[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A steel worker of ThyssenKrupp stands amid sparks of raw iron coming from a blast furnace at a ThyssenKrupp steel factory in Duisburg, western Germany, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay BERLIN (Reuters)
Canada’s oil patch cuts back climate efforts under pandemic
[ad_1] WINNIPEG, Manitoba/TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian oil sands companies have shelved nearly C$2 billion in green initiatives in a cost-cutting drive to weather the coronavirus pandemic, a reversal in some of their commitments to reduce
Reliance says TPG and L Catterton to invest $847 million in Jio Platforms
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Commuters use their mobile phones as they wait at a bus stop with an advertisement of Reliance Industries’ Jio telecoms unit, in Mumbai, July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade NEW DELHI (Reuters) –
AstraZeneca agrees to supply Europe with 400 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
[ad_1] ROME (Reuters) – AstraZeneca Plc (AZN.L) has signed a contract with European governments to supply the region with its potential vaccine against the coronavirus, the British drugmaker’s latest deal to pledge its drug to
Factbox: What changes are companies making in response to George Floyd protests?
[ad_1] (Reuters) – The corporate response to a wave of protests over the treatment of African Americans has included pledges to increase diversity, donations to civil rights groups and, in some cases, changes in policies
Businessman close to Maduro arrested; Venezuela slams ‘arbitrary detention’
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Authorities in Cape Verde have arrested a businessman close to Venezuela’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Saturday, a move Venezuelan authorities called a violation of international
Canada spy agency warned of ‘shock waves’ from arrest of Huawei founder’s daughter
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to attend a court hearing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier/File Photo TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s intelligence agency
U.S.’s Pompeo to meet China’s top diplomat in Hawaii seeking to ease tensions: media
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a lunch hosted by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi with his counterparts of the permanent five veto-wielding members of the U.N. Security Council in New
Fed’s Bostic calls for end to racism, says Fed can play a role
[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic participates in a panel discussion at the American Economic Association/Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) 2019 meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., January 4, 2019. REUTERS/Christopher
New York judge dismisses much of ex-TCW manager’s sexual harassment lawsuit
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state judge dismissed a substantial portion of Sara Tirschwell’s sexual harassment lawsuit against her former employer, asset manager TCW Group Inc. In a 63-page decision made public