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Nvidia set to face French antitrust charges: sources
Nvidia set to face French antitrust charges: sources
NVIDIA is set to be charged by the French antitrust regulator for allegedly anti-competitive practices, people with direct knowledge of the matter said, making it the first enforcer to...
Samsung Electronics union in South Korea declares general strike
Samsung Electronics union in South Korea declares general strike
Union membership increased rapidly after Samsung in 2020 pledged to end to its practice of discouraging the growth of organised labourA workers’ union at Samsung Electronics in South Korea...
Amazon sidesteps carbon offset standard Bezos helped fund
Amazon sidesteps carbon offset standard Bezos helped fund
AMAZON has become the first company to sidestep a global standard for verifying carbon offsets, which was developed by a non-profit funded mainly by founder of the US technology...
Euro rises as French far right faces narrow road to majority
Euro rises as French far right faces narrow road to majority
THE euro climbed on Monday (Jul 1) after a convincing and historic win by the French far right in the first round of parliamentary elections fell slightly short of...
Civmec bags multiple contracts worth A4 million
Civmec bags multiple contracts worth A$174 million
CONSTRUCTION and engineering group Civmec Limited on Monday (Jul 1) said it has bagged multiple projects with a combined contract value of approximately A$174 million (S$157.5 million). These include a...
Air France sees revenue hit as fliers avoid Paris Olympics
Air France sees revenue hit as fliers avoid Paris Olympics
After the Olympics, travel to and from France will likely go back to normal, and the carrier said it’s seeing “encouraging demand” for the end of August and for...
Confidence returns to US IPOs with best start to year since 2021
Confidence returns to US IPOs with best start to year since 2021
For the first time in three years, Wall Street’s equity capital markets bankers appear to have the wind at their backs.Initial public offerings have gotten off to their best...
Morgan Stanley ending bonus caps for city of London staff
Morgan Stanley ending bonus caps for city of London staff
The Wall Street bank said that it continues “to pay competitively and reward strong performance” MORGAN Stanley is scrapping a cap on bonuses for bankers in the City of...
China sets up new state body to drill deep for oil and gas reserves
China sets up new state body to drill deep for oil and gas reserves
This is in answer to President Xi Jinping’s call for the sector to have “new productive forces” that will contribute to the country’s energy securityChina is setting up a...
Malaysia’s Sabah state to develop oil, gas facilities with Gibson Shipbrokers
Malaysia’s Sabah state to develop oil, gas facilities with Gibson Shipbrokers
LONDON-BASED Gibson Shipbrokers and Malaysian state-owned Sabah Oil & Gas Development Corporation (SOGDC) have signed an agreement to develop oil and gas facilities in the South-east Asian nation’s Sabah...