Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is set to cut the number of contract-agency workers its employs on its factory floors following a drop in sales. It has not confirmed how many roles are affected but it reported a loss of £501m before tax in the final quarter of its financial …
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Mastercard has partnered with Facebook to offer Brazilians a way to send and receive money on the social network’s WhatsApp. Cardholders who make bank transactions with two Brazilian banks, Nubank and Sicredi, will be the first to use the tool on …
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In its annual report World Energy Investment 2020, published late last month, the International Energy Agency describes ‘drastically altered’ energy markets in the wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic. It documents the largest fall in energy sector investment ever …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German drugmaker CureVac, in which the government is taking a sizeable stake to help fund a COVID-19 vaccine, is planning an initial public offering in the United States next month, a finance ministry document seen by Reuters on …
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