Driverless cars are Paris Motor show stars, and more news around the world
Every day, LinkedIn publishes 12 Daily Rundowns, in 7 languages, around the world to get professionals up to speed. Here's a translated look at what each market is talking about today. The news team creates this digest for internal use; is this something you're interested in seeing? Let us know in the comments.
U.S.: GM and Honda team up to build driverless cars, eBay accuses Amazon of poaching, and more top news
- Honda and General Motors are working together to build autonomous vehicles through GM’s subsidiary Cruise Holdings.
- EBay alleges Amazon's sales representatives are attempting to illegally poach sellers from its marketplace, reports The Wall Street Journal.
- Verizon has offered early retirement packages to 44,000 workers, more than a quarter of its workforce.
- Hiring throughout the U.S. is showing signs of cooling down, according to LinkedIn’s October Workforce report, with job growth in all industries down 1.1% from September.
- Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian says the carrier will soon offer free wifi to all passengers, not just those with premium memberships.
CANADA: First Nations and Ottawa meet over pipeline expansion, GM and Honda team up, and more top news
- Ottawa is again consulting with Indigenous communities on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
MEXICO: 70% of millennials shop with smartphones; car sales drop in September, and more top news
- 70% of millennials shop with smartphones, according to a report by e-commerce company Linio.
- Car sales dropped 1.5% in September, according to Mexico's statistics agency INEGI.
- Peso lose strength against dollar after good news on U.S economy.
- Google Translate can now recognize the different Latin American accents.
- Green energies can contribute with 29 billion dollar to Mexico's economic growth, according to a new study.
- In Brazil, one in four families is in arrears.
- Jeff Bezos is the new richest man in the United States, according to Forbes’s list.
- Fuel prices to become more transparent in two months, following a resolution of the National Petroleum Agency.
- Transport app "99" temporarily waives taxi drivers fee charge.
- New technologies would make Brazilian exports grow 3% per year by 2030.
EUROPE: Aston Martin’s IPO stalls, EU votes to cut CO2 emissions by 40%, and more top news
- Aston Martin’s debut on the London Stock Exchange fizzled yesterday, with shares falling by as much as 6.5%.
- EU lawmakers have backed a target to cut vehicle carbon dioxide emissions by 40% by 2030.
- Also... The first commercial flight using jet fuel made partly from recycled waste has landed.
- San Marino is preparing to ask the IMF for a €250 million bailout.
- Pret a Manger has agreed to full ingredient labelling following the death of a teenager who suffered an allergic reaction after eating a baguette.
- A handwritten letter by Albert Einstein rejecting religion is set to go on sale in New York.
U.K.: Half of zero-hours contract staff want more security, Uber Eats riders join fast food worker strikes, and more top news
- Almost 50% of workers on zero-hours contracts want more regular work, a study has revealed.
- UberEats riders are joining forces with staff at McDonald’s, JD Wetherspoons and TGI Fridays to strike over pay.
- Aston Martin’s debut on the London Stock Exchange got off to a stuttering start yesterday.
- The first commercial flight using jet fuel made partly from recycled waste has landed at Gatwick.
- Pret a Manger has agreed to full ingredient labelling following the death of a teenager who suffered an allergic reaction after eating a baguette.
- Every automaker has an autonomous car to present at the Paris Motor Show 2018.
- French government will make €1.23 billion thanks to road radars in 2019.
- More than 800 former Goodyear employees seeking compensation after a plant closed have to gather in a theatre for trial because the courthouse was too small.
- French retailer Casino won’t partner with Carrefour or Amazon, according to its CEO Jean-Charles Naouri.
- 71% of French professionals say that social relationships at work get worse in the last 12 months.
- Commuting should count as working hours as most people already work on their way to work.
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded for pioneering work in evolutionary science.
- Digital healthcare could save €34m per year, according to a McKinsey study.
- One in eight people in the German workforce are living precariously on a permanent basis.
- Germany’s neighboring countries have much more digital administrations. Denmark tops the list.
INDIA: Jio eyes Hathway to hasten broadband launch, rupee plunges to record low, and more top news
- Reliance Industries may acquire Hathway Cable to jump-start Jio’s broadband foray.
- The rupee crashed 43 paise to close at an all-time low of 73.34 to the dollar.
- Soon, you’ll be able to file FIRs online.
- Bank of Maharashtra has shuttered 51 branches across the country to cut costs.
- The government is finalising a policy for paperless check-ins and biometric boarding at five airports – Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Varanasi and Vijayawada.
AUSTRALIA: Atlassian struggles to hire women, Canva reports maiden profit, and more top news
- Software success story Atlassian is sharing its struggle to hire diverse teams, especially in Sydney.
- Startup Canva may already be valued at $US1bn but it has just reported a profit for the first time.
- Life insurance seller Freedom Insurance has had 27% wiped from its share value after the Banking Royal Commission.
- David Jones is opening a new floor dedicated entirely to shoes despite tough retail conditions.
- Skincare brand Ego wants China to drop a requirement that cosmetics need to be tested on animals.
- Toyota to allow shorter working hours for employees with small children.
- Video game makers have the longest overtime work hours.
- Rakuten to start mobile career business in October 2019.
- “Millennial generation” more likely to save money: Survey.
- Instagram to launch a service to book restaurant tables in Japan.
CHINA (National holiday): Fan Bingbing fined for tax evasion, Tencent invests in Bilibili, and more top news
- Actress Fan Bingbing has been fined for tax evasion.
- Tencent will invest about $317.6 million in cash in Bilibili.
- Sales of the most expensive iPhone exceed expectation in Asia, reports said.
- Book recommendation: The Ups and Downs of China’s Two Thousand Years by Wu Xiaobo （《浩荡两千年》）