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Warren Buffet's Berkshire increases net profit by 20 times in 2020

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Net profit of Berkshire Hathaway, an investment firm owned by US billionaire Warren Buffet, jumped 20 times in 2019 to $ 81.4 billion from 4.021 billion in the previous year, the company said in its financial statements. The company associates this...

Groupon shares lose over 44%

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Shares of the American coupons discount service Groupon Inc collapsed by more than 44%, to a record low of $ 1.70 during trading in the US on Wednesday. Thus, the papers displayed the most significant one-day sale since 2011 when the company held an...

Visa approves Coinbase as debit cards issuer

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Coinbase, US cryptocurrency exchange, was granted the status of a full member of the system of Visa. For now, it is the only cryptocurrency company with this certification. Principal Member status allows issuing debit cards. Now, customers of...

Court stops dismissals in Petrobras

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On Tuesday, the Brazilian Ninth Circuit Regional Labor Court suspended dismissals at a subsidiary of the Petrobras oil corporation, which triggered a three-week strike by the oil workers union. "The judge decided to suspend layoffs until March 6...
Markets & Industries

Analysis: Will palladium become new gold?

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Over the past three years, palladium has risen in price almost four times, turning from a by-product of platinum extraction into the main source of revenue for the largest companies in the industry. This was made possible thanks to a sharp increase...

Airlines getting ready for first drop in passenger flow in 11 years

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For the first time after the financial crisis, airlines may face a drop in passenger traffic. Lost business revenue due to coronavirus is tentatively estimated at $ 30 billion. In 2020, the airline industry expects a decrease in global passenger...

UK real estate prices close to record after Brexit

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Prices for British real estate have almost reached a record since the beginning of February. The demand has been growing after the situation with Brexit has been clarified. This month, prices for real estate for sale in the UK approached a record...

WTO Trade Barometer: Global trade is getting weaker

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The growth rate of world trade in the first quarter of 2020 will be weaker than at the end of the past year, despite the conclusion of a trade agreement between the US and China, the World Trade Organization (WTO) indicator Trade Barometer shows....
In-depth coverage

In Russia, the French won more than the World Cup

For some people in France, victory was achieved long before the finals. The French national soccer team returned victorious, and so did companies like Louis Vuitton, Metalu Plast or Freyssinet. With a record-high budget for the FIFA 2018 edition in Russia, numerous French companies acquired not only profitable contracts, but a level of publicity they had rarely achieved before. Be it in luxur...
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“Wherever we go, we are above all at the service of the local authorities' urban project” an interview with Carmen Munoz, CEO of the French Company Citelum

Citelum, a subsidiary of the French energy group EDF, is a company specializing in urban lighting, which currently generates more than 75% of its revenue from international operations. Its general manager, Carmen Munoz-Dormoy, explains how the company has established itself abroad and how it is involved in local urban development.1. In your last activity report, you stated that you ar...
World & Politics

Trump administration requests $ 2.5B to fight coronavirus

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On Monday, February 24, the US Presidential Administration Donald Trump requested $ 2.5 billion from congress to fight against coronavirus, AP reports citing a statement from the White House budgetary office. These funds will be used to develop a...

IMF: Global GDP will lose 0.1 pp of growth due to coronavirus

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The situation with the spread of coronavirus will cost the global GDP about 0.1 percentage points of growth, if events develop according to the baseline scenario. China will lose about 0.4 percentage points of GDP compared with the forecast of the...

Merkel's party ranks third in Hamburg parliamentary elections

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The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) won the parliamentary elections in the federal state of Hamburg, follows from the calculation of the statistical bureau. The ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) gained 11.2%, ranking third. The SPD...

Tax Justice Network publishes money hideouts rating 2020

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The non-governmental organization Tax Justice Network ranked countries for financial opacity and closeness. The top 10 included not only offshore territories such as the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands, but also countries such as the...
Management & Strategy

Google downsizes Cloud Services department to compete with Amazon and Microsoft

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Google intends to compete in the cloud services market. To do this, the company is literally “shaking up” its cloud division and reducing the number of employees. For more than a year, the direction has been headed by a top manager, whose actions...

New-age marketing: Creating outstanding products

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Nowadays, consumers already have almost everything that they need. Moreover, they are too busy to spend time looking for the product that you created for them. Marketing departments take on a product or service and spend money to tell consumers that...

7 signs that it's time to fire you

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Sometimes it’s worth to take a detached look to understand how close you are to dismissal. Having soberly assessing yourself, you can figure out causes of conflicts in the office, start looking for another job, or show off in the new way. 1. You do...

Easy sales secrets: From neuromarketing to comparison

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Sales may seem simple to an uninitiated person. However, those who sell know that this is not so easy - and the best of them have their own professional secrets, about which we will tell now. Decision making: now! Immediacy can push a buyer to...