Month: September 2024

U.S. Senate committee faults Boeing safety practices, FAA oversight
World

U.S. Senate committee faults Boeing safety practices, FAA oversight

Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun testifies before a subcommittee of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on the company’s safety culture, following a number of recent incidents on Boeing airplanes, Washington, DC, June 18, 2024.  Allison Bailey | Afp | Getty Images A U.S. Senate panel investigating Boeing‘s safety culture on Wednesday faulted the planemaker’s […]

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Bettina Orlopp: The woman tasked with leading Commerzbank amid UniCredit takeover battle
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Bettina Orlopp: The woman tasked with leading Commerzbank amid UniCredit takeover battle

Bettina Orlopp, chief financial officer of Commerzbank AG, speaks during a fourth quarter earnings news conference at the bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images Commerzbank announced Tuesday it has picked 10-year veteran, and current Chief Financial Officer Bettina Orlopp to helm the bank as […]

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German Greens leadership quits after series of election blows
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German Greens leadership quits after series of election blows

25 September 2024, Berlin: The German Green Party leaders Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang resign. Photo: Fabian Sommer/dpa (Photo by Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images) Fabian Sommer | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The joint leaders of the German Greens, Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang said they would step aside, making way for a […]

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Harris to unveil new manufacturing plans in ‘pragmatic’ pitch to business community
Politics

Harris to unveil new manufacturing plans in ‘pragmatic’ pitch to business community

Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S., September 20, 2024.  Jim Vondruska | Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris plans to announce new campaign proposals focused on boosting U.S. manufacturing in a Wednesday speech at the Economic Club of Pittsburgh, according to a senior campaign […]

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Meet the ex-Goldman wealth advisor who quit to solve Britain’s £567 billion gender investment gap
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Meet the ex-Goldman wealth advisor who quit to solve Britain’s £567 billion gender investment gap

Ayesha Ofori, founder and CEO of Propelle. Propelle Ayesha Ofori is a former Goldman Sachs wealth advisor who quit her high-profile job to resolve Britain’s gender wealth gap, after realizing she had spent her career making rich men even richer. Ofori is the 40-year-old founder and CEO of female-focused financial investment platform, Propelle, which launched […]

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Britain’s Rightmove rejects .1 bln sweetened bid from Australia’s REA Group
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Britain’s Rightmove rejects $8.1 bln sweetened bid from Australia’s REA Group

The Rightmove Plc app on an App Store page on a smartphone arranged in London, UK, on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images British real estate portal Rightmove on Wednesday rejected a sweetened $8.1 billion takeover proposal from Australian property listing firm REA Group, saying the bid undervalued the company. “The […]

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Caught cold by UniCredit’s swoop on Commerzbank, Germany will want to avoid a national embarrassment
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Caught cold by UniCredit’s swoop on Commerzbank, Germany will want to avoid a national embarrassment

A protestor holds a placard with a slogan reading “Stop Merger Horror” during a union demonstration outside the Commerzbank AG headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Italy’s UniCredit appears to have caught German authorities off guard with a potential multibillion-euro merger of Frankfurt-based Commerzbank, a move […]

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Japan’s largest rice shortage in years is exacerbated by sushi-hungry tourists, weather
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Japan’s largest rice shortage in years is exacerbated by sushi-hungry tourists, weather

A plate of nigiri sushi. Newsday Llc | Newsday | Getty Images Sushi, onigiri and yakitori don — Japanese rice is a key staple in many of its iconic dishes, but the country is facing its biggest shortfall in decades.  Japan has been contending with a rice shortage in recent months due to a mix […]

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Capital A CEO: Creation of AirAsia Group is “an exciting time”
Travel

Capital A CEO: Creation of AirAsia Group is “an exciting time”

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Tony Fernandes, CEO of Capital A, talks about plans to sell its aviation business to AirAsia X. He says the newly formed AirAsia Group intends to go public by December. Source

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China needs more than rate cuts to boost economic growth
Finance

China needs more than rate cuts to boost economic growth

Key Points China’s slowing economy needs more than interest rate cuts to boost growth, analysts said. “We will need a major fiscal policy support to see higher CNY government bond yields,” said Edmund Goh, head of China fixed income at abrdn. There’s still a 1 trillion yuan shortfall in spending if Beijing is to meet […]

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