Late on Thursday, Delta Air Lines Inc said, it has reached a preliminary cost-cutting deal with the union that represents its pilots with the deal aiming to prevent furloughs until January 1, 2022. Delta MEC, a unit of the Air Line… Read More ›
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More Traditional Route Will Be Taken By The Second Ave Of Cvodi-19 Vaccines Developers
The boundaries of vaccine technology are being pushed by the few drug makers currently dominating the global coronavirus vaccine race. However, a more conventional and proven designs is likely to be adopted by the next crop of vaccines that are… Read More ›
Samsung’s Profits Decline Due To Weak Server Chip Demand Despite Strong Earnings In Q3
Weak server chip demand and rising smartphone competition will result in a fall in profit in the fourth quarter, expects Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. On Thursday however the company offered its best quarterly operating profit in two years for… Read More ›
Oil major Exxon Mobil keeps Q4 dividend unchanged, a first since 1982
In a development that marks and underscores the massive impact the coronavirus is having on the oil industry, Exxon Mobil Corp stated, it will keep its fourth-quarter dividend flat at 87 cents a share. This is the first time since 1982… Read More ›
Pandemic Boosts Growth For Microsoft Cloud Business
US tech giant Microsoft Corp beat analysts’ estimates for the latest completed quarter because of a slight re-acceleration of its cloud computing business and winning of new users for its Teams messaging and collaboration software with an increasing trend of… Read More ›
Stage Set For Blockbuster Stock Market Debut Of Airbnb
The stage is apparently set for one of the most high profile debuts in a stock market for 2020 as the home rental startup Airbnb Inc plans to get itself listed on the Nasdaq and offer an initial public offering…. Read More ›
Covid-19 Vaccine May Be Available In The UK Even Before Christmas This Year
Kate Bingham, the chair of the United Kingdom government’s vaccine taskforce said in an interview to the media that a Covid-19 vaccine may be available for some people even before Christmas. She however added that it is more likely that… Read More ›
2020 Profit Forecast Raised By Sony After Record Q2 Performance
After reporting a record profit for its second quarter, Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp raised its annual profit outlook. The company’s performance as driven by its gaming business which continued to capture “nesting” demand just ahead of the next month… Read More ›
Indian conglomerate Tata Group negotiating purchase of majority stake worth $1 billion in BigBasket
In a report, the Economic Times reported citing three sources familiar with the matter at hand as saying, India’s salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group is in advanced talks to acquire to a majority stake in Indian online grocery startup BigBasket for… Read More ›
Vietnam signs $2.8 billion LNG deal with AES Corp: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated, AES Corp will sign a deal with PetroVietnam Gas to develop a $2.8 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal as well as a power plant in Vietnam. “Vietnam has given the… Read More ›