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Mexican farmer protest blocks US border bridge
Mexican farmer protest blocks US border bridge

Hundreds of farmworkers and truck drivers blocked the Mexican side of a major border bridge with the United States on Monday as part of an ongoing national farmers' strike. The protest blocked the Zaragoza-Ysleta International Bridge, which connects the US city of El Paso, Texas with Mexico's Ciudad Juarez.

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Steel at heart of new Trump trade war
Steel at heart of new Trump trade war
by  AFP

US President Donald Trump's new tariffs on steel promise to further complicate a strategic industry already destabilised by Chinese overproduction and Europe's stuttering blast furnaces. Steel, so key to the second industrial revolution of the late 19th and early 20th century, remains a strategic industry around the world.

US federal workers weigh Trump buyout as court to step in
US federal workers weigh Trump buyout as court to step in
by  AFP

US federal workers face another deadline Monday to accept a mass buyout from their government jobs as a judge holds a key hearing on whether the offer is legal. Federal Judge George O'Toole last week said he accepted the case and will hold a first hearing in a Boston courtroom at 2:00 pm (1900 GMT) Monday.

McDonald's profits dented by food poisoning outbreak
McDonald's profits dented by food poisoning outbreak
by  AFP

McDonald's reported a dip in profits Monday as it contended with lingering effects from a US food poisoning outbreak that depressed sales in its home market. Sales hit a trough soon after the late-October outbreak, but improved later in the quarter as McDonald's bolstered marketing campaigns and value promotions, executives said on an earnings conference call.

Nestle share slump adds pressure on new boss
Nestle share slump adds pressure on new boss
by  AFP

Nestle's slumping share price is rattling shareholders and pension funds that have invested in the food giant, piling pressure on its new boss ahead of Thursday's annual results. In Switzerland, the NZZ daily newspaper warned that many Swiss citizens were affected given Nestle's weight in pension fund investment.