Year: 2020

Shell said on Friday a contractor working at its Singapore refinery had contracted coronavirus, as the city state reported its biggest jump in new cases so far. The oil giant said earlier it had sent some staff home from its main office in Singapore after discovering another employee had been in contact with a carrier. Singapore on Friday reported 9 new cases of the virus, its biggest increase to date and bringing the total to 67. …read more […]

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Some of the world’s biggest aircraft buyers are urging the European Union to clear Boeing’s tie-up with Embraer, fearing Embraer’s commercial aviation business would struggle on its own now Airbus has swallowed its main competitor in regional jets. Airbus, Europe’s biggest planemaker, on Thursday increased its controlling stake in the A220 regional jet programme – Embraer’s main rival – as Canada’s Bombardier sold out of the project it had set up. …read more […]

Celebrating Valentine’s Day, Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous and Brian Sozzi take a look at an eHarmony report that breaks down how happy couples are in their relationships with Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Author, Dr. Seth Meyers. …read more […]

In 1982, the late Neil Peart wrote, with conscious irony, “constant change is here to stay.” The years since have only proved his insight, with the added twist that the true constant is the steady acceleration in the rate of change. And nowhere is that more evident than in the tech industry.The continuing shift to 5G digital is a perfect example. The new digital technology promises to thoroughly upend the cellular market, bringing in faster mobile internet connection times and download speeds, and clearer voice signals. The new tech has been available since 2017, and nationwide networks debuted in the …read more […]

Yahoo Finance’s Ines Ferre breaks down the market action for Canopy Growth live from the NYSE. …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — This will almost certainly be a record-breaking year for the advance of solar and wind power across the U.S. The additions that are in progress or planned are significant enough to boost hopes for emissions-free electrical grids within a generation—if natural gas doesn’t get in the way.It just may. Gas is such a bargain that it’s being viewed less as a bridge fossil fuel, driving the world away from dirtier coal toward a clean-energy future, and more as a hurdle that could slow the trip down. Some forecasters are predicting prices will stay low for years, making it …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc. investors who got in on Thursday’s share sale received the steepest discount the electic-car maker has offered in its 10-year history as a public company.Tesla’s $2 billion secondary offering priced at $767 per share, 4.60% below Thursday’s closing price. That discount is over 10 times larger than Tesla’s last secondary offering in May, and quintuples the average discount given across its seven prior share sales.Read more: Tesla Money Raise Keeps $14 Billion Virtuous Circle RollingAn 83% run-up this year before the offering launched might have contributed to the more buyer-friendly pricing terms, not to mention recent …read more […]