Companies & CEOs

Dr. Martens announces upcoming change of CEO

Kenny Wilson, the CEO of Dr. Martens Plc, a footwear firm headquartered in the United Kingdom, announced in a press release that he would retire prior to the end of…
Published on April 17, 2024
By Iris Barker

Volkswagen to invest €2.5 billion in expansion of innovation center in China

The production and innovation center in the city of Hefei, in the Anhui province of eastern China, is set to expand with the investment of €2.5 billion from the automaker…
Published on April 16, 2024
By Iris Barker

Hearings on Trump’s criminal case start in New York

According to The Hill, on Monday the New York court opened hearings in the criminal case involving former US President Donald Trump.
Published on April 16, 2024
By Iris Barker

Gold exceeds $2400 per ounce for the first time in history

Friday's trade saw gold prices break beyond $2400 per ounce for the first time, setting yet another milestone.
Published on April 15, 2024
By Iris Barker

P&G recalls 8.2 million packs of laundry pods in the U.S. due to health risks

Due to potential health hazards, American Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G), the largest consumer products maker in the world, is voluntarily recalling approximately 8.2 million packets of Tide, Gain, Ace,…
Published on April 8, 2024
By Iris Barker

Alaska Airlines receives $160 million from Boeing for a hatch plug that broke off

Alaska Airlines announced that it has received the first payment from Boeing related to an early January incident. The American airline's 737 MAX 9 aircraft then experienced cabin depressurization as…
Published on April 5, 2024
By Iris Barker

Ripple announces launch of its own stablecoin at the end of 2024

In late 2024, Ripple plans to introduce its own stablecoin based on the Ethereum and XRP Ledger blockchains.
Published on April 5, 2024
By Iris Barker

Reuters: Premium electric car brand from China returns to U.S. IPO plans

Geely's premium electric vehicle brand Zeekr has resumed preparations for an initial public offering (IPO) in the US, according to sources cited by Reuters. Zeekr later lowered its estimates in…
Published on April 4, 2024
By Iris Barker

US watchdogs turn attention to BlackRock and Vanguard’s large stakes in banks

According to The Wall Street Journal, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and other US banking authorities are curious as to whether investment funds BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street Corp.…
Published on April 3, 2024
By Iris Barker

Trump Media shares fall by 21% after statements about 2023 losses and risks

Truth's parent company, Trump Media & Technology Group, announced on April 1 that it lost over $58 million in 2023 and could find it difficult to pay its debts going…
Published on April 2, 2024
By Iris Barker

Fortune of the richest 1% of Americans hits $44.6T at the end of 2023

The Federal Reserve (Fed) report states that the rise in the stock market contributed to the wealthiest 1% of Americans having a record $44.6 trillion at the end of 2023.
Published on April 1, 2024
By Iris Barker

US SLB buys CO2 capture company for $400 mln

The US oilfield services business SLB (formerly Schlumberger) has made a NOK 4.1 billion ($382 million) investment in the Norwegian business Aker Carbon Capture (ACC), which creates technology for atmospheric…
Published on March 29, 2024
By Iris Barker

Stellantis to dismiss 3,600 employees in Italy

The European automaker Stellantis NV offered to end employment contracts to roughly 3.6 thousand workers at its Italian operations, according to a report from the trade union FIOM-CGIL.
Published on March 29, 2024
By Iris Barker

Amazon announces $2.75 billion investment in AI startup Anthropic

Anthropic, an AI business, has received a $2.75 billion investment from Amazon, which raised the share of Amazon’s investment in the company to $4 billion.
Published on March 28, 2024
By Iris Barker

Italy sells 12.5% stake in Monte Paschi for €650 mln

According to the Economy and Finance Ministry of Italy, the government has sold securities worth €650 million to lower its interest in Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena as part…
Published on March 28, 2024
By Iris Barker

Visa and Mastercard to cut interchange fees on cards in the U.S.

