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2 top execs stepping down at publisher Tribune amid turmoil

By TALI ARBEL | February 18, 2020

Two top executives at newspaper publisher Tribune are stepping down as the company deals with its largest shareholder, a hedge fund known for cutting newsroom jobs, andgrapples with a decline in revenue as the print-ad business shrinks.The Chicago-based...

Poland’s miners protest coal imports seen as threat to jobs

February 18, 2020

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Miners in southern Poland worried that massive coal imports will eliminate their jobs on Tuesday blocked railway tracks on the import route.A few hundred miners with trade union flags in the southern coal mining region town of...

HSBC cuts headcount by 35,000 in deep overhaul

By DANICA KIRKA and ELAINE KURTENBACH | February 18, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Europe's biggest bank, HSBC, will shed some 35,000 jobs as part of an overhaul to focus on faster-growing markets in Asia and as it tries to cope with a slew of global uncertainties, from Brexit to the trade wars to the new coronavirus.The...

The Latest: Buttigieg pitches military service to veterans

February 6, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest on the 2020 presidential election (all times local):4:40 p.m.Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is pitching his military service to voters in New Hampshire, a state where nearly 10% of residents are veterans.Buttigieg,...

BBC to cut an estimated 450 jobs in modernization plan

January 29, 2020

LONDON (AP) — The BBC said Wednesday that plans to “modernize” the British broadcaster's newsroom will lead to the loss of an estimated 450 jobs.The cuts represent a substantial blow to the national public service broadcaster, which enjoys a worldwide...