Новости за 25.08.2024

Local authorities in Brazil say that wildfires in Brazil’s southern Sao Paulo state have killed at least two people. At least 36 cities are on high alert. The state’s governor said Saturday that local and federal authorities were stepping up efforts to control the fires. The fires have raged in the region outside Sao Paulo. The city is one of Latin America’s most populous. Sao Paulo state's governor told journalists that at least 7,300 government workers and volunteers had been deployed across the... Читать дальше...

Ken Murphy, chief executive of the country's biggest supermarket, made £10million in 2023, which is 431 times the sum received by a typical Tesco worker.

NASA says it won't use Boeing's Starliner capsule to bring two stranded astronauts back to Earth. Saturday's decision is another black eye to Boeing's reputation and another setback for the company's troubled defense and space business. Boeing is better known for building passenger airplanes. But lately it has been getting even more revenue from its defense and space division. That business is struggling, however, because of losses from fixed-price government contracts like the one Boeing got from NASA for Starliner. Читать дальше...

Buried in the annual report of fund manager Schroders is the unusual line that a director failed to attend a board meeting 'due to her honeymoon'.

Intuitive Surgical makes da Vinci robots, which have revolutionised operations worldwide. The biotech company has also devised a way to detect tiny nodules in the lung via an ultra-slim tube.

49ers coach Kyle Shanahan has joked that football-'obsessed' Christian McCaffrey was distracted by thoughts of his sport as he walked down the aisle to marry his wife Olivia Culpo.

Still at the golf course? Worklessness among the over-50s hasn't budged since Jeremy Hunt told them to put down their putters and get back to the office.

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Lando Norris stormed to the front on Saturday, but one data point might show up in the Dutch Grand Prix Sunday

Lauder, who died in 2004, saw that even when the economy was slumping, women would buy cosmetics and perfumes.

Since a finance director job is often the prelude to promotion to a CEO position, either at the same company or elsewhere, this suggests women are poised for a big breakthrough.

Keir Starmer's official spokesman has attacked the 'culture of presenteeism', the disease of working in the office that can be cured by working from home.

Oscar Piastri says he did not "do a good enough job" during qualifying at the Dutch F1 Grand Prix, clearly feeling his McLaren team missed out on locking up the front row of the Zandvoort grid.

As unions flex their wage-bargaining muscles, top pay continues to rise and the gap widens between the earnings of chief executives and their workers.

Arlene Foster was leader of the Democratic Unionist Party from 2015-2021 and, at 39, became the youngest and first female Northern Ireland First Minister in 2016, a post she held until 2021.

This quick and easy cleansing step can be added to even the simplest skincare routine.

Andrew Lloyd Webber is behind some of the best-known musicals of modern times - Phantom Of The Opera, Les Miserables and Cats. Along the way, he has amassed an estimated fortune of £800m.

Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Bowden Francis has pitched eight no-hit innings against the Los Angeles Angels.

Texas-based Nath, who earns £3.8million, could get up to £9.3million this year if he hits all his targets.

In July, the 27-year-old model revealed she's "not super close" with her famous family because she's "very independent."

The late August bank holiday weekend is always a good time to reflect on what has happened in finance and economics through the summer, and more important, figure out what's to come.

Shareholders in investment trust Lowland have seen the value of their holdings rise strongly in the past year on the back of a more buoyant UK stock market.

When a man starts to pull away or withdraw, a lot of women reflexively panic and do what they can to bring him back and get the relationship back on track.

It seems that the rules governing the opening (and running) of one-stop banking hubs could soon be relaxed.

Founded in 1979 by Chris Rea, AES employs 2,000 staff in 43 countries, with its sealing devices found in pumps used in sectors such as petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and pulp and paper.