Union calls strike in Germany’s largest seaport

Trade union verdi has called on workers at the northern German port of Hamburg to go on strike on Friday, after ongoing negotiations in a wage dispute failed to yield results. Verdi is in talks with the association of Central Association of German Seap…

Tokyo stocks open flat ahead of U.S. jobs data

Tokyo stocks opened nearly flat Friday as investors looked to U.S. employment data for May due out later in the day for clues about the Federal Reserve’s policy outlook. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 25.16 …