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BP Achieves Net Debt Target Of $35 Billion Prior To Its Announced Schedule
Energy group BP said that it has set itself up for delivering on its promise of buying back shares as the company said that in the first quarter of the current year, it had likely brought down its net debt… Read More ›
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More Billionaires Now Reside In Beijing Than Any Other City In The World
The latest Forbes’ annual rich list shows that there are more billionaires in the Chinese capital of Beijing than in any other city on the world. The business magazine said that 33 new billionaires were added to the city last… Read More ›
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Permanent Work From Home For Thousands Of HSBC And JP Morgan Employees Planned
Thousands of employees of lenders HSBC and JP Morgan are to work from home on a permanent basis – indicating that this trend that was significantly accelerated during the Covid-19 pandemic will potentially continue well after the pandemic is over…. Read More ›
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Google’s Copying Of Oracle’s Code Was “Fair Use”, Rules US Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of eh United States has ended the decade-long legal tussle between tech giants Google and Oracle over the allegation that Google had copied a an Oracle owned code in Google’s Android operating system. A case against Google… Read More ›
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Covid-19 Vaccine Certificates Will Likely Be Mandatory For Travel, Says Qatar Airways CEO
The requirement for every air traveller to have a Covid-19 vaccination certificate will likely be the new trend with the industry trying to rebound from the severe hit to the global airline industry because of the pandemic, said the CEO… Read More ›
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As US Economy Recovers, New Jobs Surge In March
With an increase in vaccination against Covid-19, easing of restrictions and people being prompted to get back to their pre-pandemic activities, there was a surge in new hiring in the United States economy in the month of March. Reopening… Read More ›
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Information Of Half A Billion Facebook Users Posted On Hacking Website
According to cyber security experts, a website used by hackers has posted the personal information of about half a billion used of Facebook from all over the world. The information that was posted included the phone numbers of the users…. Read More ›
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Global Banks Get Ready For Losses Because Of Crisis At US Investing Firm Archegos
The collapse of United States based investment firm Archegos Capital could lead to the global banks to more than $6 billion, according to reports quoting information from sources that are familiar with the trades involving the US firm. There is… Read More ›
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Australian Minster Vows To ‘Vigorously Defend’ Its Wine Industry Against Chinese Tariffs
After China imposed huge tariffs on Australian wine, the country has promised to “vigorously defend” its wine industry. This was said by the country’s minister for agriculture, drought and emergency management David Littleproud. China imposed import tariffs of as much… Read More ›
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Tariffs Up To 218% On Australian Wine For 5 Years Imposed By China
The trade dispute between China and Australia is set to escalate as Beijing is imposing massive import duties on wines imported to the country from Australia for the next five years. This move threatens to cut off their top export… Read More ›