February 27, 2024
“British telecoms group BT said Wednesday it had agreed to sell London’s iconic BT Tower — once an important piece of network infrastructure — to developer MCR Hotels for £275 million ($346.6 million). The 189-meter (620-foot) structure has loomed over the capital… Continue Reading…
February 8, 2024
“Oil and natural gas giant BP beat expectations on Tuesday with earnings of $3 billion in the last three months of 2023, bringing last year’s total to half its record 2022 profit as energy prices have fallen since spiking after Russia’s invasion… Continue Reading…
February 3, 2024
“Activist investor Bluebell Capital Partners is pushing for BP to urgently change tack, saying it is “highly debatable” whether the oil major’s strategy of reducing fossil fuel investments in favor of clean energy has any chance of succeeding…” https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/30/bp-activist-investor-urges-oil-giant-to-scale-back-green-pledges.html It has zero… Continue Reading…
November 14, 2023
“…Wise reported revenue of £498.2 million, up 25% year-on-year, in the half-year ended on Sept. 30, 2023. Including interest income, the company’s total income stood at £656 million for the period, up 58% year-on-year. Before tax, company profit came in… Continue Reading…
November 1, 2023
“BP the oil and gas company, missed analyst estimates for profit in the third quarter. It goes to show how hard it is for Big Oil to keep investors happy after making record profits last year. London-based BP (ticker: BP)… Continue Reading…
August 1, 2023
“…But BP stock rose Tuesday following results, helped by a 10% dividend hike and buyback. Shares flirted with a possible early entry with crude oil prices on the rebound. CVX and XOM reported on Friday that second-quarter sales fell around 30%… Continue Reading…
February 13, 2023
“The U.K.’s semiconductor industry is crying out for financial support from the government, with insiders warning the country risks losing its microchip firms to the U.S. and other countries if it doesn’t act soon… Pragmatic Semiconductor, a Cambridge, England-based startup… Continue Reading…
September 26, 2022
“…Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 78 points, or 0.3%, off the lows of the morning. S&P 500 futures shed 0.3%. Nasdaq 100 futures lost 0.1%. The British pound dropped to a record low on Monday against the U.S. dollar. Sterling at… Continue Reading…
August 4, 2020
“BP is planning to slash oil and gas production and pour billions of dollars into clean energy as part of a major strategic overhaul unveiled on Tuesday, alongside a huge second quarter loss and dividend cut. The London-based company said that it plans a… Continue Reading…
July 2, 2020
“Energy company BP said Monday that its global workforce will be trimmed by 10,000 jobs… Chief Executive Bernard Looney said that the roles will be office-based and come mostly this year. The company’s current global workforce is 70,000. The changes… Continue Reading…
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