Business
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Novo Nordisk announces plans to reduce workforce
Sep 29, 2016News Hour: Novo Nordisk has today announced its intention to reduce its workforce by approximately 1,000 employees of the 42,300 positions in the company’s global organization. This is one of the several actions taken to reduce... -
Plans to levy a tax on airline tickets to finance the roissy CDG express rail link
Sep 28, 2016News Hour: Air France, stylized as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France,. It is a subsidiary of the Air France–KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance.Following publication in... -
Lanxess to buy Chemtura for $2.7 billion
Sep 26, 2016News Hour: Lanxess AG is to buy U.S. speciality chemical company Chemtura for 2.4 billion euros ($2.69 billion) including debt in the German company’s largest ever takeover, moving it further away from its main synthetic rubber... -
Pfizer gives up it’s plan to split into two companies
Sep 26, 2016News Hour: U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc, which has been considering a split into two companies for more than two years, said on Monday it will not do so because the move would not create any shareholder... -
Huwaei announced price cut of it’s smartphones in Bangladesh
Sep 26, 2016News Hour: Huawei, the second largest android smartphone manufacturer in the world, has announced the price cut for a large array of its smartphones for the Bangladesh market. The Huawei Y5C, sporting a 4.5” display, an... -
Agreement signed between Confidence Group and English Department of Dhaka University
Sep 26, 2016News Hour: Bangladesh’s Confidence Group has recently signed an agreement with the Centre for English Teaching and Research (CETR), Department of English, University of Dhaka. Under this agreement, CETR will train the employees of Confidence Group... -
Americinn releases podcast on successfully marketing hotel franchises
Sep 26, 2016News Hour: AmericInn International, LLC announces the release of its last podcast in a series of four discussing obstacles that hotel franchise owners must overcome to succeed in today’s market. The final podcast titled, How strong... -
Hadid’s Port House opens in Antwerp
Sep 26, 2016News Hour: Architect Zaha Hadid’s Antwerp Port House, officially opened this week, integrates modern design with the city’s history as a pioneer global trading hub and diamond center. Made of 2,000 triangular glass panels, it cost... -
Tencent to donate 2 percent of its annual profit to charity in the use of mobile internet in China
Sep 25, 2016News Hour: Chinese billionaire Pony Ma Huateng, the founder of internet group Tencent, on Friday said his company would donate 2 percent of its annual profit to charity and flagged growth in the use of mobile... -
Credit cards introduced in Iran for the first time
Sep 25, 2016News Hour: Iran introduced credit cards for the first time on Sunday. Iran is looking to bolster its oil production and economy after world powers in January lifted sanctions against the Islamic Republic in return for Tehran...
