Oil prices rise after Iran seizes oil tanker
The incident raises prospects of growing conflict in the Middle East, which could impact UK fuel prices.
The incident raises prospects of growing conflict in the Middle East, which could impact UK fuel prices.
Dozens of prominent startups in India, one of the world’s largest internet markets, are creating a coalition to fight a Google decision that would require them to give 30% of in-app payments to the tech giant beginning next year. On Tuesday, nearly 60 executives from dozens of Indian companies kicked off preliminary discussions, three people…
AutomotiveBusiness & Finance 28 November 2023, 4:40 am 1 minute Reuters reported that Bhavish Aggarwal, India’s answer to Elon Musk, is racing to roll out millions of electric scooters and speed his nation to a cleaner future. Some of his mechanics can’t keep up, though. Aggarwal’s Ola Electric, which he likens to Tesla in the…
Business & FinanceEconomy 14 December 2023, 4:50 am 1 minute Reuters was first to report that the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) carried out its first climate risk assessment of more than two dozen banks in recent months, laying the groundwork for heightened scrutiny of Wall Street’s accounting for…
They described situations where they received angry messages from Edwards, or were forced by him to apologize, after criticizing diversity efforts at the company. “If you don’t apologize,” he wrote to one former employee who said he should resign, “we’re going to war.” Two former employees described an incident that occurred prior to Edwards joining…
The governors of New York and California announced sweeping plans to crack down on retail crime this week, as trade associations and police departments lobby for government action to curb theft. The plans include new legislation designed to increase the penalties for retail crime offenses and more funding for police departments and district attorney’s offices…
Strike 3 Holdings is a Southern California maker of pornographic films that identifies its products as “high-end, artistic, and performer-inspiring motion pictures produced with a Hollywood style budget and quality.” It has bragged that Greg Lansky, a former owner and the firm’s leading auteur, has been called the porn industry’s “answer to Steven Spielberg.” There’s…