By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary is preparing to announce a roughly $30 billion package of measures to help jump-start the economy, a top government official said on Saturday, as the coronavirus outbreak shutters factories and raises the specter of recession. Parliament, where the ruling Fidesz party has a strong majority, has granted Prime […]
By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) – French unions blockaded several oil refineries on Tuesday, aiming to cause shortages at petrol stations after a month-long public transport strike failed to force the government to withdraw its pension reform plans. Workers at Exxon Mobil France’s <XOM.N> Port Jerome and Fos refineries began a […]
By Farhad Manjoo Opinion Columnist Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive, is unflappability personified. When facing tough questions from investors, journalists or lawmakers, Cook tends to speak with the sparkling precision of an iPhone’s diamond-cut edges — slowly, commandingly, in an elegant Southern drawl that conveys exactly the sort of finality you’d expect from the head […]
