Ahead of Nike Inc’s quarterly results. Wall Street is expecting a gloomy outlook since sales of the sportswear giant in 2022 is expected to be significantly hit by rising COVID-19 cases in China and supply chain issues from the Russia-Ukraine… Read More ›
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc increases stake in Occidental Petroleum Corp to 14.6%
Shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp rose after Berkshire Hathaway Inc disclosed it had spent around $1 billion to buy additional shares in the oil company, raising its stake to 14.6%. In a regulatory filing, Berkshire disclosed that it owns 136.4 million… Read More ›
Australia bans export of alumina, aluminum, and bauxite to Russia
Australia has imposed further sanctions on Russia and has banned exports of alumina, bauxite, and aluminium ores as part of a measure to increase sanctions on Moscow. “Russia relies on Australia for nearly 20 percent of its alumina needs,” said… Read More ›
Germany’s Economy Minister visits UAE to discuss Assad’s recent visit Abu Dhabi
On Monday, during a trip to the United Arab Emirates, Germany’s Economy Minister Robert Habeck said, he would discuss Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s recent visit to the Gulf state. “The Syrian conflict is…complicated. Assad in my opinion is a criminal… Read More ›
Mercedes-Benz opens second R&D centre in Shanghai
On Friday, Germany’s Mercedes-Benz Group AG said, it has opened a research and development (R&D) centre in Shanghai which will focus on mobility technology. The opening of the new centre will be its second R&D facility in China. The centre will… Read More ›
Russia averts sovereign bond default
As per a source familiar with the situation at hand, Russia has made payments towards sovereign bonds which were due this week, which was received by JPMorgan which processed it and made an onwards credit to Citi. With this Moscow has… Read More ›
Amazon.com Inc closes $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM
In a statement Amazon.com Inc said, it had closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM. It welcomes all MGM employees to the company and will work with the studio’s leadership, indicating that it would not lay off employees. On Tuesday,… Read More ›
No protection in investments in cryptoassets: EU’s securities, banking, insurance watchdogs
In a joint statement, securities, banking and insurance watchdogs of the European Union said, consumers risk losing all their money invested in cryptoassets. “Consumers face the very real possibility of losing all their invested money if they buy these assets,”… Read More ›
Canberra sanctions Russian oligarchs with links to mining industry
On Friday, Australia imposed sanctions on two Russian oligarchs with links to its mining industry, with one of them connected with an investment to Rio Tinto’s Gladstone alumina refinery joint venture. In a statement Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said,… Read More ›
COVID-19 curbs at Chinese ports threaten to whiplash global supply chain
With the coronavirus induced COVID-19 infections spreading in China, the length of container ships queued up outside major Chinese ports are increasing by the day with outbreaks in manufacturing export hubs threatening to unleash a fresh wave of global supply… Read More ›