By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Financial firms in Britain should be ready in case no trade agreement is struck with the European Union by December, a senior UK regulator said on Thursday. Britain leaves the EU next week, followed by a “business as usual” transition that ends in December. Britain and the EU will […]
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A U.S. labor board on Tuesday finalized a rule that will make it more difficult to hold companies liable for unlawful labor practices by franchisees and contractors, reversing a more worker-friendly Obama-era standard criticized by business groups. The rule by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which was first proposed […]
Conditions on the drying Colorado River are worsening faster than expected. States can’t agree on how to divide water cuts. Native American officials say they’re still largely shut out from the bargaining table and murmurs of a dystopian “water war” scenario now punctuate the conversations. The crisis is over a century in the making and water […]
