The seven members are Russia, Iraq, the UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman. Officials, who wished to remain anonymous, indicated that additional limits will be considered in March. With a tempered oil price of around $80 per barrel, the surge in US shale production, and the Red Sea conflict endangering shipments, OPEC+ members find it…
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Hosur, a city in Tamil Nadu, will be home to India’s second iPhone assembly plant after Tata completes construction. The first, Taiwan’s Foxconn Chennai plant, started the commercial production of the iPhone 15 in September 2023. According to Reuters, two sources close to the matter indicated that Tata and Pegatron are considering a joint venture…
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Osborne, who served as Chancellor for six years until 2016, will join CoinBase’s advisory council. In a statement, the 52-year-old announced he was excited about the “huge amount” of innovation that is present in the financial industry. He will now use his experience in a range of sectors and disciplines – these include business and…
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During the first three quarters of 2023, these medicines helped the pharmaceutics research and development outfit top the GDP of its homeland, Denmark. This performance also catapulted Novo Nordisk to the top spot among European companies. Wegovy, the weight loss drug, raked in sales of $4.5bn, increasing the overall sales of this segment by 154%.…
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Alphabet stocks took a 7.35% knock after publishing its leaner-than-expected festive advertising sales figures on Tuesday, 30 January. The tech giant also indicated that more money will go into boosting its AI leverage by investing in upscaled servers, for example. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai tried to bolster investor confidence by saying: We are pleased with…
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A flurry of important updates began with the closure of a £3.5m deal for Synaptic Software. The acquisition was announced in early December and has been pending FCA approval. Now the green light has been given. The deal is quite a coup for Fintel as Synaptic already serves thousands of financial advisers with its compliance…
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Following the temporary ban on processing imposed on OpenAI by the Italian DPA on 30 March 2023, and based on the outcome of its fact-finding activity, the Italian DPA concluded that the available evidence pointed to the existence of breaches of the provisions contained in the EU GDPR. The machine-learning startup grabbed the November 2023 headlines when…
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The US government claimed 51,680 bitcoin in the now-known Silk Road dark net operation on 21 November 2021. This recovery totalled a value of $3.4bn at that time. The latest Arkham data shows the US government possesses an estimated $9.26bn in bitcoin. In an April 2023 announcement, the US Attorney’s Office Southern District of New…
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LiqudityBook CEO Kevin Samuel said he was thrilled to bring Morris on board. The new President has a wealth of experience from previous executive leadership roles and skills across various disciplines, including sales, finance, marketing, and HR. Morris also served as President at Enfusion before becoming a Global Head of Corporate Development role. In a…
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The state engineered the Credit Suisse acquisition to prevent it from going under. With this takeover, UBS ended up with a balance sheet that exceeds $1.6tn, which is nearly double that of the Swiss economy. Since March 2023, when the intended takeover was announced, this financial giant’s shares jumped 50%. In an email statement sent…
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