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<!-- SHOW ARTICLE --> GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Trade Organization predicted a “bumpy and rocky” road as it opened its highest-level meeting in 4-1/2 years on Sunday, with issues like…

| Getty Images Robot Order Leaders  Plastics and rubber: +29%Semiconductor, electronics and photonic: +23%Dood and consumer goods: +21%Life sciences and pharma: +14%Source: Association for Advancing Automation (A3)Robot orders surged…

DAVOS, Switzerland, May 24 (Reuters) - A growing world food crisis is precipitating protectionist moves by countries which are likely to compound the problem and could lead to a wider trade war, business leaders and policymakers at the…

Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the world economy, the financial markets, the eurozone and business. The UK’s economic outlook looks less bright this morning, as shortages, rising costs, and the possibility of…

Britain’s economic recovery stalled before the arrival of the Omicron variant of Covid and the dampening effect of the government’s plan B restrictions on consumer spending in the Christmas shopping period, a wide-ranging company survey…

Britons are many times more likely to have experienced shortages of food and fuel than people in half a dozen EU member states, according to a poll.Global supply chain problems prompted by the pandemic have disrupted the international…

Omicron is shaking the Big Apple to its core thanks to crippling staffing shortages caused by the raging COVID-19 variant. Between vital transportation and emergency services, retailers and schools, workers…

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – As Los Angeles County continues to reach new all-time highs for daily COVID-19 cases and lines at local testing sites only getting longer, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he’s activated the California National…