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...His father’s company — then called the Al-Zahawi Group, but now known as Iraq Projects Business Development (IPBD) — quickly procured a contract to provide cleaning, logistics and support services to the...
...Apple launches high-end PC The iPhone maker yesterday announced the launch of a new high-end desktop computer as it seeks to capitalise on the success of its M1 desktop processor....
...Business owners’ needs extend beyond insurance coverage, of course, and brokers have long provided ancillary services — cyber support being the latest example....
...(FT) Join the Global Boardroom on May 4-6 to hear from more than 120 influential leaders on the impact of the pandemic and what steps are needed to support a sustainable recovery....
...Hungary is the only EU member to have approved both the Chinese-made Sinopharm and Russian-made Sputnik V vaccines....
...Big Tech could step in to help fund laptops: they are swimming in cash and badly need to win public support....
...Russia’s Sputnik V jab has shown 91.6 per cent efficacy against symptomatic Covid-19 in clinical trials, a Lancet peer review confirmed....
...I think it’s an opportunity rather than an obligation — an opportunity to give something back and to provide some service.”...
...James Smith, research director at the Resolution Foundation, a think-tank, said the “disappointing” figures confirmed that Britain had never been on course for a rapid V-shaped recovery....
...But services experienced a downturn, with lockdown restrictions forcing many businesses to stay closed....
...Martin Arnold How much more support will the Fed provide?...
...The most affected industries in the service sector were air transport, which contracted 92.8 per cent in April alone; travel agencies, where output fell 89.2 per cent; food and beverage services, which were...
...(FT) Walmart v Amazon Few retailers are coping better with the relentless rise of Amazon than the country’s largest retailer Walmart....
...As the [above] chart shows, M1 tended to drive PMIs higher, but the lead-lag was as much as 9 months....
...James Smith: It all comes back to how furlough support is unwound. There is a clear risk that unemployment rises through 2021 as this unprecedented state support is gradually removed....
...In addition, the government is providing a funding package for the bus industry for a period of 12 weeks (mid March-mid June 2020), which includes £167m of new funding to support critical bus services....
...“China’s economic trajectory will be “L-shaped”, rather than “U-shaped”, and definitely not “V-shaped....
...It also involved two M1 Abrams tanks, two Bradley fighting vehicles and an armoured M88 recovery vehicle, bucking the norms for the celebration, which sees hundreds of thousands of people gather for a night...
...The other quarter-final matchups on Saturday pit Italy v the Netherlands and Germany v Sweden. The tournament has revealed which countries are most welcoming to women’s sport....
...Do you support Mr Trump’s tariff tenacity? Vote in our poll below. (FT, Reuters, BBC) ‘What’s the global fallout?’ asks Free Trade author James Politi. Sign up to his newsletter here....
...Unprecedented government support: most major retailers should be able to get through the downturn with various cash control and government support measures e.g., business rates holidays, payroll support,...
...Rotork has the single largest exposure in our coverage (~50% v 60% in 2014 though)....
...has said she will not back a candidate who has expressed hostility to Roe v Wade....
...Mr Smith added that Microsoft supports legislation such as the International Communications Privacy Act 2017 being proposed in Congress to update the law....
...Earlier on Wednesday, Mr Smith had been accused of prevaricating over the Iraq war after it emerged that he gave an interview 10 years ago implying support for the campaign....
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