2,100 people lost their jobs in a media landslide this year

2,100 people lost their jobs in a media landslide this year

The media industry seemed to be in freefall following the announcement that Vice Media would cut 10% of its staff and that McClatchy Company offered buyouts to 450 employees, bringing the total number of media jobs cut in 2019 to...
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Emirates weighs killing A380 for A350 or A330neo

Emirates weighs killing A380 for A350 or A330neo

The superjumbo Airbus A380 is the poster child of Emirates’ global reach with 109 flying machines at the airline. And the coming 777X is defined as it is thanks to the trio’s geography. A requirement for sporty performance in 120-degree...
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Boeing Earnings, Outlook Smash Expectations

Boeing Earnings, Outlook Smash Expectations

Boeing’s stock rockets, to give a 150-point boost to the Dow’s price. Boeing shares soared more than 6%, and are set to take out all time highs of $392 after reporting earnings that smashed expectations and unveiling guidance that was...
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Volkswagen is close to hiring banks for Truck Unit IPO

Volkswagen is close to hiring banks for Truck Unit IPO

German Volkswagen AG is supposedly close to hiring banks and advisers to work on an IPO (initial public offering) for its heavy-truck division. Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are likely to...
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PG&E Files For Bankruptcy Protection With $50 Billion In Debt

PG&E Files For Bankruptcy Protection With $50 Billion In Debt

In what’s expected to be one of the most complicated bankruptcies in recent memory thanks to the involvement of indignant state and federal regulators, activist shareholders, worried bond holders and angry fire victims, PG&E has officially filed for ...
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Tata group is India’s most valuable brand

Tata group is India’s most valuable brand

At $19.5 billion, Tata group is India’s most valuable brand. The value of the brand Tata has soared 37 per cent to $19.5 billion in 2019, helping the conglomerate break into the top-100 in a global brands list. The salt-to-software...
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Honeywell And Pipistrel Collaborate On Aircraft Technologies

Honeywell And Pipistrel Collaborate On Aircraft Technologies

Honeywell And Pipistrel Collaborate On Aircraft Technologies For Urban Air Mobility Honeywell and Pipistrel combine aerospace expertise to address the technical, regulatory and business challenges of the emerging on-demand mobility market. Honeywell (NYSE: HO...
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German expert panel agrees on 2038 deadline to end coal use

German expert panel agrees on 2038 deadline to end coal use

In a pioneering move, a government-appointed panel on Saturday recommended that Germany stop burning coal to generate electricity by 2038 at the latest, as part of efforts to curb climate change. The so-called Coal Commission reached agreement in the early...
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Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley asked to cancel trades after $58 billion flash crash

Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley asked to cancel trades after $58 billion flash crash

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley asked some counterparties to cancel or amend trades in Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd, after a $US41 billion ($SG58 billion) flash crash on Thursday saw shares change hands far below the market level, according to people...
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Removing defunct oil and gas rigs in the North Sea could cost UK taxpayers £24 Billion

Removing defunct oil and gas rigs in the North Sea could cost UK taxpayers £24 Billion

NAO report reveals cost of removing hundreds of North Sea wells, rigs and pipelines British taxpayers face a £24 Billion bill for tax relief awarded to oil and gas companies removing hundreds of North Sea wells, rigs and pipelines, the...
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Hyundai Motor suffers first net loss in 8 years as China sales skid 23%

Hyundai Motor suffers first net loss in 8 years as China sales skid 23%

Hyundai Motor Q4 net loss 129.8 Billion won vs profit expected Company’s China vehicle sales slide 23% in Q4 Analysts skeptical of strong Hyundai earnings recovery this year South Korea’s Hyundai Motor surprised the market on Thursday by posting it...
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UN: Global FDI skids 19% on Trump tax reform

UN: Global FDI skids 19% on Trump tax reform

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) fell 19% last year to an estimated $1.2 trillion, largely due to by US President Donald Trump’s tax reforms, the United Nations trade and development agency UNCTAD said today. FDI comprises cross-border mergers and...
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France presses Japan to accept Renault-Nissan merger

France presses Japan to accept Renault-Nissan merger

Paris informs Tokyo it wants Renault and Nissan to integrate The French government has asked Japan company to accept a possible merger between Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. following the arrest of Carlos Ghosn, who had managed the alliance...
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Foxconn Cuts 50,000 Jobs Due To iPhone Sales Slowdown

Foxconn Cuts 50,000 Jobs Due To iPhone Sales Slowdown

In the latest indication that the slump in sales of Apple’s most recent batch of iPhones isn’t a transitory trend, Nikkei Asia Review on Friday reported that Foxconn, one of Apple’s biggest and most important iPhone suppliers, is cutting seas...
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U.K.: Housing market outlook worst ‘for 20 years’

U.K.: Housing market outlook worst ‘for 20 years’

The housing market outlook over the next 3 months is the worst for 20 years, surveyors say. A net balance of 28% of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) members expect sales to fall in the next 3 months. It’s...
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