Late on Sunday, a spokeswoman for Blackstone Group Inc said, the asset manager has reached an agreement to acquire Simply Self Storage from Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management Inc for around $1.2 billion. The news confirms an earlier report from the Wall… Read More ›
COVID19
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific cuts 18% of workforce midst coronavirus pandemic
According to a report from the South China Morning Post on Tuesday, Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd stated it will cut 18% of its worforce, which amounts to 6,000 jobs, to help it weather the coronavirus-induced COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this… Read More ›
Britain to test COVID-19 status of international tourists from November 2020
According to a report from The Guardian, the UK government will set up a global travel taskforce and defer an anticipated plan to introduce COVID-19 testing for international arrivals until November. The setting up of the taskforce came about on… Read More ›
UPS to hire 100,000 seasonal workers for extended holiday shopping season
In efforts aimed at supporting a delivery network that is increasingly being taxed by the COVID-19 induced fueled online shopping, United Parcel Service Inc said, it will be hiring 100,000 workers for the winter holiday shopping season. UPS, the world’s… Read More ›
Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings in talks with dozen countries over COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement: CEO
In a statement, the CEO of Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc disclosed, the U.S.-based company is in discussions with around a dozen countries for a COVID-19 vaccine supply agreement. The company is in early human testing of its COVID-19 candidate. In… Read More ›
Wearing a mask in shared spaces, including office and factories is mandatory from Sept. 1: French Labour Ministry
In a significant development, France’s Labour Ministry stated, the French government plans on making wearing a mask compulsory in the vast majority of workplaces from September 1, 2020, as one of the measures to mitigate the resurgence of the COVID-19… Read More ›
Beijing grants first COVID-19 vaccine patent to CanSino Biologics Inc
In a significant development, Chinese vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc has been approved by Beijing to produce its COVID-19 vaccine candidate Ad5-nCOV, said a report from the state media citing documents from the China’s intellectual property regulator. This is the… Read More ›