Thousands of bus drivers, drivers and conductors will stop working on Thursday and Friday. The trade union FNV reports this after a collective bargaining agreement in which the unions and employers could not reach an agreement. Only in NS trains and in urban transport in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague will there be no strikes. … Read more
The all-new Central Subway connects Chinatown with Union Square and SoMA (South of Market) for the first time and is the first subway to run in the immediate downtown area in a north-south direction. Until now these parts of the city were only connected to each other directly by buses. North-South connection through the city … Read more
enlarge the photo Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong visited Samsung Electronics Corporation (SEV) near Hanoi, Vietnam on the 22nd to inspect the smartphone manufacturing plant. Supplied by Samsung Electronics An amendment to the Restriction of Special Taxation Act, which increases the tax credit for conglomerates on investments in semiconductor plants from the current 6% to … Read more
EPA ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 12:26 A major train strike has begun in the UK today. Thousands of British railway employees have been on strike for 48 hours, dissatisfied with the announced round of layoffs. Employees are also demanding higher wages now that UK food and energy prices, among other things, continue to rise. The strike is part … Read more