The profits of the American technology companies Apple, Microsoft and Alphabet increased significantly in the second quarter of 2021. This was reported by the BBC.
It is noted that Apple’s profits have increased to 21.7 billion US dollars over the past three months amid an increase in purchases of 5G iPhone.
Microsoft generated $ 16.5 billion in revenue (47% more than in the second quarter of last year), due to demand for services and games.
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, reported revenue of $ 61.9 billion amid rising online user activity.
SoftServe is expanding its presence and opening new office spaces in four cities — Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Uzhhorod, and Odesa. They are available for 250 people working in these regions as well as other employees. The coworking in Vinnytsia where SoftServe has around 50 employees is already fully operating. Odesa is the next — office space […]
COMBINE ROAD AND COMFORT Shell is launching a new coffee brand Shell Café all over Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) (to replace […]
Radisson Hotel Group is proud to be the world’s first hotel group to make all meetings and events across 400+ hotels in its EMEA portfolio carbon negative. For every event taking place at its participating hotels, Radisson Hotel Group will offset double the carbon footprint, to ensure that every meeting has a positive impact on […]
During trading on Monday, October 11, the price of a barrel of Brent oil rose by 2% to $ 84.01. She reached this mark for the first time since October 2018. US WTI oil rose by $ 1.62 to $ 81.3 – the highest price since 2014, according to Reuters. It is noted that Brent […]
The agreement on a single corporate tax rate of at least 15 percent was signed by 136 states, which account for more than 90 percent of world GDP. The agreement is aimed at combating tax evasion by international corporations. The initiative was also signed by countries that were initially opposed to tax reform, such as […]
The savings of Ukrainian citizens outside the banking system are estimated at $ 30-35 billion. This estimate was given by the chairman of the National Bank Kyrylo Shevchenko during the Kyiv Economic Forum. There are different estimates of the “gray” economy. We in the National Bank believe that this is up to 30% of GDP. […]
During the week, the National Bank of Ukraine bought $ 228 million on the interbank foreign exchange market. At the same time, the central bank did not sell currency on the interbank market. So the NBU continued to buy currency on the interbank market, the bank increased it compared to last week ($ 15 million) […]
The new Tesla factory in Berlin may release the first electric cars next month. CEO Elon Musk stated this. Speaking at the plant, Musk said he hoped to get the green light to begin production in the coming weeks. The last consultation on public concern about the plant ends on October 14, after which the […]
Radisson Hotel Group has plans to more than double its serviced apartments portfolio within the next 5 years across EMEA. Today, serviced apartments represent around 10% of the Group’s EMEA portfolio with 45 properties and more than 5,400 units in operation and under development. Radisson Hotel Group operates its serviced apartments as a stand-alone or […]
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To get the next tranche of credit from its main creditor – the IMF, Ukraine should solve the issue of adopting a law which provides the demonopolization of the alcohol industry. This information was published by the head of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine Taras Kutovyi on his Facebook profile. The adoption of […]
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The American corporation Google, following other American companies Twitter and Facebook, suspended data requests from the Hong Kong authorities after the new Chinese law entered into force on this autonomous territory. “Last Wednesday when the law went into effect, we suspended any new data requests from the Hong Kong authorities. We will continue to study […]
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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 […]
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According to the owner of a startup, the unit will help to put on the feet people, suffering from incurable diseases. Musk founded the startup Neuralink in 2016, the aim is to create a device that provides a direct link between the computer and the human brain. The device, which connects directly to the computer […]
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State Enterprise Plant named after VO Malysheva begins to fulfill a new contract for the repair of T-80UD tanks, which was signed in February at the international arms exhibition IDEX-2 021 between Ukrspetsexport and Pakistan for a total of $ 85.6 million. This was reported by the press service of the company. “Currently, all the […]
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The manufacturer of electric cars Tesla has allowed its customers to pay for the purchase with bitcoins. This was announced on Wednesday on Twitter by the founder of the automaker, billionaire Elon Musk F. The official Tesla website states that payment is made from the customer’s bitcoin wallet: he can scan a special QR code […]
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More than the half of the American companies plan to reduce their office space because of the remote work will become a common option even after the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was reported by the Bloomberg, citing to the study by Cisco Systems. Agency interviewed 1,569 business leaders, employees of companies responsible for […]
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The British financial regulator has banned one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges Binance from trading cryptocurrencies in the country. The UK has struck a blow by forcing the exchange on its website and social media pages to indicate a lack of the right to work in the country. “Binance shall not engage in any […]
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Company Naftohaz Ukraine has analyzed the alternatives to sale the foreign assets, but there is no a buyer for it. According to the director of the company Andrii Kobolev, the true reason for this is a low profitability of Ukrainian Naftohaz assets in Egypt. It is reported by UNIAN. Kobolev said that it is not […]
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World oil prices of reference brands continue to rise on the news of the victory of the Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the US presidential election and information on the success of tests of the vaccine from COVID-19 of the American company Pfizer Inc. and German BioNTech. This is evidenced by trading data on Wednesday, […]
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In every company sooner or later there comes a time when the manager asks a question of legal support for business. Solutions may be very different: someone delegate such powers to accountant and it really works, it is true, as long as does not need an expert with deeper legal competence, and someone is trying […]
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Ukrzaliznytsia has signed a memorandum on cooperation and localization in Ukraine of passenger rolling stock production by the Swiss company Stadler CIS AG. The press service of the Ministry of Infrastructure reports. According to the document, the parties will work together to develop passenger rail transport in Ukraine and attract funding. In addition, if Stadler […]
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Uwe Christian Eschner, the Austrian investment banker intends to take 65,749% of Investbank shares (Odessa). The National commission on securities and the stock market (NCSSM) financial institution in the system of the information disclosure provided information about it. Particularly, Eschner intends to take 45 550 625 bank shares with the nominal value of 58,3 million […]
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Founder of the platform for online auctions of the eBay Pierre Omidyar will leave the company’s board of directors and receive the title of Director Emeritus, according to release in the eBay. “For 25 years I have proudly watched as the company that I created, opened up the economic opportunities for people around the world. […]
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In May Ukraine produced 2.3 million tons of the steel. This figure is to 5.7% higher than was in the same period in 2015. This is confirmed by the monthly data of the international organization World Steel Association. It is a non-profit organisation with its headquarters in Brussels, Belgium and a second office in Beijing, China, […]
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