledging a hard-hitting response in any trade war. "This would be the biggest trade war between Canada and the US in decades," Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said.
US to tighten trade rules to hit low-cost China shipments
The United States unveiled a new rule Friday to tighten an exemption allowing low-value imports to enter the country duty-free, taking aim at Chinese shipments that might be benefiting from it. The proposal disqualifies certain products from the low-value, or "de minimis," exemption, which allows goods valued at $800 or below to come into the United States without paying duties or certain taxes.
At VW home base, Germany's Scholz vows to revive economy
Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday laid out his vision to secure the future of Germany's ailing economy at a campaign event in the historic home base of the crisis-hit auto titan Volkswagen.
Trump, Xi speak by phone, vow improved ties despite threats
Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Friday, days before the incoming US president returns to the White House, with both leaders vowing to take a positive approach to improving ties between the rival countries.
US Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok
The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that will ban TikTok in the United States, potentially denying the video-sharing app to 170 million users in two days. The Supreme Court last week heard arguments from the company, ByteDance, that the law should be stopped because it was a violation of free speech.
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