While exploring measures to fill gaps in emerging markets, the case for seeking members from the ranks of discount carriers is being reviewed by the Oneworld alliance, which includes British Airways and American Airlines. The group is evaluating steps to boost its presence in Africa, India and China and to low-cost operators that account for an…
Overshadowed by its neighbour Saudi Aramco, Qatar Petroleum is the hidden giant of the global energy industry. Yet the state-run company is allowed to pump more oil and gas than Rosneft PJSC or Exobb Mobil Corp due to the country’s colossal natural gas resources. The company needs to change tack after almost two decades of breakneck growth. As…
Posing a privacy risk to consumers are Internet-connected toys, including several children’s dolls, allege advocacy groups. The advocacy groups for children and consumers say that the parents often aren’t aware for this. Collection and use of personal information from children in violation of rules prohibiting unfair and deceptive practices is being done by two talking…
Amidst the attempts by a Singapore-based firm Infinium Robotics to carve a niche in the drone market by developing a flying warehouse robot, there are fears that very soon a flying drone could take inventory in a warehouse–and possibly someone’s job. The company later attempted to apply drone technology use in food service, although this…
Noises coming from the U.S. that suggest the new administration is moving closer to a trade war with China is at the centre of attention for A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the owner of the world’s biggest container shipping line. Maersk’s management has been but little unsettled by the Bottom of Form U.S. President Donald Trump’s rejection of…
Accenture Plc their deployment in sectors such as finance could be sped up and help make blockchain applications more secure by a new technology that it says it has developed. Storing of security credentials by the blockchain users in highly secure processors that are specifically designed to safeguard passwords and “digital keys” and hardware security…
Claiming that a defamatory article deprived her of the chance to launch a lucrative brand of clothing, shoes, jewelry and perfume, First Lady Melania Trump is suing a British newspaper, even though the article was later retracted. Accusing the London tabloid of making it almost impossible to take advantage of “major business opportunities” available “for…
In what is a record for the world’s richest college, Harvard University raised $1.2 billion from donations. The New York-based Council for Aid to Education, which tracks university giving, said in a survey released Tuesday that as colleges collected an unprecedented $41 billion in fiscal 2016, Harvard’s take was the most by any U.S. university.…
Positive betting that OPEC’s cuts are real are being put by investors. As signs show OPEC and other nations are slashing production, money managers are the most bullish ever on West Texas Intermediate crude for a second week. Russia, the largest of the non-members taking part in the deal, reduced output by 117,000 barrels a…
There were questions about how the Trump brand would be affected since the day Donald J. Trump began his presidential campaign. Was all the attention good for business, a marketing adage President Trump could have learned during his time as a reality television star or would his stream of insults hurt viewership of ”The Apprentice”…
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