With investors getting jittery about the astronomical price that the crypto currency bitcoin had attained in recent times, the value of the virtual currency sunk as much as 17 per cent on Tuesday. According to analysts, the drop came as… Read More ›
Month: February 2021
Damage to fan blade of United Airlines Boeing 777-200 consistent with metal fatigue: NTSB chairman
In a statement, Robert Sumwalt, the chairman of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) stated, according to a preliminary assessments, the damage to the fan blade in the Pratt & Whitney engine which failed in the United Airlines Boeing… Read More ›
Tesla’s $1,5bn Bitcoin Investment Gave It A Profit Of About $1bn: Analyst
The investment in the crypto currency bitcoin made recently by the United States based electric car maker Tesla has given the company a paper profit of about $1 billion, said Daniel Ives, analyst at Wedbush Securities. In a note published… Read More ›
McDonald’s To Achieve Gender Parity In Leadership Roles By 2030
With the aim of enhancing diversity at the workplace, the fats food chain McDonald’s has set a target of achieving equality in terms of number of men and women in leadership roles at the company. Additionally, over the next four… Read More ›
Discovery sees 12M paid streaming subscribers by February 2021
Discovery Inc said on Monday it expects to have 12 million global paid streaming subscribers by the end of this month, as coronavirus-led restrictions kept people home and fueled streaming subscriber growth. Launched in January, discovery+ houses 55,000 episodes from… Read More ›
Britain calls for urgent unfettered access to Xinjiang which houses modern concentration camps
On Monday, Britain is set to call on the United Nations to ask China to give “urgent and unfettered” access to Xinjiang to investigate reports of abuses in the Chinese region. The development is also set to mark Britain’s return… Read More ›
Chinese state funds invests in China’s BGI Genomics Co, capitalizes on COVID-19 pandemic
In a development that marks China capitalizing on the coronavirus-driven COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese government has made an investment in BGI Genomics Co, a Chinese listed company that supplies millions of COVID-19 tests globally. BGI is seeking to fund exponential… Read More ›
United Airlines only airlines which operates Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency airworthiness directive following an engine failure on a United Boeing 777 in Denver, requiring immediate or heightened inspections of similar planes. In a statement late on Sunday, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson… Read More ›
China appeals to reset U.S.-China relations
In a significant development that underscores the fact that the previous Administration efforts aimed at countering China’s exploitive trade practices have indeed hit their targets, senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi has called on the Biden Administration to reopen dialogue with… Read More ›
Activist investors want Kohl’s to optimize inventory levels, and asset holdings, nominate 9 directors to board
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, a group of activist investors who have a stake of around 9.5% in Kohl’s Corp is attempting to take control of the department store chain’s board. The activist investors include Ancora… Read More ›
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