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...The shareholder vote is to approve a takeover of Trump Media & Technology Group by a special purpose acquisition company called Digital World Acquisition Corporation....
...More energy industry news: Chevron has warned that its planned $53bn acquisition of Hess could be thwarted by rivals ExxonMobil and China National Offshore Oil Corporation....
...ExxonMobil plans to begin producing lithium in 2027 in a major strategic pivot....
...Chevron has agreed to buy rival oil and gas producer Hess Corporation in a $53bn all-stock deal....
...Results: Oil majors Chevron and ExxonMobil release first-quarter earnings today. Consumer goods manufacturers Newell Brands and Colgate-Palmolive will also publish results. Five more top stories 1....
...ExxonMobil and UPS report earnings before the market opens while General Motors and Starbucks report after Wall Street closes....
...“The bumper sticker would say, we’re past the V,” says Michael Gapen, chief US economist at Barclays, referring to the shape of the recovery since the shocking collapse last year....
...“Few proposals are more significant than that for a global minimum rate of effective corporation tax....
...On Monday Janet Yellen, US Treasury secretary, set out plans for a global minimum corporation tax on the eve of the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank....
...Almost two-thirds of Russians are unwilling to receive the Sputnik V vaccine and about the same number believe Covid-19 was created as a biological weapon, a pollster said on Monday....
...Russia’s Sputnik V jab has shown 91.6 per cent efficacy against symptomatic Covid-19 in clinical trials, a Lancet peer review confirmed....
...Investors will also have an eye on energy major ExxonMobil and pharmaceutical group Pfizer....
...Plus, the FT’s capital market’s correspondent Rob Smith explains how Carnival Corporation managed to persuade investors to put their money into the ailing cruise company....
...Additional reporting by Bryce Elder in London and Colby Smith in New York...
...The days ahead Earnings diary Oil majors ExxonMobil and Chevron follow rival ConocoPhillips and report earnings today against a backdrop of collapsing demand and savage cost cutting across the sector....
...An energy group’s enduring quest for black gold ExxonMobil has never been one to toe the line....
...Jennifer Epps-Addison, network president of the Center for Popular Democracy, a progressive advocacy group, argued that powerful corporations were “trying to weasel their way out” of their responsibilities...
...In New York, meanwhile, Darren Woods, ExxonMobil chief executive, will present his investment priorities and turnround plans to analysts....
...It looks like only ExxonMobil and Chevron can say, with a certain degree of confidence, that they’ll be able to survive the current geopolitical onslaught....
...The country is looking to mirror its neighbour Guyana, where ExxonMobil recently started production from deepwater oil blocks....
...(BBC) Video of the day Are corporations paying enough tax?...
...(Forbes) Anna v Andrea It’s one of those boardroom battles that has captivated the global industry....
...The oil producer, which last week revealed itself to be the world’s most profitable company, self-consciously positioned itself against major US corporations such as ExxonMobil and Apple in its initial pitch...
...Xerox wants to give HP’s board its walking papers We’re all guilty of overusing the David v Goliath trope but in the case of Xerox and HP, it really does apply....
...“Addressing climate change in a meaningful way requires global participation and actions by governments, corporations and consumers.”...
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