European shares rose on Friday, as hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve could adopt a measured approach for rate hikes ahead lifted technology stocks, while miners jumped on growing bets of demand recovery in China. The continent-wide STOXX 600 rose 0.7% in early trading, with rate-sensitive tech stocks up 1.4%. Overnight, Atlanta Fed President Raphael […]
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Microsoft Corp has reached a deal with Africa’s biggest independent fiber network toward its goal of expanding internet access on the continent, its President Brad Smith said. The agreement, with Liquid Intelligent Technologies, by 2025 aims to widen connectivity in countries such as Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to 20 million people, […]
London Stock Exchange Group announced plans to buy back more of its shares on Thursday as it raised its income growth outlook and hailed the successful integration of Refinitiv, which it said had supercharged its ability to generate cash. LSEG said it would seek shareholder consent to buy more of its own stock from a […]
The hunger for fossil fuel is not what it once was. The urgent need for a sustainable solution to help limit environmental damage has showcased that fossil fuels are not the only way to go. Fuel alternatives started becoming mainstream, making life easier for companies in various sectors by helping them reduce costs and become […]
01 March 2023: Doha, Qatar – Nokia today announced that it has been selected by Ooredoo Group to upgrade its existing radio access networks (RAN), as well as deploy new sites in Algeria and Tunisia. This will improve the network performance and help Ooredoo Group to prepare for a launch of 5G services in the […]
More than a dozen Tesla executives took the stage at the company’s Investor Day on Wednesday, a departure from its previous such events where Elon Musk tended to dominate. The move, a first for Tesla, appeared to be aimed at showcasing the depth of its executive bench as at a time when investors have worried […]
Honestly, I wasn’t sure I was the right person for this interview. The article we had in mind was about a successful female banking executive in what is generally still perceived as an old boy’s club. A triumph of gender balance against the odds. Punching a hole through the glass ceiling. A woman who flew […]
Tesla Inc will cut assembly costs by half in future generations of cars, engineers told investors on Wednesday, but Chief Executive Elon Musk did not unveil when it will debut a much-awaited affordable electric vehicle. Shares fell more than 5% in after hours trade following the company’s investor day from its Texas headquarters. More than […]
U.S. payment giants Visa and Mastercard are slamming the brakes on plans to forge new partnerships with crypto firms after a string of high-profile collapses shook faith in the industry, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The crypto industry saw a stunning reversal of fortunes in 2022 as bankruptcies of industry majors FTX and […]
The Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act to promote climate-friendly technologies is attracting German companies to the United States, a survey of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry DIHK released on Wednesday showed. According to the DIHK survey among 2,400 companies from all sectors, one in 10 German companies is already planning to relocate production […]