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April 29, 2019The first venture capital (VC) fund in the Nordics investing purely in startups with a deep tech and science background was launched today. Voima Ventures combines science-driven innovation and teams with a global entrepreneurial mindset, and...
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April 25, 2019SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) will invest an additional €10 million in Ruum by SAP to help the solution grow its business quickly.
Ruum is the simplest software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that connects enterprise business processes with team productivity,...
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April 19, 2019BP and partners have sanctioned the Azeri Central East (ACE) project, the next stage of development of the giant Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashli (ACG) oilfield complex in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea.
The $6 billion development...
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April 17, 2019AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) announced the latest additions to its PRO processor lineup: 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen PRO mobile processors with Radeon™ Vega Graphics and AMD Athlon™ PRO mobile processors with Radeon Vega Graphics. Providing commercial notebook users...
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April 16, 2019BASF will increase the production capacity of Alkylethanolamines (AEOA) by 20 percent at the BASF Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. After the start-up in 2020, BASF’s global annual nameplate capacity of AEOA will be more than 110,000 metric...
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April 15, 2019United Airlines today applied with the U.S. Department of Transportation for authority to begin new service between New York/Newark Liberty International Airport and Cape Town International Airport. United plans to operate nonstop three-times...
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April 15, 2019In March 2019, the Lufthansa Group airlines welcomed more than 11 million passengers. This shows an increase of 1.7% compared to the previous year’s month. The available seat kilometres were up 4.9% over the previous year, at the same time, sales...
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April 12, 2019Thai Samsung Electronics has been recognized for its contributions to vocational skills education by Thailand’s Ministry of Education for a second consecutive year. The Samsung Dual Vocational Education Program (Samsung DVE) has played a vital...
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April 4, 2019Siemens today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to support the government’s objective of becoming a low middle-income country by 2025.
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February 25, 2019Universal Pictures’ ‘Green Book’ took home the Academy Awards’ top honor Sunday, winning Best Picture, one of three Oscar wins for the film, which also earned a Best Supporting Actor nod for Mahershala Ali and Best Original Screenplay.
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February 22, 2019The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), America's largest grocery retailer, and Ocado (LSE: OCDO), one of the world's largest dedicated online grocery retailers, announced Central Florida and Mid-Atlantic as the newly-named regions for America's next two...
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February 20, 2019Allianz X, the digital investment unit of the Allianz Group, announced today it has received additional investment from Allianz SE, increasing its fund size to 1 billion euros. The increase is the result of Allianz X’s investment track record,...
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February 18, 2019We’ve recently published the February edition of our Pgm Market Report, giving an update on the supply and demand for the platinum group metals.
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February 15, 2019While health and wellness is top of mind at the start of a new year, Kohl’s offerings span year-round for our customers, associates and communities.
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February 13, 2019The Board of Directors declared quarterly dividends on the Corporation's preferred shares, payable April 15, 2019 to shareholders of record March 25, 2019.
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February 11, 2019Cott Corporation (NYSE:COT; TSX:BCB) today announced the sale of its soft drink concentrate production business and its RCI International division ("Cott Beverages LLC") to Refresco for USD $50 million, who in turn sold the RCI worldwide branded...
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February 6, 2019Honda Australia celebrates its 50th birthday this year, marking half a century since the company was established locally on February 4, 1969.
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February 4, 2019The Company's Board of Directors resolved to hold the annual General Shareholders Meeting of Gazprom on June 28, 2019, in St. Petersburg.
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February 1, 2019Own sourced copper production of 1,453,700 tonnes was 144,000 tonnes (11%) higher than in 2017, mainly reflecting the restart of Katanga’s processing operations in late 2017, partly offset by the completion of open-pit mining at Alumbrera. Own...
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January 30, 2019Airbus Helicopters delivered 356 rotorcraft and logged gross orders for 413 helicopters (net: 381) in 2018 (up from 350 gross orders in 2017), maintaining its lead in the civil & parapublic market while reinforcing its position in the military...
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January 29, 2019Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: COST) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on Costco common stock of 57 cents per share. The quarterly dividend is payable February 22,...
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January 28, 2019BP Ventures has invested $5 million in Belmont Technology’s Series A financing to further bolster BP’s artificial intelligence (AI) and digital capabilities in its Upstream business.
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January 25, 2019Boeing [NYSE: BA] successfully completed the first test flight of its autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) prototype in Manassas, Virginia. Boeing NeXt, which leads the company's urban air mobility efforts, utilized Boeing subsidiary Aurora...
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January 24, 2019BASF today co-founded a global alliance of nearly 30 companies to advance solutions that reduce and eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the ocean. The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) has committed over $1.0 billion with...
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January 23, 2019OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture between Airbus and OneWeb, announced the delivery of the first satellites for the OneWeb constellation.
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