It is to be seen whether this pay growth will translate to better and stronger earnings across the British workforce. On Thursday, recruiters disclosed the starting salaries across British companies are rising at their fastest rates in recent years, thus… Read More ›
Economy & Finance
Large group of institutional investors drag 16 major banks to court over rigging forex market
The 221 page complaint alleges that these 16 major banks had colluded to rig the roughly $5.1 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market. In a significant development, a group of big institutional investors, which includes BlackRock Inc and Allianz SE’s Pacific Investment… Read More ›
Saudis Take to Social Media To Call For Boycott Of Amazon Over Khashoggi Issue
Jeff Bezos – owner of the Washington Post, and his business in Saudi Arabia and in the Middle East is being targeted by Saudis who are reportedly unhappy with the manner in which the killing of its journalist Jamal Khashoggi… Read More ›
GE in talks to divest its commercial lighting business to American Industrial Partners
Under CEO Larry Culp the conglomerate is continuing to divest assets from its businesses other than those from its core areas of renewable energy, jet engines and power plants. General Electric is in talks with American Industrial Partners, a private… Read More ›
Iran in touch with other signatories of 2015 nuclear accord
The European Union is making headway in its efforts to legally continue economic ties with Tehran. With U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil coming into force, Tehran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi stated, Iran is in touch with other signatories of… Read More ›
Europe’s Electric Car Aspirations Are Being Trampled By China
While some of the largest auto companies have emerged from Europe, yet the region is apparently losing out to China in terms of electric cars. China has developed into a powerhouse for the electric vehicle batteries which is considered critical… Read More ›
Softbank To Maintain Saudi Ties Even After Khashoggi Murder: SoftBank Chief
While condemning the murder of a veteran US based Saudi journalist allegedly at the hands of security men of Saudi Arabia in the Turkish capital of Istanbul, the chief of the Japanese tech and investment group Softbank has said the… Read More ›
Jaguar Land Rover announces opening of new technical office in Hungary in 2019
JLR’s new technical engineering office in Hungary will close collaboration of Hungarian engineers with their British peers; the new office is also aimed at aligning JLR’s supply chain across central central and eastern Europe. On Friday, Britain’s biggest carmaker, Jaguar… Read More ›
Vietnam’s Vietjet Aviation to purchase 50 A321neo from Airbus in a $6.5 billion deal
The deal was finalized during French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s visit to Hanoi. According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, Vietjet Aviation, a budget air carrier that is growing rapidly, is set to finalize a $6.5 billion jet… Read More ›
Brexit negotiators close to hammering out a deal on financial services
A financial deal is crucial for Britain given that the city of London, which has been a critical artery for the flow of money around the world for centuries, is the world’s largest centre of international finance. As per a… Read More ›