American company Uber, which created the taxi service of the same name, announced it had bought its Middle East competitor Careem for $3 billion 100 million. Under the terms of the deal, the American company will pay 1 billion 400 million dollars ...
In the UK, about 1.5 million workers, most of whom are women and part-time workers, may lose their jobs due to automation. According to The Guardian, data from the Office for National Statistics showed that for the period from 2011 to 2017, ...
South Korean company Samsung Electronics warned about lower than expected financial results for the first quarter of this year, which was caused by weakening sales of memory chips and displays especially. According to the 2018 report, it was ...
In March, the US consumer confidence index, calculated by Conference Board, was 124.1 points, down from 131.4 points in February. Economists had expected the index to rise to 132.5 points. American consumers also worsened their attitude to ...
In February, the construction of 1 million 162 thousand houses was started in the USA, which is 8.7% less than in January, when their growth was 11.7%. As reported by the US Department of Commerce, the indicator fell in February at a maximum ...
American corporation McDonald’s announced the purchase of an Israeli IT-company engaged in artificial intelligence technologies. In the message, the transaction amount is not disclosed. It is estimated at around $300 million and makes this ...
Two payment systems - American MasterCard and Middle East Network International Holdings - have announced a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the development of electronic payments in Africa and the Middle East. The companies entered ...
The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies Insee published the final data on the growth of the country's economy in the fourth quarter of last year. Growth estimate for the quarter is confirmed at the level of 0.3%. Relative ...
Chinese company China Aviation Supplies Holding issued an order for the purchase of 300 aircraft from the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus for a total amount of $35 billion. The order included 290 narrow-bodied A320 aircraft and 10 A320 ...
The German entrepreneur confidence index was 99.6 points in March, having risen from 98.7 points in February, the Ifo Institute reported. The index showed growth for the first time after a six-month decline and turned out to be better than ...
In the March review, Citigroup improved its forecast for the average annual price of Brent crude for the current year from $64 to $70 per barrel, Bloomberg reported. Citigroup experts expect that in the second quarter, this sort of oil will ...
Airline Qatar Airways decided not to replenish its fleet with Boeing 737 MAX airliners in April of this year, announcing the cancellation of the planned delivery until the reasons for the crash of this plane in Ethiopia were determined. As ...
The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Charles Evans, in an interview with CNBC during the Asian Investment Conference, Credit Suisse, commented on financial market concerns about the inverted yield curve. He noted that the flat yield ...
The member countries of the OPEC + agreement to reduce oil production have made a formal decision to cancel the ministerial meeting scheduled for April in Vienna. This was reported to Bloomberg by OPEC delegates who wished to be unnamed. According ...
The signing of a trade agreement between the United States and China can be slowed down due to the difficulties encountered during the negotiations to resolve controversial issues in the field of e-commerce, sources familiar with the negotiations ...
In March, the Belgian business sentiment index showed a significant improvement after a decline during the previous three months, according to official data. In the manufacturing industry, the indicator of business confidence rose to minus ...
In Spain, in February, an increase in producer price inflation was recorded for the first time in the last 5 months. According to INE statistics, producer prices rose 1.9% in annual terms last year. In January and December, there was an increase ...
The European Commission is discussing with the EU countries the possibility of using the euro in payments for energy. Only 20% of contracts for the supply of oil and gas to European countries are denominated in euros, although the European ...
Malaysia, the second largest palm oil producer in the world after Indonesia, is concerned about the EU’s plan to restrict the use of palm oil in biofuel production. The European plan calls for a reduction in the use of palm oil starting from ...
According to the results of the financial quarter ended in February, American company Nike, which produces sporting goods, reported a net profit of $1 billion 101 million, as opposed to a net loss of 921 million dollars recorded at the end ...