In a significant development, for the very first time, developers across the globe are testing the usage of hydrogen to power ships. The development comes as the maritime industry races to find technologies to slash carbon emissions; there is also a growing confidence that LNG can be used safely commercially. The United Nations has set…
Driven by a surge in demand for luxury cars by customers in the Chinese market helped the German auto giant Volkswagen AG to offset a decline of 1.1 per cent in delivery of vehicles because of the currently on going novel coronavirus pandemic. It also helped the largest automotive company of the world in terms…
Even though the energy company warned of “significant uncertainty” because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, its dividend was increased by Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday after the company easily beat third quarter profit forecasts. After having cut its dividend in April – which was the first time that the Anglo-Dutch company had done so since…
In a significant development United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) stated, it has pleaded guilty to trade secret theft in the United States, and will be paying a fine of $60 million and will cooperate with the prosecution of China’s Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co Ltd. Two years ago, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) had indicted…
In a breaking news, Microsoft Corp stated, it has detected and has attempted to stop a series of cyberattacks from Phosphorus, a company that has earlier been described as an ‘Iranian actor’. The attacks were aimed at more than 100 high-profile individuals. “Phosphorus, an Iranian actor, has targeted with this scheme potential attendees of the upcoming…
On Thursday, Japan’s Kioxia Holdings Corp stated, it would build a new production line for NAND memory chips in central Japan in order to meet surging demand for data storage across industry sectors ranging from smartphones to self-driving cars. The new line, the seventh for Kioxia, will be built at its existing plant in Yokkaichi,…
Profit expectations for the latest completed quarter were beaten by United Parcel Service Inc. But despite this, shares of the company dropped by 5.7 per cent because investors were apparently worried about a margin squeeze because of the increased e-commerce deliveries being undertaken by the company due to the increased demand during the novel coronavirus…
A quarterly profit and a positive cash flow were reported by General Electric Co on Wednesday which surprised analysts and the market. This performance was driven by cost cuts and improvements in its power and renewable energy businesses. The shares of the company rose by 10 per cent on the news. For the third quarter,…
There will not likely be an overall pick up in travel spending anytime soon, Mastercard said on Wednesday while also warning that the timing and the availability of Covid-19 vaccines will be the determinant for a recovery in cross border volumes of travel. There is still a significant impact of the pandemic on international travel,…
A immune response that as found to be similar among older and younger adults was produced by the under-trial vaccine candidate against Covi-19 being developed by the British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. The trial also fund that the potential adverse responses to the vaccine among the elderly were lower, said AstraZeneca, which is developing its potential…
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