A charity auction hosted by Christie’s in Switzerland saw a record 31m Swiss francs being given for a Patek Philippe watch. This is the highest price ever that has been paid for a wrist watch. The money collected from the sale will be donated for research into muscular dystrophy. Just a five-minute auction at the…
The vaping company Juul announced on Tuesday that it will cut more jobs that it had earlier announced – 650 jobs instead of the previously announced 500, in its efforts to reduce its expenditure by almost $1 billion by next year, said a company official. The number of jobs to planned to be cut accounts…
The latest financial results from the United States based ride hailing company Uber shows that Latin America turned out to be its biggest weak spot as the company noted just 2 per cent growth in the region, its worst for any region, and even as the company continued to lose money. Latin America has traditionally…
The vast number of risks the business faces has been detailed by Saudi Aramco, the state owned oil giant of Saudi Arabia that is set to launch its long-awaited initial public offering this year. The details of the risks being faced by the largest oil company of the world were mentioned in its prospectus that…
The finance ministers of the European Union have called on the economic block to completely stop al funding to oil, gas and coal projects. Experts estimate that if this measures is followed up, it would potentially lead to cancellation of annual investments worth €2bn. The EU finance ministers pointed out their concerns directly at the…
The world famous Disneyland in Hong Kong is being hit hard because of the political unrest and sometimes violent protests ongoing for almost five months now demanding more democratic rights from China. Despite reporting strong earnings for the latest quarter, Disney also pointed out to the increasing losses that the company is making for its…
Rings and shrink wrap used in its millions of multipack cans that are primarily made up of single use plastic will be replaced by Heineken with alternative cardboard materials that are much more eco-friendly in nature. This change will be implemented by the Dutch company starting April of 2020 in a phased manner across its…
Charges of spying for Saudi Arabia have been brought against two former employees of Twitter in the United States. Personal information about Twitter users including some of the established and known critics of the Saudi government were sought by the Saudi agents according ot the charges that were unsealed on Wednesday in San Francisco. Ali…
According to reports published recently, an offer worth about $33 billion in cash and stocks has been made by the United States based printer maker Xerox Holdings Corp for personal computer maker HP Inc which is three times the size of Xerox. The bid from Xerox was confirmed by HP but did not disclose the…
Increased competition, rising costs of fuel and global economic issues have caused a hiccup in the expansion of global airline industry forcing companies in the sector to look for deals an d consolidation even as there has been failure of some high profile deals. Keeping in line with this trend in the industry, Spain’s Air…
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