After nearly 20 years of litigation, Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. achieved a deal with the U.S. merchant industry that included a reduction in interchange fees on credit cards.
Published on March 27, 2024
By Iris Barker

Vitol cuts oil and oil products supplies by 2.5 times in 2023

International trader Vitol reduced its supply of oil and oil products by 2.5 times in 2023, from 7.4 million barrels per day to 3 million barrels per day.
Published on March 27, 2024
By Iris Barker

Unilever to spin off ice cream production into a separate company

One of the biggest FMCG companies in the world, British-Dutch Unilever, intends to split off its ice cream division into a different business.
Published on March 20, 2024
By Iris Barker

JPMorgan fined $350mln for violations in monitoring operations

JPMorgan Chase & Co. was fined $348.2 million by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve System for lacking adequate oversight over trading activities.
Published on March 15, 2024
By Iris Barker

Apple to expand applied research lab in China

Xinhua News Agency writes that Apple Inc. intends to build a new lab in Shenzhen and expand its applied research facility in Shanghai by 2024.
Published on March 14, 2024
By Iris Barker

Saudi Aramco posts net profit second largest in the company’s history

The Saudi state-owned oil corporation, Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco), reported its second-highest net profit in company history in 2023.
Published on March 12, 2024
By Iris Barker

European Commission fines Apple more than €1.8 billion

According to a press release from the European Commission (EC), Apple Inc. has been fined more than €1.8 billion for abusing its dominant position in the music streaming services market…
Published on March 5, 2024
By Iris Barker

Chevron to set up hydrogen production using solar energy

The US-based Chevron’s subsidiary Chevron New Energies revealed plans to build a 5-megawatt hydrogen production facility in the Central Valley of California.
Published on March 4, 2024
By Iris Barker

Tata to build battery plant in UK’s Somerset

The British county of Somerset will host the Indian corporation Tata Group's 4-billion-pound ($5.06 billion) plant that will make batteries for electric vehicles. The project will be built close to…
Published on February 29, 2024
By Iris Barker

Japanese IT company Rakuten plans to float shares for $666 mln

Japanese IT corporation Rakuten Group Inc., a, intends to enhance its financial situation by floating 100 billion yen ($666 million) worth of shares.
Published on February 28, 2024
By Iris Barker

Nokia accelerates movement to net zero emissions

Finnish telecom equipment manufacturer Nokia Corp. intends to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions (net zero) by 2040, MarketWatch writes.
Published on February 27, 2024
By Iris Barker

Bezos sells 50 million shares of Amazon, makes $8.5B

Jeff Bezos sold more Amazon shares for over $2.4 billion. He intended to sell 50 million shares by the end of January 2025, but this goal is fulfilled already now,…
Published on February 22, 2024
By Iris Barker

EC approves merger of Orange’s Spanish unit with Masmovil Ibercom

Following an agreement between the firms to sell some assets, the European Commission (EC) approved the merger of Masmovil Ibercom SA and Orange SA, the Spanish unit of the French…
Published on February 21, 2024
By Iris Barker

Capital One will buy Discover for $35 billion in the biggest deal of 2024

Capital One Financial Corporation's $35 billion acquisition of Discover Financial Services will become the largest M&A transaction of 2024.
Published on February 21, 2024
By Iris Barker

Strike at Lufthansa may affect 100,000 passengers

Lufthansa has issued a warning that a strike by Verdi trade union members may result in canceled or delayed flights, affecting around 100,000 people.
Published on February 20, 2024
By Iris Barker

EC starts inspection of TikTok due to possible violations of Digital Services Law

According to Commissioner Thierry Breton, the European Commission has opened an investigation against TikTok for potential infractions of European laws pertaining to digital services.
Published on February 20, 2024
By Iris Barker

EC approves merger of South Korea’s two largest airlines

The European Commission (EC) confirmed in a statement that it had authorized Korean Air's acquisition of rival Asiana Airlines.
Published on February 15, 2024
By Iris Barker

Biogen’s quarterly profit falls 2.2-fold due to abandonment of Aduhelm’s development

The fourth quarter of 2023 saw a 2.2-fold decline in net profit for Biogen Inc., a US biotechnology company. This decline was partly caused by one-time expenses related to the…
Published on February 14, 2024
By Iris Barker

Uber, Lyft and DoorDash drivers will strike on Valentine’s Day

Due to discontent with wages and other working conditions, drivers for Uber Technologies, Lyft Inc., and DoorDash—three U.S. taxi and delivery services—will go on strike on Valentine's Day, February 14,…
Published on February 14, 2024
By Iris Barker

