Amazon, an online retailer, has received permission from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to use drones to deliver parcels to customers. The permit was issued for the Prime Air service.
Bloomberg writes that now Amazon will be able to start delivering their orders to customers on a commercial basis. The company and its competitors will have to overcome some technical and bureaucratic obstacles before the service will be fully operational, but permit of issuance means that they managed to convince the government that they are ready to work in the strictly regulated field of air transportation as per agency.
In the FAA said that the regulator wants to support innovation, but will monitor the safety of the use of drones.
German airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG on Monday took the third package of measures restructuring of business because of poor dynamic aviation market recovery, according to a press release. “Forecasts for international flights have deteriorated significantly in recent weeks. With the end of the summer holiday season, the number of passengers and bookings is declining again […]
Stocks Boeing, which fell by 47.5% since the beginning of the year fell by 1.6% before the opening of trading on Tuesday amid news of a new FAA investigation. The US airline is going through the most difficult period in its history, continuing to expect recertification of the most profitable passenger`s aircraft Boeing 737 Max, […]
American company Zynga Inc. that creates popular social network games has closed a deal to buy everyone in circulation in the shares of the Turkish Peak Games. It is reported that the payment was almost equal to the funds and ordinary shares of the company. As part of the operation, Zynga received two franchises from […]
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The Georgian Industrial Group purchased 25% of the Ukrainian pharmaceutical company, which is 70% owned by the state. Buyer of the is Luraq Investments Limited (Limassol, Cyprus), which is part of the Georgian Industrial Group (Georgian Industrial Group, GIG) bought the last 25% of the insulin producer “Indar”, PJSC (Kyiv). This information was published by […]
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Kharkiv plant Electrovazhmash will soon receive a certificate and will participate in tenders of Ukrzaliznytsia for the renewal of rolling stock. This was announced on Thursday, March 25, the State Property Fund. Representatives of the companies discussed further cooperation within the framework of the previously signed road map. The Minister of Infrastructure Vladislav Krykliy and […]
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The most popular fashion brand Gucci will donate about $ 500,000 for the purchase and distribution of a new type of coronavirus vaccine among vulnerable people around the world. It is noted that the funds will be transferred to UNICEF, which supports the WHO initiative on mass vaccination COVAX and the GAVI group. “Global equitable […]
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Health Minister Maxim Stepanov and British Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons discussed the possible production of a coronavirus vaccine at Ukrainian facilities. The Ministry of Health is in constant contact with AstraZeneca. This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Health on Facebook. Vaccine production may be launched in the near future. “We […]
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The CEOs of UBS Group AG and Credit Suisse Group AG plan to merge their businesses to create one of the largest banks in Europe. This was announced on Saturday, April 10, Bloomberg. According to the analytical publication, the Swiss financial holding Credit Suisse intends to merge with market leader UBS Group to cover losses […]
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Vegetable fats have been repeatedly found in butter produced in the SE “Starokonstantinovsky dairy factory”. This is confirmed by the state of research in 2012-2014. The Antimonopoly Committee has fined SE “Starokonstantinovsky Dairy Plant”, which belongs to the largest Ukrainian manufacturers, the Ukrproduct Group company. The fine amounts to 790.3 thousand UAH. This was reported […]
NextLDaily prepared the short overview of latest news in the sphere of business and finance for last week for the readers. If you missed something, it would be a good opportunity to correct it. 1. The NBU will start a new system for carrying out the currency transactions Within the last press conferences representatives of the […]
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The LetterOne Holding (L1), one of whose shareholder is the billionaire Mikhail Fridman (who was born in Lviv, and who is one of the shareholders of Alfa-Bank Ukraine), invested $ 200 million in Uber taxi service. This is stated in the message of LetterOne. “I am very pleased with our strategic partnership with Uber. As […]
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Ford official dealer representatives in Ukraine informed that Avtovinn company had developed in Vinnytsia a new Ford affiliate dealer centre. The Vinnytsia dealer centre is the third Ford centre in Ukraine . The two others have been located in Dnepr and Kyiv. It provides the full services from selling to Ford cars maintenance. The new […]
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National Bank of Ukraine adopted a decision to revoke the banking license and liquidate the PJSC CB “Premium” for violation of banking legislation in the sphere of financial monitoring. This is stated in the resolution of the National Bank № 68 / BT, dated February 10, 2016, said the press service of the regulator. “The […]
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Group of companies Milk Alliance was the first among dairy companies in Ukraine that complied the order of the Bulgarian partner for the industrial supply of milk products. “This order is a test in order to study the demand and taste preferences of consumers. The products will be available in specialty stores focused on the population of the CIS […]
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The increase of the minimum wage in Ukraine from UAH 5,000 to UAH 6,500 in 2021 may increase the state budget deficit to more than 6% of gross domestic product. This is stated in the economic review of the World Bank. In addition, the increase in the minimum wage will increase the overall need to […]
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The Homsters Company, which was founded by Ukrainian and Polish, and is better known in our country as Prof.Estate, raised $ 600,000 from private investors for the launch of the company in Vientam under the brand TimHome.vn. Homsters unites three projects: two marketplaces on real estate (Homsters.kz Timhome.vn in Kazakhstan and TimHome.vn. in Vietnam) and […]
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On October 7, 2016, the protest action was organised by Council of lawyers of the Kyiv city and Lawyers Council of Kiev region took place in Kyiv. Though this action will take place under walls of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. However, the problems to which lawyers will pay attention, don’t concern people’s deputies. It […]
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Following the results of October 2016 Ukraine has remained beyond limits top-10 of the largest global manufacturers of steel. According to world steel association, the Ukrainian metallurgists made 1,93 million tonnes that are 6,1% less, than the previous year. However, it is slightly better than the result of September 2016.Italy again forced Ukraine from top-10 […]
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