UK companies must provide information on bonuses in pay-gap details
Large companies in the UK will have to report details about the bonuses given to men and women. The new measure is the latest move...
Investment in Dundee waterfront project reached £600 million
Investment in Dundee’s waterfront redevelopment project has reached £600 million.
Its latest round of funding will be used to develop the V&A design museum, a...
Droughts and floods in California will be more severe and frequent
Droughts and floods in California will at least double in frequency and become more severe by the end of this century, due mainly to...
Farmers must publicize EU funding with billboards
Farmers and landowners who received funding will have to put up billboards, posters or plaques publicizing the fact, after a new ruling imposed by...
Making solar panels and semiconductor devices more cheaply
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a way of making solar panels and semiconductor devices less costly and...
Jeff Bezos is now the second richest person in the US
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, is now the third richest person in the United States, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
At the beginning...
FTSE 100 rose to two-month high after China cut rates
The UK FTSE 100 Index rose to a two-month high on Friday after China completed another round of interest rates cuts.
The FTSE 100 climbed 1.06...
China cuts interest rate in attempt to boost economy
China, whose economy is rapidly slowing down, has reduced its one-year benchmark interest rate by 0.25 of a percentage point to 4.35%. This is...
Secret for selling successfully in emerging markets
Consumers in the emerging markets are some of the best customers in the world. They have represented more than half of Coca-Cola Co.’s global...
Raising solar panel system output by 30%
Researchers in the US and Canada have found a way to get more sunshine on the solar panels in order to raise output by...