The economy of the United Kingdom shrank to its joint largest fall since 1979, according to official figures, with a contraction of 2.2 per cent in the January to March quarter. This drop was more than was initially expected. Its… Read More ›
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BP To Sell Its Petrochem Business For $5 Bln As It Transition To Low Carbon Energy
The global petrochemicals business of British Petroleum (BP) will be sold to billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos for $5 billion, the company said. With this deal the energy major will be completely exiting a sector that is widely viewed to be… Read More ›
EU To Examine Role Of Germany’s Financial Watchdog Over Wirecard Collapse
The role of the German regulators in the accounting scandal and the ultimate collapse of the country’s fintech giant Wirecard will be looked into by European Union officials. Specifically, the extent to which the regulators were aware of the development… Read More ›
Administrators Called In By UK Shopping Centre Giant Intu
Administrators have been called in by Intu, the owner of some of the biggest shopping centres of the United Kingdom. No agreement had been reached in its negotiations about financial restructuring with its lenders, the company said previously. the company… Read More ›
$1.4bn Of The Pandemic Aid Was Sent To Dead People By The US Treasury
Government inspectors in the United States have found out that more than $1.4bn of its pandemic rescue funds were sent by the US Treasury to people who we4re already dead by mistake. This disclosure was among the several “challenges” that… Read More ›
The Worst Of The Coronavirus Crisis Has ‘Probably Passed’, Says ECB’s Lagarde
While expressing hope that the worst phase of the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic on the world would be over, Christine Lagarde, the president of the European Central Bank, said that it is unlikely that the world and its… Read More ›
Qantas To Axe 20% Of Workforce In Response To Covid-19
Australia’s Qantas said on Thursday that it would implement a massive $10 billion cost-cutting program in response to the Covid-19 crisis, which will include jobs cuts of at least 20 per cent of its total workforce and the grounding of… Read More ›
Apple’s Valuation Is About 20% Short Of Being A $2 Trillion Company
Investors at Wall Street have reacted positively to what they saw and heard from Apple during the Worldwide Developers Conference organized by the company in a virtual environment for the first time because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. This was… Read More ›
Green Campaign Group Alleges Wood From Unsustainable Logging Being Sold In EU
According to the allegations made by a green campaign group, consumers in the European Union are being falsely made to purchase unethically sourced timber from Ukraine as being ethical and sustainable because regulations in the Ukrainian forests is not proving… Read More ›
Plans Of A Platform To Take On Google And Apple Unveiled By Snapchat Owner
Plans for launching of a fully fledged digital platform that will rival not only Facebook but also Google and Apple were revealed by Snap, the company behind Snapchat. The company plans to soon launch an app store and expand its… Read More ›
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