LONDON, April 10 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will not attend next Saturday’s funeral of Prince Philip to make space for as many family members as possible under pandemic rules, his Downing Street office said in a statement.“As a result of the Coronavirus regulations, only 30 people can attend the funeral of HRH…
Apr 8th 2021HONG KONGFacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEditor’s update: on April 10th Chinese authorities fined Alibaba 18.2bn yuan ($2.8bn) following an antitrust investigation. The firm is accused of pressuring retailers into offering their goods exclusively on its online store. It is the largest penalty ever handed down by the country’s regulators.CHINA’S TECH tycoons have not been themselves lately. In…
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates named new members of the board of its central bank including two vice chairmen in a decree issued on Saturday, state news agency WAM reported.Abdulrahman Saleh Al Saleh and Jassem Mohammad Buatabah Al Zaabi have been appointed as vice chairmen.Younis Haji Al Khoori, Sami Dhaen Al Qamzi, and…
FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a session of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council In Yerevan, Armenia October 1, 2019. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo(Reuters) – President Hassan Rouhani reiterated Iran’s commitment to nuclear non-proliferation on Saturday while overseeing the launch of advanced…
ANKARA (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will hold talks with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on Saturday, amid tensions between Kyiv and Moscow over a long-running conflict in Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region.Kyiv has raised the alarm over a buildup of Russian forces near the border between Ukraine and Russia, and over a…
Goldman Sachs plans to hire 200 to 300 engineers in its consumer business this year. It signed a contract this month to bring on 14 cloud engineers, a spokesman told Insider. The plans come after a year when a surge in staff exits and senior manager turnover hit the consumer unit. See more stories on…
(Reuters) – Iran imposed a 10-day lockdown across most of the country on Saturday to curb the spread of a fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic, state media reported.FILE PHOTO: Iranians wearing protective face masks against the coronavirus walk in a crowded area of the capital Tehran, Iran, March 30, 2021. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia…
Summary List Placement Bill Miller’s fund sold almost all of its GameStop shares before their price rocketed in January. Miller Value Partners’ 1.7 million shares would have been worth over $800 million. The veteran investor’s team dumped 97% of its stake because it hadn’t paid off for years. See more stories on Insider’s business page.…
Playboy is launching an NFT art gallery and auction hub via Nifty Gateway. Playboy’s chief brand officer Rachel Webber said NFTs present ‘an enormous business opportunity’. Playboy plans to use the partnership to showcase its art archive and to release original works. See more stories on Insider’s business page. Playboy is set to join the…
Trump’s plan to start a new social media network is highly unlikely to succeed, experts have told Insider. The former president is reportedly planning a new platform to recover the audience he lost after being kicked off Twitter. But Trump will struggle, experts believe, with any new platform likely to struggle financially. See more stories…





