GM appeals directly to staff as strike losses mount, riling UAW

DETROIT, Oct 12 (Reuters): General Motors Co took the unusual step of appealing directly to its unionised employees in a blog post on Friday that laid out its latest offer aimed at ending a month-long strike, drawing an angry response from the union that the automaker was trying to "starve...

More cos back away from Facebook’s Libra coin

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 12 (AFP): Facebook's digital currency alliance lost more companies on Friday amid heavy criticism from regulators around the world on the planned Libra global cryptocurrency.Credit card giants Visa and Mastercard, online marketplace eBay and digital payments firm Stripe each announced they had changed their minds about being...