Omicron

Wall Street firms retreat from office, holiday parties as virus spreads

Wall Street banks and investment firms are retrenching from their push to get staff back to the office, with Citigroup…

4 years ago

Oil rises towards $75 as U.S. demand and Fed outweigh virus concern

Oil rose towards $75 on Thursday supported by record U.S. implied demand and falling crude stockpiles, even as the spread…

4 years ago

COVID curbs freeze Germany’s private sector growth in December – PMI

Growth in German private sector activity evaporated in December as restrictions to break an aggressive fourth wave of coronavirus infections…

4 years ago

Airlines place their bets, looking past pandemic to renew fleets

As the world hunkers down for Omicron, some investors might expect the global jet market to be withering away. Far…

4 years ago

From China to Best Buy: Gaming controllers hit bumps on way to U.S. consumers

Fraser Townley eyes two gaping holes in one side of a pallet one of his workers just pulled out of…

4 years ago

Dubai leads major Gulf bourses higher as Omicron fears ease

Most stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Tuesday, on receding worries about the impact of the…

4 years ago

Asia stocks bounce from one-year low, China gains on monetary easing

Asian shares staged a recovery on Tuesday on receding worries about the impact of the Omicron variant while Chinese markets…

4 years ago

Google real estate exec says 5% more workers coming in to office each week

Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google has seen an increasing number of employees coming in to its offices each week, particularly younger workers, the…

4 years ago

CBI cuts UK economic growth forecasts on supply chain hit

Britain's economy looks set to grow more slowly than previously thought this year and in 2023 due to global supply…

4 years ago

Oil rebounds above $71 on Omicron hopes, Iran talks

Oil rose by more than $1 a barrel to above $71 on Monday as hopes that the Omicron coronavirus variant…

4 years ago