Highlights: September 2 - September 7, 2019
Christian Fernsby ▼ | September 9, 2019
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Caterpillar revealed earnings for fourth quarter that decreased from last year.
Latest Novartis Q4 income declined 91 percent
GSK Q4 profit climbs
UK ready to boost CPTPP’s economic clout, says Trade Minister on Asia-Pacific visit
Commission approves €1.6 billion Romania measure to capitalise new investment and development bank
Submarine volcano erupts in Vanuatu
UK faces fresh mass strikes
Reported death toll due to bad weather 44 in Philippines
After 1,400km long search missing radioactive capsule from Rio Tinto found in Australia
U.S.: Dangerous ice storm for portions of south
Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa grant to drive electric mobility shift in 7 African countries
Battery-only electric passenger cars: +76% in Europe in 2021
UK drivers warned to keep eye on pump prices
Biden presents work on Baltimore tunnel, 72,000 new jobs expected
2022 Corruption Perceptions Index: Corruption levels remain at standstill
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Commission approves €104 million Croatian scheme to support energy-intensive companies
Canada invests in BHP project to develop world-leading low-emissions potash mine
New York: Over $22 million awarded in Round XII of Regional Economic Development Council Initiative
Russia, China draft agreement on construction, operation of gas pipeline across Ussuri River
Azerbaijan, Hungary sign memorandum of cooperation in gas sector
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ExxonMobil awards FEED for world’s largest low-carbon hydrogen facility
Metronet begins construction of Daytona’s multi-gigabit 100 percent fiber optic network, will hire
Boeing to deliver last 747
Vesta taps Shimon Steinmetz as CFO
Bruno Ultra Barcelos appointed managing director of Ethypharm UK
Syntach names Patrick NJ Schnegelsberg as new CEO
Chiesi appoints Giuseppe Accogli as new group CEO
Foresters Financial Canada president Henry Auyeung to retire
UK shop prices record high, peak still to come
GDP up by 0.1% in euro area and stable in EU
Portuguese economy sees fastest growth for 35 years in 2022
Canada's real GDP edged up 0.1% in November
Hungary: Economic sentiment ticks up in January
McDonald's Q4 profit increases
Pfizer Q4 profit increases
General Motors Q4 profit up
Exxon Mobil Q4 earnings $12.8 billion
UBS Q4 profit rises
Niger set to monetize massive gas reserves through Saharan natural gas pipeline
Putting the brakes on EV folly that choked the market
Oil discovery in Kavango Basin may mean huge benefits for Namibians
Cape Town and Dubai battle over Africa's energy future
Is America going to lose its superpower status?
Egypt intends to buy more wheat from Russia, working on system to pay in rubles
Rosselkhoznadzor stopped shipment of infected oats from Irkutsk to Mongolia
Philippines: ORION Program targets to perk up onion industry, increase domestic supply
Belarus lifts restrictions on food exports to neighboring EU countries
Argentina added new market: Algeria enabled export of meat with bone
Product images could boost food pantry use
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Only 32% of employees believe their pay is fair
Corporate duty waivers limit organic company growth and innovation
North Carolina: 52 stores pay fines for price scanning errors in 33 counties
EAO issued third fine for Coastal GasLink project
Dutch central bank fines cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase 3.3 mln euros
Bloomberg to pay $5 million for misleading disclosures about its valuation methodologies for fixed income securities
Italy fines Yoox with over 5 million euro for misleading prices and limitations of right of withdrawal
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FDA approves Orserdutm for patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer
Indonesia to start rolling out COVID-19 vaccination for children under 6
Ipsen receives CHMP negative opinion for Palovarotene as treatment for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva in EU
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EMA update on shortages of antibiotics in EU
Astronomers captured spectacular, ongoing collision between at least three galaxy clusters
NASA system predicts small asteroid to pass close by Earth this week
NASA, Pentagon developing nuclear-powered rocket for Mars
Milky Way found to be too big
Earth's inner core rotation paused
Activity in the manufacturing sector is at its weakest for more than seven years....
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted its consent for start-up of the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea. The field is expected to produce oil for the next 40 years....
Difficulties in South Korea's manufacturing sector remained apparent in August, as key gauges of economic health such as output, new orders and employment all declined....
Although economic growth in the Indian manufacturing industry was sustained in August, most survey indicators fell since July to signal a widespread loss of momentum....
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement under which Vertex will acquire Semma Therapeutics, a privately held biotechnology company pioneering the use of stem cell-derived human islets as a potentially curative treatment for type 1 diabetes, for $950 million in cash....
Japanese car sale in South Korea posted a double-digit fall last month amid the ongoing campaign to boycott Japanese products, caused by the trade spat between Seoul and Tokyo, industry data showed Wednesday....
All Vietnam's localities have been stricken by the African swine fever (ASF), after Central Ninh Thuan province recorded cases of the animal disease, Vietnam News Agency reported....
A PETA advert which claimed 'wool is as cruel as fur' has been banned by the UK's advertising watchdog....
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera announced a $5 billion investment plan to renovate and expand the country's railway network....
Tens of thousands of cargo ships will have to start using less polluting fuels in January....
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has complained that Turkey is forbidden from owning nuclear weapons while other countries possess them, accusing them of hypocrisy....
Palo Alto Networks announced financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year 2019, ended July 31, 2019....
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday it imposed duties on Chinese and Mexican structural steel after making a preliminary determination that producers in both countries had dumped fabricated structural steel on the U.S. market at prices below fair market value....
Prudential Financial announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Assurance IQ....
Kuwait is boosting its spending on infrastructure development works in the Al-Mutlaa area....
Norway exported 182,000 tonnes of seafood with a total value of NOK 8.6 billion in August....
New York Attorney General Letitia James released a statement confirming the bipartisan coalition shes leading investigating social media giant Facebook for antitrust issues....
Kenya Power has allocated 700 million shillings ($6.7 million) to hybridize its off-grid production systems in the country....
The U.S. State Department has decided to release $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt....
Brazil-based Azul Linhas Aereas has announced it will begin nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Belo Horizonte in Brazil, beginning December 16, 2019, the company said.... ■