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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 ›
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Study Claims A Billion Doses Excess Covid-19 Vaccine Doses Being Hoarded By Rich Countries
According to a new study, one billion more doses of the available Covid-19 vaccines than their citizens need have been purchased by the richest countries of the world which would mean that people from poorer countries will probably not be… Read More ›
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Paris Agreement Officially Rejoined By The US
The Paris Agreement on climate change has not formally been rejoined by the United States. The agreement was formed to tackle the problem of global warming so that the potentially catastrophic impacts of it can be avoided. According to the… Read More ›
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Cease-Fire In Transatlantic Trade War Was Urged By Airbus CEO
An urgent call for a “cease-fire” in the on-going trade spat between the European Union and the United States over aircraft subsidies was given by the head of European plane maker Airbus on Saturday. The company said that the damage… Read More ›
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Bitcoin Touches New Record High As Its Market Cap Surges Past $1 Trillion
Investors in bitcoin apparently unheeded warnings by analysts that the crypto currency is an “economic side show” and is a poor hedge for the drop in stock prices as the market capitalization of the virtual currency hit a value of… Read More ›
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Despite Manufacturing Growth, Business Activity Of Euro Zone Dips Again In February
There was a slight improvement in European business activity in February even though the economy continued to contract with the Covid-19 pandemic still forcing governments to impose social restrictions, showed preliminary data that was released on Friday. The Covid-19 pandemic… Read More ›
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Canada Intent To Follow Australia To Force Facebook To Pay For News
After Australia, the Canadian government has said that it will make Facebook Inc shell out money for the news content that it uses on its platform and has sought to get together allies in the media battle with tech giants…. Read More ›
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British American Tobacco Reports Profit Rise Even With Fall In Sales
British American Tobacco (BAT), the owner of a number brands of cigarettes including Lucky Strike, Pall Mall and Camel, reported an almost 9 per cent growth in its profits even though the noted lower sales of its products partially because… Read More ›
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China Becomes EU’s Biggest Trading Partner In 2020 Outpacing The US
China has overtaken the United States as the largest trading partner of the European Union in 2020. While there was a fall in EU’s trading with most of its major trading partners during the pandemic hit year, China on the… Read More ›
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Ratings Firm S&P Predicts Indian Economy To Grow At 10% In Fiscal 2022
The Indian economy is set to make a recovery from the pandemic induced economic contraction by next year, said the ratings agency S&P Global Ratings on Tuesday. The ratings agency predicted in a report that in fiscal 2022, the largest… Read More ›