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Factbox-Recent U.S. Union Wins At Amazon, Starbucks And More

The COVID-19 pandemic, labor shortage, Black Lives Matter movement and other social and economic forces have contributed to an uptick in high-profile union organizing across the United States including a victory on Friday at an Amazon.com Inc warehouse in New York City.
A general view of the WINGAS gas storage facility near the northern German town of Rehden January 7, 2009.

In Russia-Europe Gas Standoff, Both Sides Lose

Europe and Russia will both lose heavily if President Vladimir Putin follows through on his threat to cut gas supplies to countries he judges "unfriendly" unless they pay in roubles.
Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured in Washington, U.S., March 19, 2019.

Corporate Debt Issuance Surges In March Despite Q1 Slump

Companies raced to bond markets last month, undeterred by the Ukraine war as they tried to lock in relatively cheap borrowing, though the March rush did not prevent first-quarter sales in the euro market from slumping to a four-year low.
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the development of air transportation and aircraft manufacturing, via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia March 31, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUT

Explainer-Nervous Europe Sees Putin's Gas-cut Threat As Bluster

Russian President Vladimir Putin's vow to cut customers off from its gas unless they start paying in roubles is more of a 'bluff' to ward off further sanctions than a genuine threat to stop supplying energy, according to European officials and analysts.

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