05:10 CGTN'S Rachelle Akuffo spoke with Elizabeth Crofoot, senior economist for The Conference Board, about the move in U.S. states to raise the minimum wage in 2020.
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Foreign financial institutions were allowed to expand their businesses in previously restricted areas. The State Council issued a new negative list on Friday scrapping some restrictions for foreign financial institutions established in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone.
Foreignfinancialinstitutionswereallowedtoexpandtheirbusinessesinpreviouslyrestrictedareas.TheStateCouncilissuedanewnegativelistonFridayscrappingsomerestrictions
The taxi industry is improving its services to prepare for fierce competition with emerging on-demand ride-hailing services and other start-up companies.
Myanmar government is launching a low-cost housing project for workers in industrial zones to help share the cost burden that private factories must bear following the enactment of a national minimum wage on Sept. 1, reports said on Tuesday.
The introduction of a new minimum wage on workers in Myanmar has initially left about 500 workers sacked, an official report said Monday.
Some major global brands have voiced support for the Myanmar government's proposed minimum daily wage proposal, saying that a guaranteed pay rate would help promote investment in the country's garment industry and raise the living standard of its workers, an official report said Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order formally raising the minimum wage for federal workers during an event Wednesday at the White House.
U.S. President Barack Obama played it safe with Tuesday night's State of the Union Address -- so safe that experts said his proposals are unlikely to help a struggling middle class.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives held a third round of exploratory talks on Thursday with the Social Democrats (SPD) on forming a coalition government to rule Europe's largest economy for the next four years.
The Malaysian government has approved the delayed implementation by SMEs of new minimum wage standard for their foreign workers, local media reported Wednesday.
Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) on Monday agreed to increase salaries for the workers in the kingdom's garment and footwear industries, according to a press release after a closed door meeting.
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