22.9 C
Karachi
Thursday, January 30, 2025
-Advertisement-

Tag: firms

Electricity firm files for bankruptcy citing $1.8 billion in claims

Brazos Electric Power Cooperative is one of dozens of electricity providers facing enormous charges stemming from a severe cold snap last month

Medtech firms get personal with digital twins

HEIDELBERG, Germany: Armed with a mouse and computer screen instead of a scalpel and operating theater, cardiologist Benjamin Meder carefully places the electrodes of...

Online betting firms gamble on soccer-mad Nigeria

LAGOS: Online sports betting is booming in soccer-mad Nigeria largely thanks to payment systems developed by homegrown technology firms that are starting to make...

European firms say China business ‘more difficult’

European companies complain they still face a difficult business climate in China despite Beijing's pledges of openness, with about half saying it has become tougher in the past year.

Biotech firms race to recruit good bugs in war on cancer

Biotech companies are competing to develop medicines using “bugs as drugs” to fight cancer, building on the latest scientific findings that patients with high...

German, Chinese firms offer healthcare, sustainable farming projects

KARACHI:  A conglomerate of German and Chinese firms has jointly offered Sindh government three important health sector projects including a 200-bed cancer hospital, 200-bed...

North Korean firms in China ordered to close by January

BEIJING: China said on Thursday North Korean firms operating in the country will have to shut down by January as Beijing applies UN sanctions...

US cable firms embrace former foe Netflix as TV viewing shifts

A growing number of US cable operators are forming alliances with Netflix Inc NFLX.O, a shift that is helping the streaming pioneer add customers...

European telecom firms pin hopes on ‘Esports’ video game gladiators

MADRID: Marcos Ochoa has just landed the dream job for many young Europeans: he is being paid to play video games. The 27-year-old Spaniard, whose internet...

US, Saudi Arabian firms sign tens of billions of dollars of deals as Trump visits

RIYADH: US and Saudi Arabian companies signed business deals worth tens of billions of dollars on Saturday during a visit by President Donald Trump, as...

UK govt “names and shames” firms for underpaying staff

LONDON: The government of the United Kingdom has “named and shamed” more than 350 companies after being fined for not paying their employees either...

Over 80% of US firms feel less welcome in China: survey

BEIJING: More than 80 percent of American companies feel China is less welcoming to foreign businesses than in the past, a US business lobby...

From robots to websites, British firms curb spending due to Brexit

LONDON: Heavy machinery whirrs and clanks on the factory floor of precision metalworking firm Robert Bion & Co, where a planned three-meter robotic arm would have been speeding up output by now, if Britain had not voted to leave the European Union.

Japan firms wage war on ‘smell harassment’

TOKYO: Got stinky colleagues? Japan has a seminar for that.

Media firms lose control of news as tech platforms rise

NEW YORK: When allegations emerged that Facebook was skewing its trending news stories, many learned about it... on Facebook.
-Advertisement-

BREAKING NEWS

MUST READ