The novel coronavirus pandemic will cause a loss in the fiscal third quarter, expects the international coffee chain Starbucks. The company predicted a a loss of as much as $3.2 billion in revenue because of the coronavirus pandemic. The company… Read More ›
Sustainability
OECD Predicts UK To Be The Worst Hit Economy Among Leading Nations Due To Pandemic
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has warned that the United Kingdom is likely to the hardest hit economically among the richer countries because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The OECD said that that there is likely to a… Read More ›
Green Recovery Plans Threatened By Govts’ Covid-19 Stimulus For High-Carbon Industries
The vital climate talks of the United Nations is being threatened of being sidelined maid the raging novel coronavirus pandemic even as governments and central banks across the world have seemingly failed to set out a green recovery from the… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia, Russia And Other OPEC+ Members To Extend Oil Cuts Till July
The decision last weekend of OPEC, Russia and allies to extend the deepest cut in oil production till the end of July is expected to have a positive impact on the global oil prices. Since the cuts were imposed bout… Read More ›
British Luxury Car Makers Bentley, Aston Martin And McLaren Cuts Thousands Of Jobs
The severe hit that the outbreak of the novel coronavirus has had o the sales of luxury cars all over the world has forced British luxury auto makers Bentley, Aston Martin and McLaren to lay off about 3,000 employees over… Read More ›
UK Arm Victoria’s Secret Sent Into Administration
The fashion brand Victoria’s Secret’s UK arm has been sent into administration which has put more than 800 jobs at possible elimination. All of the 25 stores of the company in the UK have been shut since the beginning of… Read More ›
Work-from-home will reshape the fabric of cities: U.S. HR executives survey result
According to the results of a survey on large business associations, more than three out of four U.S. human resource executives opine that the work from home trend will continue to be in vogue even after the threat of the… Read More ›
UK should provide access to capital to key strategic industries: Make UK
On Monday, Make UK, a UK trade body stated, the government should provide direct support to strategic manufacturing sectors and companies, including those in the steel, aerospace, and automotive space, to help through mitigate the coronavirus crisis. As Britain slides… Read More ›
Japan weighing options to open tourism sector to TPP-11 members
Japan is weighing its options on re-opening its tourism sector to select countries which have low levels of coronavirus infections. Japan has already eased restrictions put in place earlier this year to control the coronavirus outbreak, these include reopening of… Read More ›
Microsoft To Replace Journalists With Artificially Intelligent Robots
Microsoft has replaced humans with artificial intelligence as the company sacked dozens of journalists and installed artificial intelligence software in their place. The company has told the employees who manage the news homepages on Microsoft’s MSN website and its Edge… Read More ›