Court orders Musk to testify before SEC about Twitter purchase

The California judge ruled that Elon Musk will have to appear before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) once more as part of an inquiry into potential irregularities in the…
Published on February 12, 2024
By Iris Barker

Pioneer shareholder suspects the company of withholding information its buyer Exxon

According to Bloomberg Law, the Operating Engineers Construction Industry and Miscellaneous Pension Fund sued Pioneer Natural Resources Co., a producer of oil and gas in the United States, in Delaware…
Published on February 12, 2024
By Iris Barker

Deutsche Boerse’s operator increases quarterly profit and revenue

Deutsche Boerse AG, the exchange’s operator, saw a 13% increase in net profit and a 20% gain in revenue in Q4.
Published on February 9, 2024
By Iris Barker

Maersk shares lose 17% after halting share buybacks amid disruptions in Red Sea

Maersk's stock dropped 17% in Copenhagen following the release of its projections.
Published on February 9, 2024
By Iris Barker

Toyota to invest $1.3 billion more in Kentucky flagship plant

According to a press release from the company's U.S. division, Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor plans to invest an additional $1.3 billion on its flagship facility located in Kentucky.
Published on February 8, 2024
By Iris Barker

Activists withdraw proposal to Exxon for additional emissions reductions

The Financial Times reports, referring to a statement released by the climate group Follow This, that the group has opted to remove a proposal it had intended to include on…
Published on February 5, 2024
By Iris Barker

Retailer Shein faces more than 90 lawsuits in the US over copyright infringements

The Financial Times reports that Asian online apparel company Shein, which is getting ready to go public on the US stock market, has been charged with many copyright violations.
Published on February 5, 2024
By Iris Barker

EC allows Pirelli and PIF to set up tires production in Saudi Arabia

The Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia and Pirelli of Italy have been granted permission by the European Commission to establish a joint venture specializing in tires within the…
Published on February 2, 2024
By Iris Barker

Cigna to sell assets, including Medicare segment, for $3.7B

Health Care Service Corp. (HCSC) will purchase US health insurer Cigna Corp.'s Medicare national insurance program business and subsidiary CareAllies, which provides services to healthcare organizations, for about $3.7 billion,…
Published on February 1, 2024
By Iris Barker

Alphabet’s profit rises to $73.8B

The US holding corporation Alphabet Inc., which controls Google, announced in a release that its net profit for 2023 climbed by 23% year over year to $73.795 billion.
Published on January 31, 2024
By Iris Barker

Tesla plans over $10B in capital expenditures for 2024

The American electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Inc. stated in its annual report that its capital expenditures would surpass $10 billion in 2024 and fall within the range of $8 billion…
Published on January 30, 2024
By Iris Barker

Eni agrees to supply Ryanair in Italy with 100 thousand tons of biofuel

Ryanair, the biggest budget airline in Europe, and Enilive, a division of Eni, have inked agreements of intent to deliver SAF clean-burning biofuel between 2025 and 2030 to many Italian…
Published on January 30, 2024
By Iris Barker

Skydance movie studio plans to buy all shares of Paramount

The American media business Skydance is thinking about purchasing all of its larger rival Paramount Global's shares in order to delist them later, reports CNBC citing sources.
Published on January 26, 2024
By Iris Barker

Nokia unexpectedly ends Q4 with a net loss

Nokia Corp., the Finnish manufacturer of telecom equipment, saw a 23% decline in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2023 and an unanticipated loss at the end of the quarter.
Published on January 25, 2024
By Iris Barker

ADNOC to increase investment in decarbonization projects to $23B

The state-owned energy firm of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC), plans to raise its investment in decarbonization projects by over 50%. The company announced in…
Published on January 23, 2024
By Iris Barker

BofA names companies that provide top returns for S&P 500 participants

According to analysts at Bank of America, the "Magnificent Seven" technology companies—American Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Meta, Amazon.com Inc., Alphabet Inc., and Nvidia Corp.—as well as Tesla, comprise the majority…
Published on January 23, 2024
By Iris Barker
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