The founder of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, became the highest paid CEO in the United States last year, according to Forbes magazine.
The publication reminds that in 2018 Musk gave up his salary at Tesla. Instead, he receives a reward in the form of options on the company’s shares. In 2020, the businessman received options for shares of the automaker worth $ 11 billion.
The head of Paycom business software developer Chad Richison with 211 million dollars took the second line in the ranking. Amir Den Rubin, CEO of 1Life Healthcare, came in third with $ 199 million.
Note that Tesla completed the first quarter of 2021 with record profits. It increased 27 times to $ 438 million, compared to $ 16 million in the same period last year.
El Salvador was the first in the world to legalize bitcoin as an official means of payment. Such a law was passed by the country’s parliament. 62 parliamentarians supported the bill, 19 voted against, and three abstained. President Nayib Bukele intends to sign the law soon, after which it will take effect “immediately”. Thus, accepting […]
Pfizer will test its COVID vaccine in children under 12 years of age. Radio Svoboda reported this with reference to the company’s statement. The study will involve up to 4,500 children in the United States, Finland, Poland and Spain. The drug is already approved for use in emergencies for adolescents 12 years and older in […]
It takes at least 10 years to reform Ukrainian industry. President Volodymyr Zelensky stated this during the Ukraine 30 forum. “Modernization of industry, which has not taken place in Ukraine so far, will take place this time. We are talking about modernization of large industry, any, not just TPP. But do not believe those who […]
In the United States over the past 15 years, 25 billionaires have paid a much lower income tax than they should have. ProPublica based on confidential data from the US IRS published the investigation. In particular, among the 25 billionaires are Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Amazon founder Jeff […]
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday, June 9, signed a decree lifting restrictions against Chinese services TikTok and WeChat, imposed by former President Donald Trump. The press service of the White House reports. This is a decree of August 2020 on restrictions against the Chinese companies ByteDance and Tencent, which own the video service TikTok […]
The company, which was boosted by the coronavirus pandemic, continues to grow customers despite declining video conferencing. From February to April, 497 thousand organizations bought the premium version of Zoom, which is almost 30 thousand more than in the period from November to January. Although these data suggest a slowdown in customer growth, as from […]
Richard Branson’s aerospace company Virgin Galactic has announced a contract for a special research flight by Kelly Gerard, a member of the International Space Institute (IIAS). The astronaut will conduct experiments and test new health technologies while in space. The company’s shares in the premarket rose 7.61% to $ 33.5. “Much of our mission is […]
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a decree banning Washington from investing in 60 Chinese companies that the White House says are undermining U.S. security. “This executive order allows the United States to ban investments in Chinese companies that undermine the security or democratic values of the United States and our allies,” the document […]
Nissan has introduced a new sports car Nissan GT-R NISMO Special Edition. The car is equipped with a dual 3.8-liter turbocharged V-6 engine with 600 horsepower and 481 Nm of torque. The sports car accelerates to 96 km/h in 2.8 seconds. The first sales in the US are expected this fall. The cost of the […]
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Shares of BlackBerry jumped sharply on auction on December 1 after the news of a partnership with Amazon Web Service. TechCrunch writes that together they will develop and sell a service for connected cars – IVY platform. Stock quotes at the beginning of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) rose by 35%. The […]
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Apple has intensified work on its own search service, which will become a competitor to Google, writes the Financial Times, citing interlocutors in the mobile industry. One of the signs of this, the interlocutors called the fact that after updating the iOS operating system, Apple began to show its own search results and provide direct […]
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INTENDED POTENTIAL Each country possesses certain positive qualities that enable it to compete for investment when attracting foreign capital. These can be natural resources, geopolitical features, the legal system, level of production, technological and cultural development, etc. Since Ukraine has declared its independence, a certain rating of its investment attractiveness potential has also emerged. Land […]
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Commercial Court of Kiev took to attention the case of the right’s deprivation of Farmak Ukraine on the use of certificates for signs for Diazolinum goods. It is reported by a specialized news resource Pharma.net.. A prerequisite to the beginning of the litigation was an appeal of representatives of the international distributor of Farmat LTD […]
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And again we return to the theme of PrivatBank: not because of the desire to discuss again , perhaps, one of the most resonant events in the past year, but from a desire to understand and clarify some of the nuances of the case. To do this, we asked for a comment to one of […]
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According to financial club, Oschasbank agreed with the credit debt of JSC Avangard-Agro (AG) restructuration. The owner of AG is Oleh Bahmatiuk. It was published in the holding quarterly status report in London exchange. According to documents, the amount of debt will be converted in Ukrainian gryvnia by the rate of 25,65 UAH per 1 […]
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On April, 16-18 in Kyiv will be held the main business event of region in solar energy field devoted to latest technology, trends and investments opportunities – CISOLAR 2019, 8th International Solar Energy Conference and Trade Show of Central and Eastern Europe. Today solar energy development is one of priority areas for investors in the […]
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The Italian Competition and Market Administration has fined the Irish airline Ryanair 4.2 million euros for the fact that the carrier did not reimburse the cost of tickets for canceled flights after June 3, 2020. It is noted that the Antimonopoly Office recognized this practice as unfair after the easing of restrictions on movement in […]
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The international business publication The Financial Times published the news that the public company Alibaba Group of China, experienced e-commerce giant, plans to become the owner of an investment holding company Intime Retail, bought its controlling stake at a price of more than two and a half billion dollars. Intime Retail owns 29 shops and […]
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According to Business Insider, SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is selling four homes in Los Angeles for $62.5 million. It is already known that these houses will be sold to the LLC developer owned by businessman Ardi Tavangarian. “Arya Chalon LLC will combine the real estate portfolio into a new single project to […]
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development intends to provide the “Astarta” agro-holding a loan of $ 20 million. The money will be spent for modernization of sugar factories. This was said in the message of the bank. According to the report, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is considering the possibility to give […]
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Darnytsia launches five types of drugs for the treatment of cardiac, neurological, gastroenterological and respiratory diseases. This was reported by the company’s press service. So, in March, a drug for the treatment of dementia Memtek was introduced. It is produced for Darnytsia in the European Union. It is noted that the acceleration of the release […]
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Shares of AT&T, which have lost 27.6% of value since the beginning of the year, rose up to 5.8% on Thursday after the publication of better-than-expected Wall Street analysts, earnings for the 3rd quarter, which ended on September 30. AT&T reported earnings per share of $ 0.76, which is 19% below last year’s value, but […]
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The net loss of the German chemical and pharmaceutical concern Bayer AG in the first half of 2020 amounted to 8.059 billion euros against profit a year earlier, according to the company’s reports. The loss in terms of the share was 8.2 euros versus 1.68 euros in profit a year earlier. Revenues decreased with 0,3% […]
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The financial results of the quarter, which covers the period from April to June, were most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the tourism industry. Many countries have closed their borders, travel conditions have become more difficult, and most travelers have canceled their traditional trips during the hottest tourist season due to concerns about […]
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