Green hydrogen, low-carbon aviation fuel and electric trucks are among 55 clean technologies that can help the European Union to reach its goal of climate neutrality by mid-century, research by Capgemini Invent, part of Capgemini Group, showed on Wednesday. LONDON: Green hydrogen, low-carbon aviation fuel and electric trucks are among […]
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Liberty Global has been successful in its 6.8 billion Swiss franc (US$8.74 billion) attempt to buy Switzerland’s Sunrise Communications after the all-cash offer was accepted by nearly 82per cent of the target’s shareholders. ZURICH: Liberty Global has been successful in its 6.8 billion Swiss franc (US$8.74 billion) attempt to buy […]
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd is in talks with Digital China Group Co Ltd and other suitors to sell parts of its Honor smartphone unit in a deal that could fetch up to 25 billion yuan (US$3.7 billion), people with knowledge of the matter said. HONG KONG: Huawei Technologies Co Ltd […]
BEIJING: While SHEIN has its origins in China it is one of the biggest shopping apps in the United States, SHAREit has been banned in India despite being massively popular elsewhere, and Likee is chasing TikTok – but desperate to avoid a similar fate. China’s app makers are having to […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple on Tuesday (Oct 13) launched its next-generation iPhone 12, with faster 5G connectivity that the Cupertino, California company hopes will spur a wave of upgrades and keep its sales booming through the end of the year. The core of the line-up, the iPhone 12 with a 6.1-inch […]
SINGAPORE: A S$400 million Hyundai innovation centre in Singapore focusing on future mobility research and development is set to be completed by the end of 2022. The facility will develop new automotive technologies, including for the production of electric cars, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the virtual groundbreaking […]
LONDON: Britain’s unemployment rate rose by more than expected to 4.5 per cent in the three months to August, up from 4.1 per cent in the three months to July, even before the end of the government’s broad coronavirus job protection plan. Economists polled by Reuters had expected the unemployment […]
Conte signed a decree that focuses especially on bars and restaurants, as the government seeks to avert a new national lockdown that the economy, ravaged by one of the strictest and longest in the continent earlier this year, could ill afford. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte imposed a series of […]
BEIJING: China’s imports grew at their fastest pace this year in September, while exports extended their strong gains as more trading partners lifted coronavirus restrictions in a further boost to the world’s second-biggest economy. Exports in August rose 9.9 per cent from a year earlier, customs data showed on Tuesday […]
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s first institute dedicated to green finance research and talent development was launched on Tuesday (Oct 13) by the Imperial College Business School and Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University (SMU). The institute is supported by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and its launch was […]