In a development that highlights the challenges facing Britain, the country’s finance minister Rishi Sunak has borrowed a record $285 billion (215 billion pounds) in the first seven months of this financial year as he prepares his war chest to… Read More ›
Sustainability
European banking industry must increase efficiency: HSBC chairman
Mark Tucker, the chairman of HSBC has called on European banks to become more efficient while raising the possibility of branch closures and potential mergers in the banking industry. Tucker made these comments while speaking at a banking conference wherein he… Read More ›
Its UK Future Minus A Brexit Deal Will Be Detrimental For It, Warns Nissan
Japanese car maker Nissan has warned that Britain’s biggest car plant “will not be sustainable”if there is no deal Brexit with the deadline of the final exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union draws near. There will be… Read More ›
WHO Europe Says Possible To Avoid Fresh Lockdowns In Europe
It is possible to avoid fresh complete lockdowns in Europe, believes that World Health Organization (WHO) as a large swath of the continent is hit with a second wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic and many countries already announcing and… Read More ›
China Will Open Up More Of Its Large Economy, Says President Xi At Apec
Its “super-sized” will be opened up to a greater extent economy to import more high-quality goods and services, said Chinese president Xi Jinping. He also said that free trade deal wil be signed by China with more countries. Xi made… Read More ›
Germany’s Thyssenkrupp AG plans further 5,000 job cuts: CEO
On Thursday, ailing German multinational conglomerate Thyssenkrupp AG said, it plans on cutting 5,000 jobs in order to ease the impact of the coronavirus, which emerged from Wuhan, China, from its businesses. “We’re not yet where we need to be. The… Read More ›
Sale Of New Diesel And Gasoline Cars To Be Stopped By UK In 2030
Cars running on only on fossil fuels will be banned by the United Kingdom in 2030 in a move that is aimed at phasing out polluting vehicles before any other major economy in the world while also supporting the recovery… Read More ›
Largest Ever Fall Predicted In Sale Of Global Luxury Goods For 2020, According To Bain Forecast
According to consultancy firm Bain, a fall of 23 per cent is set to be recorded in the sales of luxury goods worldwide to 217 billion euros ($258 billion) in the current year which be the largest such fall in… Read More ›
Unilever sets optimistic sales targets for dairy & meat alternatives
On Wednesday, in a statement Unilever stated, it expects sales of its plant-based dairy and meat products to touch 1 billion euros sales in the next 5 to 7 years. Unilever is seeing a growth in this sector thanks to rising sales… Read More ›
Japan Now Part Of The Economic ‘Zoom Boom’ Trend Of Growth
A growth of 5 per cent in the third quarter of this year had=s now pushed the Japanese economy out of recession. With the novel coronavirus pandemic induced lockdowns hit its manufacturing sector and consumer spending, the country witnessed a… Read More ›