The Unifor union and GM Co. was able to meet and agree on the new collective bargain agreement. A tentative settlement on a new collective agreement between General Motors Co and Canda's Unifor union was reached to cover employee benefits for GM's CAMI assembly plant located in Ontario, Canada.
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Nikkei: Obama to nominate Treasury Secretary Fed chief
Nikkei, a Japanese newspaper, reported last Friday that US President Barack Obama was close to picking ex-Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers as the new head of the Federal Reserve Board.
Industry: Indian renewable energy market seen as a good place to put investment
A three day summit was reported to attract a lot of investors into India's renewable energy market.
China's growth commitment to fuel global economy
Aside from the much talked about Bo Xilai trial, China aimed to turn the country into an innovative consumer driven, high income nation.
Asia’s QE money heads out on a slow-moving train
After the US Federal Reserve announced thw cutting back its bond buying program, investors who had entered Asia last four years ago were set in fears and had started exiting financial markets.
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Thousands of fast food workers organized protests to demand higher wages after US federal minimum wages were said to be almost always without benefits.
181,000 gallons of asphalt that belonged to Goldman Sachs was burned after an explosion occurred at Elk Grove refinery.
Steven Roth resigned from JC Penney's board after his firm Vornado Realty Trust announced selling its 6.1% stake in the retailer, said a Bloomberg report.
Igor Sechin was quoted as saying the potash controversy between Belarus and Russia would not affect the business of the Russian oil giant.
Credit Suisse AG is to sell of its German subsidiary according to a German paper. In a report from German weekly WirtschaftsWoche, Credit Suisse is intending to sell the private client's business of its German subsidiary Credit Suisse Deutschland AG.
Despite an European Council legal opinion, the EU maintains that the financial transaction tax issue is a misunderstanding.
The governments of the United States and Russia came to an agreement to seize the Syrian government's arsenal of chemical weapons within the week.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer said the fight between Mayweather and Alvarez today would be breaking pay-per-view (PPV) records at over 2 million buys.
Many celebrities posted on Twitter to commemorate Tupac Shakur's 17th death anniversary, said Hollywood Life report.
