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Key Twitter executive Rowghani quits job

Twitter’s COO Ali Rowghani announced he was leaving his post amid concerns about sluggish growth. ...

China in rare ruling favouring strikers - report

A Chinese committee has ruled against an employer who fired 40 workers for going on strike, state-media said Wednesday, highlighting rising labour activism in the country. ...

More people hire photographers to document the ordinary

Hiring professional photographers to capture everyday life - not just important events like weddings - has become a lifestyles trend. ...

German minister rejects minimum wage demands

German Labour Minister Andrea Nahles on Sunday dismissed demands from some of her coalition partners to change her plans for a minimum wage and grant more exceptions to the new rules. ...

Barclays said to start 100 jobs cut in APAC

The U.K.’s second- biggest bank by assets will start 100 jobs cut across its investment-banking and markets businesses. ...

RBS to cut hundreds of US jobs ahead of new Fed rules

RBS to cut hundreds of U.S. jobs as its mortgage-trading business will shrink by two-thirds. ...

China employment situation stable in first four months

Employment in China was stable in the first four months with 4.7 million new jobs create. ...

Ousted NY Times editor tells graduates to keep fighting

Ousted New York Times editor Jill Abramson struck a defiant note in a public remarks, urging a group of university graduates to fight back in the face of adversity. ...

Swiss voters reject minimum wage, fighter jets

Swiss voters rejected a plan Sunday to create the world’s highest minimum wage and spurned a request to outfit the Swiss Air Force with 22 new fighter jets. ...

Riots in Vietnam leave 1 Chinese dead, 90 injured

A 1,000-strong mob stormed a Taiwanese steel mill, prompted by Beijing’s deployment of an oil rig in disputed seas. ...