Sections

ideals

Business Essentials for Professionals



Companies

Microsoft's CEO Predicts A "New Era" Of A Stagnant Labour Pool

In an interview with Reuters, Microsoft Corp. President Brad Smith said that the United States is entering a "new epoch" in which fewer people are joining the labour and the demand to pay higher wages may become permanent.   Smith noted one source of today's "increased economic volatility"...

Shareholders Of Sainsbury's Vote Down The Firm Committing To Paying A Real Living Wage

At Sainsbury's annual general meeting earlier this week, shareholders of the company voted to prevent a special resolution calling for Britain's second-largest supermarket firm to pledge to paying the so-called real Living Wage to all employees by July 2023.   According to the...

A Criminal Complaint Has Been Filed Against UBS For DRC-Linked Money

Three organisations have filed a criminal complaint with Swiss federal prosecutors, alleging that UBS failed to exercise due diligence in respect to cash received by an accused associate of former Congolese President Joseph Kabila.   The case, filed jointly by the Swiss campaign group Public...

Tesco And Heinz Achieve A Price Accord

Tesco and Heinz have achieved a deal that will see some of the UK's most well-known goods return to Tesco's shelves in the coming days. Heinz beans and tomato ketchup were among the items that had vanished from Tesco's shelves due to a pricing dispute.   Tesco declined to disclose whether...

Twitter Has Vowed To Sue Musk When He Walks Out Of A $44 Billion Contract

Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO and the world's richest person, announced on Friday that he was cancelling his $44 billion proposal to buy Twitter because the social media business violated multiple clauses of the merger agreement.   Bret Taylor, Twitter's chairman, stated on the microblogging...

UK's BII Will Invest In A New Mahindra EV Segment Valued At $9 Billion

Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd and British International Investment (BII) will each invest up to $250 million in the automaker's new electric car segment, valued at $9.1 billion, sending Indian shares jumping on Friday.   BII will own 4.8 per cent of the company, which will specialise on...

Tesla Sells An All-Time High ‘Made In China’ Vehicles In June

Tesla scored its greatest monthly sales of China-made automobiles in June since opening its Shanghai facility in 2019, according to data released on Friday, as the American automaker ramped up output that had been impacted by the city's COVID-19 lockdown.   According to the China Passenger...

Chips Help Samsung To Record The Largest Q2 Profit Since 2018, But Says Demand Is Cooling

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd of South Korea reported its biggest April-June profit since 2018, boosted by robust sales of memory chips to server customers even as demand from inflation-hit smartphone makers cools.   Following the release of preliminary results, shares of the world's top...

Amazon Partners With Just Eat On Meal Delivery In The United States, And Grubhub Invests

Amazon has agreed to buy a 2 per cent share in Just Eat Takeaway.com's failing US meal delivery service Grubhub and will provide Prime members with access to the service for a year.   Just Eat Takeaway's shares have dropped 70% this year as shareholders requested that it sell or find a...

Voyager Digital, A Cryptocurrency Lender, Declares Bankruptcy

Voyager Digital declared bankruptcy on Wednesday, a week after the crypto lender froze withdrawals, trading, and deposits on its platform to investigate strategic alternatives.   Voyager, based in New Jersey, stated in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing on Tuesday that it had more than 100,000...

Customers Of Retailer Sainsbury's Choosing To Purchase More Of Own-Brand Products

Customers at Sainsbury's are shifting to own-brand items and scaling back on non-essential expenditure as prices grow faster, according to the supermarket's CEO.   Simon Roberts went on to say that the strain on household budgets is only going to become worse during the rest of the year....

Sanofi Introduces A Worldwide Health Brand With Non-Profit Treatments

In the first part of its effort to extend access to its medicines globally, French manufacturer Sanofi will make 30 of its therapies, including insulin, available on a not-for-profit basis in 40 low-income nations.   The treatments will be delivered under the new Impact brand, which is part...
1 ... « 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 » ... 260