Source link The Russian court has satisfied a claim by Baltika Breweries allowing it to continue to use the beer brands of its former partner, the Danish brewer Carlsberg, according to a post on Russia’s information portal Digital Justice. The Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region has declared invalid a unilateral termination of […]
Source link The Ukrainian tax service has imposed a $5,543 penalty on PornHub for failing to pay what it owes the country Ukraine has fined Canadian adult content giant PornHub $5,543 for refusing to pay taxes in the country and by extension failing to support the national armed forces, a senior MP has reported. Daniil […]
Source link Japan’s Nippon Steel has agreed to buy US Steel in a takeover valued at $14.9 billion US Steel, a symbol of American industrialization and once the largest corporation on the planet, has agreed to a takeover by Japan’s Nippon Steel in a $14.9 billion deal that lawmakers from both of Washington’s major political […]
Source link Efforts to rebuild the Kakhovka Dam could be based on blueprints preserved in state archives, the leader of Kherson Region said The Kakhovka Dam, destroyed amid the Ukraine conflict, could be rebuilt using modern technologies and with the help of blueprints preserved in the state archives, the governor of Russia’s Kherson Region, Vladimir […]
Source link The plans are contingent on the launch of Sibur’s new Amur GCC production facility Russian petrochemicals major Sibur International is planning to significantly increase polymer exports to India, company CEO Andrey Frolov told the Economic Times in an interview published on Monday. According to Frolov, the south Asian country could become a major […]
Source link Ride-hailing service Yango, owned by Russian tech major Yandex, has announced a substantial investment in Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire), news outlet Apanews reported on Wednesday. The company will invest over $300 million in the development of its Ivorian subsidiary as it plans to launch further digital services in the coming years, the outlet […]
Source link Walmart stops advertising on X, adding to growing list of companies distancing themselves from the platform US retail giant Walmart has announced it is suspending advertising on X (formerly Twitter), becoming the latest major brand to abandon the platform. Corporations including Apple, Coca Cola and Disney have halted their paid ads on X […]
Source link Demand for delivery services by suitcase-sized driverless vehicles has been steadily growing, Yandex says Russian technology major Yandex has announced plans to double its fleet of delivery robots next year from the current 130 units and to start renting them to other companies. The suitcase-sized vehicle, called the Yandex.Rover, can autonomously navigate delivery […]
Source link British banking giant Barclays will cut 900 jobs across its domestic business, trade union Unite revealed on Tuesday, calling the bank’s move “disgraceful” in the run-up to Christmas. According to Unite, the cuts would mostly target the bank’s back-office divisions such as compliance, finance, legal, policy, IT and risk. The affected staff were […]
Source link The country’s competitiveness as an industrial location has been undermined, Michelin said French tire giant Michelin will slash over 1,500 jobs in Germany by 2025, as competition from lower-wage nations and soaring energy prices make production in Western Europe unprofitable. Michelin will fully shut down plants in Karlsruhe and Trier and discontinue some […]
Source link A bizarre flashmob emerged out of a student prank in the city of Yekaterinburg, according to local media reports A prank by students of the Russian Ural Federal University (URFU) in the city of Yekaterinburg has ended with police intervention, the local media reported on Monday. The youths erected a four-meter-high snow phallus […]
Source link Knauf has been blacklisted by the Ukrainian government for paying taxes in Russia Ukraine has labelled German building materials giant Knauf a “sponsor of war” for paying taxes in Russia. The designation was announced on Thursday by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), which operates the blacklist. Kiev regularly attempts to shame […]
Source link Rosatom’s $30 billion project is intended to help the country diversify its energy resources The installation of one of the main elements of the second power unit at the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Egypt has started ahead of schedule, Russian state-owned energy giant Rosatom announced on Sunday. According to Andrey Petrov, […]
Source link RUSSIA EXPO, an international exhibition and forum, is currently being held at Moscow’s All-Russian Exhibition Center, VDNH. All 89 constituencies of the Russian Federation are taking part, as well as federal authorities, large corporations, representatives of other countries, and public organizations. The exhibition runs from November 4, 2023 to April 12, 2024. A […]
Source link The escalation of the Gaza conflict has sparked calls to shun goods linked to the Jewish state Lidl supermarkets have come under fire in France for allegedly trying to disguise the origin of products from Israel, local media reported over the weekend. According to the reports, French netizens have spotted Lidl labeling Israeli […]