eCom Scotland’s Answer to Professional Institutes’ Mission-Critical Issues
According to the digital learning and assessment specialist, eCom Scotland, using technology to provide accessible assessments, available ‘24/7’, goes a long way towards helping professional institutes meet their mission-critical issues.
Business jet makers look to tap surging corporate travel demand at Las Vegas air show
Planemakers are likely to unveil new orders and models at the world’s largest business jet show this week as they aim to cash in on a boom in private travel, but executives warn of headwinds due to a capacity crunch.
Marketmind: Earnings face the inflation test
After weeks of debate about the supposedly transitory nature of higher inflation and its potential monetary policy implications, markets are about to find out how rising input costs impacted companies during the third 2021 quarter.
Analysis: Corporate business travel ‘carbon budgets’ loom for airlines
As major companies look at drastic ways to cut carbon emissions from corporate travel, airlines are bracing for a major hit to business-class travel, a key revenue driver, industry executives and experts say.
Tunisia leader picks first woman as PM at moment of crisis
TUNIS, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Tunisian President Kais Saied named Najla Bouden Romdhane, a little-known university engineer with World Bank experience, as prime minister on Wednesday nearly two months after he seized most powers in a move his foes call a coup. Romdhane, Tunisia’s first woman prime minister, will take office at a moment of […]
Myanmar currency drops 60% in weeks as economy tanks since February coup
Sept 29 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s currency has lost more than 60% of its value since the beginning of September, driving up food and fuel prices in an economy that has tanked since a military coup eight months ago. Many gold shops and money exchanges closed on Wednesday due to the turmoil, while the kyat’s dive […]
StanChart says Evergrande crisis doesn’t dent enthusiasm for China
By Lawrence White LONDON, Sept 23 (Reuters) – The crisis at indebted developer China Evergrande Group (3333. HK) will not curb Standard Chartered’s (STAN.L) appetite for investing in the country, its Chief Financial officer Andy Halford told a banking conference on Thursday. Asia, Middle East, and Africa-focused lender have no direct exposure to Evergrande and “negligible” indirect exposure, he told […]
Sweden’s Vattenfall raises emission targets, eyes 2040 net zero goal
Swedish energy company Vattenfall (VATN.UL) said on Monday it increased its emission reduction goals for 2030 and brought forward its net zero target by 10 years to 2040, by phasing out coal and increasing wind and solar capacity.
EXCLUSIVE Investors call for governments to toughen climate accounting -letter
Investors managing more than $2.5 trillion have called on governments to compel companies and auditors to file financial accounts aligned with the world’s net zero emissions target, a letter seen by Reuters showed.
Santander in talks with over 200 Portugal staff hit by job cuts – source
Spain’s Santander (SAN.MC) is in negotiations with about 210 employees in Portugal as part of a wider cost-cutting plan that affects 11% of its workforce there, a source with knowledge of the matter said.
