£1000 fine for travellers who violate UK quarantine rules
Travellers arriving in the UK will be quarantined for two weeks and will be fined £ 1,000 if they break the rules. That was clarified by Home Secretary…
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6,770 Boeing employees to be laid off amid low aircraft demand
Aircraft manufacturer Boeing is forced by the corona crisis to lay off at least 6,770 employees. As the global virus outbreak has put airlines in financial trouble, the…
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Dominic Cummings to retain his job as PM advisor
Dominic Cummings, the controversial top advisor to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, will remain on. Johnson announced this on Sunday. Cummings was discredited because he, his coronavirus-infected wife,…
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BP will cut half of the managing jobs
British oil and gas group BP continues with a considerably slimmed-down management layer. Of all 250 managerial positions in the top two layers of the organization, only 120…
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From beer vats to 5G towers: Vodafone falls in love with Van Boxmeer
Vodafone wants to appoint Heineken CEO Jean-François van Boxmeer as chairman. The British telecom company wants to appoint the Belgian as a non-executive board member at the annual…
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Turks plan to buy Philips household appliances division
A group of five Turkish companies together want to make an offer for the Philips division that makes household appliances. The directors of TOBB, DEIK, TIM, MUSIAD and…
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In April alone 856.000 applications for unemployment benefits were filed
The number of British people claiming unemployment benefits due to the corona crisis has risen to almost 2.1 million. More than 856,000 applications were filed in April, according…
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Gold reaches 2012 levels
The gold price has reached its highest level in almost eight years due to financial market concerns about the corona crisis. The price of the precious metal is…
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London will have no new infections in June
The number of corona infections in London has fallen sharply. In the city, 24 new cases have been added, while in the northeast of England there are about…
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Shell downgrades CO2 emission targets
Shell cannot guarantee that the company will emit less CO2 in 2030 than in 2019 and that the company will invest less in fossil fuels in 2030 than…
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