Failed Acquisition From 2009 Result S In $20 Billion Hit For Exxon

ExxonMobil has announced a dramatic mark down in the value of its natural gas assets, hitting the company already embattled throughout 2020. And with the company forecasting a more muted oil price recovery, the company also pledge to sharply reduce its spending ambitions. Incurring a non-cash charge of between $17 billion and $20 billion is…

Amazon And Apple Not Part Of French Initiative Of Setting Global Principles For ‘Big Tech’

The French government is taking an effort to get tech companies to get on board for publicly committing to principles which include paying their fair share of taxes. However, according to reports quoting government sources, United States based tech giants Amazon and Apple have not yet signed up to the pledge. Over the last three…

More Data On AstraZeneca’s Covid Vaccine Trials Needed, Say Oxford And WHO Scientists

In order to determine the safety and efficacy of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, there is need for more data from the vaccine trials, said scientists from the University of Oxford and the World Health Organization, after concerns were raised about the vaccine by experts from the United States earlier. “There’s always a problem in announcing scientific…

The Latest ‘Unicorn’ Is An Indian Start-Up Running A Second-Hand Car Platform

The value of a second-hand car website from India has rocketed to more than $1bn helping it to achieve unicorn status. With people looking to get access to alternatives to public transport such as pre-owned cars during the pandemic, a significant increase in its business has been witnessed by India’s Cars24. When a national lockdown…

Elon Musk And Bill Gates Are Both Second Richest Man In The World

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires index, which tracks the 500 wealthiest people in the world, the net worth of Tesla CEO reached $127.9 billion on Monday, with the shares of the electric vehicle maker reaching a record high. This sudden increase in Musk’s net worth made him the second-richest person of the world, beating Bill…

Best Quarterly Revenue Growth In 25 Years Reported By Best Buy For Q3

The United States based electronics retailer Best Buy notched up its largest quarterly sales growth in 25 years in the three months ending on October 31 as the company benefitted significantly from the rising trend of consumers purchasing laptops, home theatre systems, kitchen appliances and other electronics products with such consumers being forced to spend…