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Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it will use its experience centres in London, New York and Sydney to sell products to customers starting July 1. Microsoft, which shut its retail stores ...

Britain has set up a group of experts to help it classify climate-friendly assets and stop “greenwashing” of investments that don’t live up to their sustainable credentials. Britain is ...

Israel is looking to shut a major industrial zone in the coastal city of Haifa that health officials say has been hazardous for years and turn it into an ecofriendly ...

Almost 200 Nigerians filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to lift a ban on Twitter, describing the government’s decision to block the site as stifling “any dissenting voice” and digital ...

British finance minister Rishi Sunak is pushing for the City of London to be exempt from a new global minimum corporation tax system championed by the Group of Seven (G7) ...

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun approved an exceptional loan of up to 300 billion Lebanese pounds ($200 million) on Monday for the state electricity company to import fuel for generation before supplies ...

Britain urged the European Union on Tuesday to help find an urgent solution to trade difficulties with Northern Ireland before the end of this month, saying there was no case ...

China’s leading new-energy vehicle (NEV) manufacturer BYD reported strong NEV sales growth in May, company data showed Monday. The Shenzhen-based company said its sales of NEVs, including purely electric ...

Several top US Senate Republicans on Monday rejected Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s G7 deal to impose a global minimum corporate tax and allow more countries to tax big multinational ...

European Parliament negotiators agreed with the European Council on common EU standards regulating the secondary market for non-performing loans, the Parliament said in a statement on Monday. The purpose of ...

French supermarket group Carrefour and its British peer Tesco said on Monday they would not extend a purchasing alliance heralded originally as a potential way to trim costs. The companies ...

European Union countries on Monday approved the bloc’s flagship fund to wean them off fossil fuels and protect communities most affected, paving the way for members to start receiving ...

Investor morale in the euro zone rose for the fourth month in a row in June, reaching its highest level since February 2018, lifted by reopening restaurants and tourism resuming as ...

The Covid-19 pandemic heavily changed the business landscape of many industries, and the fashion industry in Australia is no exception. However, the transformation of people’s life and work style ...

Oil pulled back after hitting fresh multi-year highs on Monday, as investors awaited the outcome of this week’s talks between Iran and world powers over a nuclear deal that ...

Germany said Ukraine should remain a transit country for Russian gas, the Frankfurter Allgemeine newspaper reported, after President Vladimir Putin said it would depend on the former Soviet republic showing “...

Morocco will reopen its airports and ports to international passenger traffic from June 15, both for its own citizens and foreign nationals, the foreign ministry said on Sunday. The move comes ...

Blockchain technology company Blockstream Mining said on Saturday that Square Inc (SQ.N) will invest $5 million to build an open-source, solar-powered bitcoin mining facility at one of Blockstream’s US ...

Seven countries have begun using the EU’s Digital Covid Certificate which allows their citizens to easily travel across the bloc. The certificate will be made available to non-EU countries, ...

The plant-based protein industry will eat into consumer demand for meat as the rapidly growing sector expands, Cargill Inc Chief Executive Officer David MacLennan said on Friday. “Our analysis is ...

Lebanon’s Banque du Liban has forced banks to allow depositors to withdraw $400 per month and the equivalent amount in Lebanese pounds, the central bank said in a circular released ...

Etsy Inc said on Wednesday it would buy Generation-Z focused fashion resale company Depop for $1.63 billion, seeking to attract younger shoppers and bolster its position in a booming market in ...

* First Nord Stream 2 line completed, Putin says * Gazprom shares rally, hit highest since mid-2008 * Putin says Russian gas to Europe to grow by 50 bcm in 10 years Russia’s Nord Stream 2 ...

* France and Germany say G7 very near to global corporate tax deal * Disagreements remain over minimum rate, scope of tax * UK’s Sunak says world is watching whether G7 can ...