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U.S. payrolls increased 266,000 in October, the most since January, after an upward revision of 156,000 for the prior month, and topping estimates of 180,000 jobs. It was the first full month that General Motors Co. workers returned to work after a 40-day strike, adding 41,300 to automaker payrolls following a similar drop the prior …

  General Motors and South Korea’s LG Chem plan to invest a combined $2.3bn in a joint venture to build a new battery plant in the US, as the automaker prepares to ramp up production of electric vehicles. The companies announced on Thursday they will break ground in the middle of next year in the …

Michael Kung, a senior partner at the US research and advisory firm Gartner Inc, told reporters at a press conference in Taiwan yesterday hyper-automation tops the list of 10 most important strategic technology trends for next year. The ultimate goal of hyperautomation is to automate anything that can be automated, everything from single tasks to …