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 ›
Economy & Finance
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 ›
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 ›
Regulatory framework on climate risk disclosures will act as catalyst for massive green investments: John Kerry
In a statement U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said, a regulatory requirement on companies and financial institutions requiring them to disclose climate change related risks will spark huge investment flow in green capital investments across the world; he went on… Read More ›
Sony Pictures and Amazon Falls set up themed amusement park in Thailand
In a statement Sony Pictures Entertainment and Amazon Falls said, they have teamed up to set up an amusement park in Thailand, based on productions from Sony’s Columbia Pictures studio. The 14-acre Columbia Pictures’ theme and water park named Aquaverse,… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
POSCO weighing options to exit Myanmar military controlled joint venture
In a significant development, South Korean steelmaker POSCO has begun reviewing how it might terminate its joint venture with a company controlled by the military in Myanmar, in the wake of the military coup there in February, said two sources… Read More ›
Japan Airlines Co Ltd to retire 13 Boeing 777 planes with PW4000 engines
In a statement, Japan Airlines Co Ltd (JAL) said, it had retired its fleet of 13 Boeing Co 777s equipped with Pratt & Whitney engines a year earlier than planned. The development comes in the wake of a February 2021… Read More ›
Australia-New Zealand quarantine free travel bubble to start on April 19
A quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand which is expected to start on April 19, is likely to be a world-first, said New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday. She went on to add, the conditions… Read More ›