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North Sea oil and gas companies are failing to switch their investments to renewable energy, research has shown. Three-quarters of the offshore oil and gas companies operating in the UK plan to invest solely in continued fossil fuel production between now and the end of the decade, according to data compiled by the analyst company … Read more
Vikas Pershad, Portfolio Manager and Deepika Mundra, Director, M&G Investments, in conversation with ET Now. Pershad says a consistent 15% growth rate suggests an investment could double in five years. M&G aims to identify earnings growth rates and valuations that allow for this doubling in under five years to outperform the market, focusing beyond absolute … Read more
Potential suitors to buy the Daily and Sunday Telegraph have until the end of Friday to submit second-round offers, with the US owner of the New York Sun and Sir Paul Marshall, the backer of GB News and the new owner of the Spectator, viewed as the frontrunners to win the auction. Marshall, who earlier … Read more
A 30-year-old factory worker in Thailand died just a day after her manager denied her request for sick leave. This incident has raised concerns about work-life balance in the workplace. The woman, known only as May, worked at an electronics plant in the Samut Prakan province. Medical Condition and Sick Leave Requests According to the … Read more
Chinese regulators likely learned from the EU AI Act, says Jeffrey Ding, an assistant professor of Political Science at George Washington University. “Chinese policymakers and scholars have said that they’ve drawn on the EU’s Acts as inspiration for things in the past.” But at the same time, some of the measures taken by the Chinese … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Introduction: Chinese stocks on track for best week since 2008 after Beijing stimulus Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy. Chinese stocks are on track for their best week since 2008, … Read more
Shares of metal companies like National Aluminium surged 4.7% to its fresh 52-week high of Rs 21.40 while those of SAIL rallied 3.5% to day’s high of Rs 144.20 on the BSE as People’s Bank of China (PCoB) announced that it would cut the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves (reserve requirement … Read more
Under Chinese law, only 10 percent of a company’s staff is supposed to be made up of labor dispatch workers. But Zhang says the regulations are often not rigorously enforced. She noted that companies can also circumvent the limit by hiring workers categorized under different outsourcing schemes that function in largely the same way, a … Read more
Campaign groups have urged the government to cancel major road building schemes including the Lower Thames Crossing, amid growing speculation that ministers could divert money earmarked for new roads into rail and other public transport. The transport secretary, Louise Haigh, is due to decide in a week whether to sign off a development consent order … Read more
Reliance Power shares hit the 5% upper circuit and a new 52-week high at Rs 46.36 once again today, marking a 46.6% rise over the last 8 consecutive trading sessions. The smallcap stock has been on a continuous upward trend during this period. The recent rally followed the company’s board approving the issuance of up … Read more
