An Australian gambling group bidding for gambling technology company Playtech could lose pole position after a consortium involving the former Formula One tycoon Eddie Jordan was given more time to come up with a £3 billion counterbid. Playtech revealed yesterday that it was postponing the scheduled
A record number of companies are planning to raise prices because of supply chain disruptions and increased raw material and energy costs, a closely watched survey has revealed. According to a poll from the British Chambers of Commerce, 58 per cent of firms expect to charge
CEBUPACIFICAIR.COMCustomers of budget carrier Cebu Pacific (CEB) who are travelling domestically from Jan. 5-31, and who wish to postpone their flight, have up to two hours before departure time to choose between the rebook or travel fund options. The rebook option is for travel within 60
SEOUL – North Korea fired a “hypersonic missile” this week that successfully hit a target, state news agency KCNA reported on Thursday, its second such test as the country pursues new military capabilities amid stalled denuclearisation talks.The launch on Wednesday was the first by North
Globe received a higher B rating in 2021 from the CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project), as it continues to intensify efforts to address climate change. The digital solutions platform discloses its environmental impact through CDP, a global non-profit that runs the world’s leading environmental disclosure
NEW YORK – Pfizer Inc expects the latest results from a clinical trial for kids under the age of 5 of the COVID–19 vaccine it developed with Germany’s BioNTech SE by April, a top company scientist said on Wednesday.“The study has been amended to give
By Gayatri Suroyo and Bernadette Christina UNSPLASHJAKARTA – Aji Tri Atmojo lives in a traditional Javanese house with wooden walls on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, but his rustic home got a modern touch after he installed a row of solar panels on
VILNIUS – Taiwan said on Wednesday it would create a $200 million fund to invest in Lithuanian industries and boost bilateral trade as it tries to fend off diplomatic pressure on the Baltic state from China.The Lithuanian government, meanwhile, ordered the state-owned railway company not
Efforts to institutionalize financial education in the capacity-building initiatives of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) gained momentum with the unveiling of financial education materials intended for the uniformed and civilian personnel of the Philippine Air Force, Philippine Army, and Philippine Navy.In a virtual
Consumers have rushed back to supermarkets for their Christmas food shopping, notching up the highest number of visits to stores since the stockpiling frenzy at the start of the pandemic. Grocery sales hit £11.7 billion last month and £31.7 billion in the 12 weeks up to
The surge in the take-up of electric vehicles has made the £42,500 Tesla Model 3 Britain’s executive company car of choice and it became the UK’s second best-selling new car in 2021. Although the market has been distorted by the pandemic-related global shortage in microchips, Tesla’s
Originally hailing from Salem, Massachusetts, Linda Hewlett is a professional real estate investor now based out of Boston. After high school, Linda enrolled in Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts midway through her undergraduate