Geographical proximity key factor in countries’ oil imports: poll
A large oil refinery along the Athabasca River in Alberta’s Oilsands. Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Oil imports from geographically close sources are preferred over supplies from far-flung locations, according to a new public opinion poll of more than 24,000 citizens of 28 countries by Ipsos.
It looked at eight oil-producing jurisdictions: Canada, the United States, Norway, the Middle East, Mexico, Venezuela, Russia, and China. Participants were asked to rank their preferred origin for oil imports between Nov. 18 and Dec. 6, 2022.
Ipsos says aside from geography, the weighted data shows a trend towards choosing suppliers based on shared values, such…
Click supports CIPD’s Flex from 1st campaign
Click Travel prides itself on its employee perks and benefits; from offering employees additional purchased leave, to receiving travel discounts and a packed social events calendar.
Flexible working has always been present among the many benefits offered by the company, with over 70% of employees either working part-time/flexible hours or working from home on a regular basis.
This month Click has taken another step forward with flexible working, introducing flexible working requests from day one of employment, rather than after 26 weeks, supporting CIPD’s Flex from 1st campaign.
What does this mean for Click?
Click has grown by an…
Tupperware stock plummets after warning it may go out of business
Tupperware says it may go out of business
Tupperware may go out of business, the company warns
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Tupperware is warning it may go out of business, just three years after the retro brand enjoyed a surprise surge from legions of pandemic shut-ins trying their hands at cooking.
The Orlando-based company said it had “substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern” in a press release and filing securities.
Shares of the direct marketing company plunged 50% after the announcement late Friday. Tupperware’s stock was trading at about $1.28 a share Tuesday, down 70% since the start…
Announcing the next wave of AI innovation with Microsoft Bing and Edge
Just three months ago, we unveiled the new AI-powered Microsoft Bing and Edge to reinvent the future of search with your copilot for the web. We aim to tackle a universal problem with traditional search – that nearly half of all web searches go unanswered, resulting in billions of people’s searches falling short of the mark. We launched the new Bing to bring you better search results, answers to your questions, the ability to create and compose, and with a new level of ease of use by being able to chat in natural language. Bing combines powerful large language models…
Tupperware shares tank as company warns it may go out of business
Shares in Tupperware have tumbled to their lowest level on record as the iconic food storage company warned investors that it is in danger of going out of business.
The company’s stock price fell by 50 per cent on Monday after the company said in a press release over the holiday weekend that it has hired financial advisors to explore options for the company and to “remediate its doubts regarding its ability to continue as a going concern .”
Shares in Tupperware had been on a downslope for years, as the company’s 77-year-old main business model of selling direct-to-consumers via…
FCA Business Plan focus: reducing harm from firm failure
The FCA’s Business Plan for 2023/24, covered in overview in our earlier post, reiterates the FCA’s focus on reducing misconduct that can cause serious harm, and includes six commitments and related actions the FCA plans to take over the coming year.
One important area relevant for all firms is financial resilience. The FCA wants firms to meet their financial resource requirements so that they can conduct business, wind down and, where applicable, fail without causing significant harm to consumers and market participants.
The Business Plan confirms the FCA’s plans to introduce a new regulatory return requiring 20,000 solo regulated financial…
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Dominion suit against Fox News spotlights Maria Bartiromo
How do you solve a problem like Maria Bartiromo?
Fox News executives may be asking themselves that question as she emerges as a central figure in Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6-billion defamation suit against the conservative news network.
In released court documents and deposition testimony connected to the case, Bartiromo is cited throughout for allowing former President Trump’s false claims about 2020 election fraud to air on the network in an effort to stop angry viewers from abandoning the network.
Falsehoods such as the claim that the Denver-based voting machine maker was founded in Venezuela to aid Hugo Chávez and that…
