Bitcoin falls 7.4% to $40,632
(Reuters) – Bitcoin dropped 7.4% to $40,631.78 at 2205 GMT on Thursday, down $3,248.05 from its previous close. Bitcoin, the wor..
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Visa, Amazon reach global deal over payment fees
(Reuters) – Visa Inc cards will be accepted at all Amazon.com Inc stores and sites as part of a global agreement, the companies ..
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Air France-KLM beats expectations on long-haul recovery
PARIS (Reuters) -Air France-KLM beat core profit expectations for 2021 due to a recovery in transatlantic travel in the fourth quarter..
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Apple given fourth Dutch fine in App Store dispute
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Dutch antitrust watchdog fined Apple 5 million euros ($5.7 million) again on Monday, its fou..
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China greenlights Audi-FAW’s $3.3 billion electric vehicle venture
By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Volkswagen’s Audi and its Chinese state-owned partner FAW Group have received approval from Ch..
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Australia drops landmark criminal cartel case against Citi, Deutsche
By Byron Kaye and Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia on Friday withdrew a cartel lawsuit against Citigroup Inc, Deutsche Bank A..
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Volvo Cars Q4 profit lags forecasts
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Volvo Cars reported on Friday quarterly earnings below expectations, and said it expected to continue grow..
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CFOs are key to the successful digital transformation of companies, finds new research
Chief Financial Officers (CFO) play a vital role in successful digital transformation, enabling small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to..
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Remote working
Rob Pursell, Global CFO of NSC Global Now, nearly two years into the pandemic, working from home for many – at least a few days ..
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Employee Privacy 2022: 78% of employers are using employee monitoring tools to track work performance and activity
Did you know that 1 in 5 companies are now using an employee monitoring tool? Well, a new study by Instant Offices has revealed all th..
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German retail slump highlights COVID roadblocks to recovery
By Zuzanna Szymanska BERLIN (Reuters) -A big fall in German retail sales as COVID-19 curbs kept people out of shops over the usually b..
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Dollar gains as Wall Street retreats on future Fed hikes
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. stocks retreated on Thursday after a solid opening, while the dollar gained as inv..
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Asian shares slump as Powell warns on inflation
By Andrew Galbraith SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian shares fell to their lowest in more than 14 months, short-term U.S. yields rose t..
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Stocks shed gains, Treasury yields jump as Fed signals rate hikes could come ‘soon’
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. stocks retreated Wednesday, erasing strong gains, after the Federal Reserve signal..
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Global share sell off pauses in Asia as investors await Fed policy update
By Stella Qiu and Alun John BEIJING (Reuters) – Asian share markets steadied on Wednesday after three sessions of losses as inve..
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Temasek to acquire Bridgepoint’s UK-based testing firm for $7 billion -sources
By Anshuman Daga SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore’s Temasek Holdings has agreed to buy Element Materials Technology for about $7 b..
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Online five-star rating systems blur the lines between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ products
An easy-to-use online rating system, such as using a star rating without a written review, decreases the informativeness of the rating..
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China’s international flight suspensions leave travellers stranded, hurt businesses
By Stella Qiu and Jamie Freed BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) – When Dwight Law’s father died in November, the Shanghai-based U.S..
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Rio Tinto says output from $2.4 billion Serbia lithium project to be delayed
(Reuters) – Rio Tinto on Tuesday pushed back its timeline by a year to 2027 for first saleable production at its $2.4 billion Se..
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Oil rises to more than 7-year high on Mideast tensions
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Tuesday to a more than seven-year high on worries about possible supply ..
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Central banks start turning off the cash taps
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) – As speculation grows about when the Federal Reserve will begin reducing the size of its balan..
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Facebook faces $3.2 billion UK class action over market dominance
By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) – Social media giant Facebook, now known as Meta Platforms, faces a 2.3 billion pound plus ($..
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Top 100 Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs in 2022
By: Rachel Pelta FlexJobs is thrilled to announce its ninth annual Top 100 Companies to Watch for Remote Jobs list! Since 2014,..
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Our brains reveal whether we are honest or a cheater
There are immense economic costs associated with dishonest and selfish behaviour, such as for example tax evasion. Therefore, finding ..
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UK orders housebuilders to come up with $5 billion plan to remove cladding
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has given housebuilders around two months to come up with a fully-funded plan to remove dangerous cla..
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FlexJobs Names 30 Hottest Companies Hiring for Work-From-Anywhere Jobs
2022 promising year for work-from-anywhere remote job opportunities Boulder, CO, January 4, 2022 – One of the most common misconceptio..
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Co-operative movement offers hope to the next generation
Some of the top issues occupying the minds of young people have co-operative solutions claims trade body Co-operatives UK in a new You..
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Gazprom books no Yamal-Europe gas transit capacity for Dec. 30
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian gas company Gazprom has not booked natural gas transit capacity for exports via the Yamal-Europe pipe..
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Oil prices stay firm on fuel demand despite COVID-19 surge
By Florence Tan and Sonali Paul SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Thursday to extend several consecutive days of gains, buoyed b..
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JobAdder ends 2021 on a high with two key executive appointments; strengthens partner marketplace
JobAdder, a global recruitment software platform that helps agency and inhouse recruiters find and manage talent more effectively, has..
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Oil prices keep climbing even as Omicron COVID-19 variant fans out
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Thursday for a third straight day, underpinned by a weaker dollar on opt..
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Tesla CEO Musk says he is ‘almost done’ with stock sales; shares rally
By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday he was “almost done” with hi..
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UK retail sales growth slides as Omicron hits – CBI
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British retail sales growth fell sharply in the first half of December as concerns about the Omicr..
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Boeing, Airbus executives urge delay in U.S. 5G wireless deployment
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun and Airbus Americas CEO Jeffrey Knittel on Monday urged ..
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Barclays gets Australian banking licence in expansion push
(Reuters) – UK-based Barclays Plc said on Monday it had received approval from Australia’s prudential regulator to operate..
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End of an era: Airbus delivers last A380 superjumbo
By Tim Hepher and Fabian Bimmer PARIS/HAMBURG (Reuters) -Airbus delivered the final A380 superjumbo on Thursday, to Dubai’s Emir..
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Boohoo warns on outlook, blaming higher returns and pandemic costs
LONDON (Reuters) -British online fashion retailer Boohoo warned on Thursday that expectations for its 2021-22 year will be lower than ..
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