In March this year, the United States imported oil and petroleum products from Iran totaling 1.03 million barrels. This is evidenced by data from the US Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA).
This delivery was the second since 1991, when the United States stopped importing Iranian oil. According to the EIA, another supply of oil and petroleum products from Iran was registered in October 2020. Its volume is 1.11 million barrels.
It is worth recalling that in May 2018, the United States withdrew from the agreement with Iran on the nuclear program and again imposed sanctions against Tehran, including secondary ones, i.e. against other countries doing business with Iran.
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 […]
According to Segodnya.ua, EX.UA has declared the domain sale for 1 million dollars in connection with the termination of work since 1st of December 2016. There is reported on the website: “We notify that the most expensive UANET domain is sold. The EX.UA domain price is 1 million dollars. 100% of proceeds will be spent for […]
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Big changes are planned in the US Gannett company which decided to coordinate the work of their local and national brands in a new group called USA TODAY NETWORK. On Thursday, December 3, 2015 American media company Gannett announced the merger of its brands in the USA TODAY NETWORK group to improve the quality of […]
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The first license for an online casino in Ukraine was issued to SpaceX LLC. The Commission for Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries made the relevant decision on Tuesday, February 2. The license entitles the company to carry out “activities related to the organization and conduct of casino games on the Internet” legally. Serhiy Potapov is […]
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Volvo dropped several cars from a height of 30 meters for crash tests. According to the automaker, such tests are very important for training rescue services. Volvo lifted the cars to a height of 30 meters with a crane, and then smashed them several times. Such a test allowed to simulate damage to cars at […]
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Along of goods transit blockade by Russia, and also its trade aggression, Ukraine in 2016 will lose about $900 million Natalya Mikolskaya, the deputy Minister of economic development, the sales representative of Ukraine declares that losses of Ukraine owing to trade aggression of Russia will have constituted $900 million until the end of the year. […]
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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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The Polish company Green Factory is interested in renting 500 hectares for growing vegetables in the Zakarpatsky region. The company plans to create its own raw material base in Ukraine. This is said in the statement of the Zakarpatsky regional administration. “The Representatives of the Polish company Green Factory Holding, Rytel Arthur and Martin Kusmerovsky […]
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“Petrikov milk” dairy complex got the status of a pedigree farm on breeding Holstein cattle in the area of ??dairy cattle breeding, said the press service of the UkrAgroCom and Hermes-Trading, which owns the complex. This status is assigned to the order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine on December 30, […]
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According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the country’s GDP grew by 4.9% year on year in the third quarter. China’s economy is recovering the fastest in the world from the COVID-19 pandemic – GDP decline by closing factories and quarantine in the first quarter of the year already fully compensated, and the […]
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The company Walmart continues to follow the advanced technology in the field of e-commerce and delivery. Walmart has partnered with three drone manufacturers: Flytrex, Zipline and DroneUp, as well as with the large American network of clinical laboratories Quest Diagnostics. According to the company, DroneUp drones have already made 57 flights with the average time […]
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ComboApp Company, which is engaged in the marketing and PR of mobile applications, recently completely closed the Kiev office. It was closed by consulting direction ComboApp, according to the editorial board, about 40 people worked in Kiev. In Odessa continues the GoWide direction. ComboApp’s founder Vadim Chernega confirmed the company’s downsizing, adding that this decision […]
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US Employees of Facebook were allowed to work in a remote location by June next year. Most Facebook personnel were switched to remote mode in late March, and in April, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that it is the last among of those to resume working in the office at the end of a pandemic of […]
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Johnson & Johnson has found a batch of coronavirus vaccine that does not meet quality standards, the company said. Supplier Emergent BioSolutions at a plant in Baltimore manufactured the batch. This batch was not poured into ampoules and was not admitted to the final stages of production, the report said. Against this background, shares […]
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Ukrainian restaurateurs cannot share the trademark Oliva. The former partners, Dmitry Plyatsuk the owner of marks Viva Oliva and Yuriy Kolesnik he owner of Oliva served counterclaims to revoke the trademark of the competitor. January, 20 Solomenskiy District Court of Kiev will consider the claim of Viva Oliva to the Ukrainian Institute of Intellectual Property […]
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Antimonopoly regulator of EU approved the agreement of 16.2 billion euro merger with French group for the production of luxury goods LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy) and transnational jewelry company Tiffany. This was reported by Reuters. According to the information, the merger agreement was approved without additional conditions for the companies. Earlier, Tiffany reported that […]
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According to the results of 2020, Ukrenergo’s loss amounted to almost UAH 27.5 billion against UAH 1.86 billion profit a year earlier. This is evidenced by a report in the information disclosure system of the NSSMC. According to him, last year the company’s net income increased 2.2 times (by UAH 31.9 billion) to UAH 58.250 […]
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