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Biden Gets Green Signal from Electoral College to Become 46th US Pre...

On Monday, 14 December 2020, the US president-elect Biden got a substantial majority of votes in the Electoral College. This confirms his victory in t...

FTSE 250 Index Surged by 0.72%; Polypipe Group Stock Traded Higher b...

US Markets: Broader indices in the United States traded in green - particularly, the S&P 500 index traded 32.64 points or 0.89 per cent higher at...

Another hour-long Google service outage in six months, Gmail, Google...

The services of global tech conglomerate Google were down for the fourth time this year after 90 per cent of the users failed to log in into prime Goo...

AstraZeneca (LON: AZN) shares tumble 9% after $39-billion Alexion (N...

Summary AstraZeneca shares slumped to an eight-month low after the announcement of the Alexion deal With the Monday’s plunge, the YTD return...

UK Pubs December Sales to Be 90 Per Cent Low Than Normal

The UK’s leading trade association body British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) has stated that the beer sales in pubs in December would be ex...

Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination: Family doctors to administer doses

Summary Pfizer/BioNTech SE vaccine is being rolled out to General Practitioners today, a week after the first dose was administered Most patients...

UK and EU Agree to Continue Brexit Deal Negotiations for Viable Solu...

Unable to come on a fruitful agreement, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have said they would ke...

Swindon plant of Honda to restart production

  The Swindon car plant of Honda is going to restart its production on Monday which had stopped since last Wednesday due to unavailability of ca...

Chaos at British ports impact businesses

  Chaos at British ports has started impacting different businesses. Ikea is the latest victim to be affected by the logjam. The company has apo...

Authentic Brand of the US in talks to acquire Arcadia and Debenhams

    Authentic Brands of the US is said to be in talks with the administrators of Arcadia and Debenhams for a possible acquisition. ...

Green energy: Government announces plans to support 220,000 British...

The UK government said that it is planning to support around 220,000 jobs across Great Britain as part of the Green Industrial Revolution project. The...

Alibaba (NYSE: BABA), Tencent Holdings (OTC: TCEHY) backed firms fin...

Exercising its new law on anti-competitive business behaviour in the country, China has imposed a fine of CN¥ 500,000 each on China Literature and...

UK Manufacturers Body Warns of a Knockout Blow If Brexit Deal Not Se...

As the UK and EU make best efforts to clinch a Brexit deal, Make UK has stated that in the absence of a trade deal, it will render a big knockout blow...

Global Economy to regain speed on a Bumpy Road to recovery

The global economy has shown its remarkable resilience as it gradually progressed through the COVID-19 pandemic. Though prospects for a way out of th...

What is Facebook’s Diem and will it ever see the light of day?

is still unknown, and some professionals think Diem may never become a real thing. What was once known as Libra has changed its name to Diem. It...

Oil prices jump with hope of rising demand

  Brent crude crossed $50 a barrel last week for the first time since March this year, signalling hopes of the long-awaited rise in oil demand....

Blackstone Real Estate, Soilbuild Group Chairman to Privatise Soilbu...

Singapore-based property company Solidbuild Group Holdings Limited’s executive chairman and co-founder Lim Chap Huat has teamed up with Blacksto...

Elliott reportedly buys stake in Public Storage (NYSE: PSA)

New York-based investment management company Elliott Management Corporation has reportedly bought a stake in the California-headquartered self-storage...

Why hasn’t the FTSE 100 picked up despite the Covid-19 vaccination d...

Summary FTSE 100 ended the week marginally lower after witnessing a nearly 4.5 per cent rise in the first week of December A largely similar drop...

Mastercard (NYSE: MA) to Face a £14.0 Billion Class Action Suit in t...

  The British Supreme Court has allowed the initiation of a first-class action suit against payments company Mastercard for overcharging custo...