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Oil firms secure injunctions to stop UK climate protests
Please try another search Economy12 hours ago (Apr 15, 2022 06:01PM ET) 2/2 © Reuters. Logos of ExxonMobil are seen in its booth at Gastech, the world's biggest expo for the gas industry, in Chiba, Japan April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/Files 2/2 LONDON (Reuters) - Three firms involved in Britain's oil sector, including ExxonMobil (NYSE:),…
Western firms’ thorny Russian dilemmas
“ONE SHOULD not condemn companies that decide to stay in Russia as financiers of Putin’s war,” says Michael Harms, head of Germany’s Eastern Business Association, a lobby group. As long as they don’t violate Western sanctions it should be up to them whether they stay in Russia or leave. Metro and Globus, two big German…
Revealed: The 31 firms that went into administration in February
The number of administrations recorded in the construction industry last month was at its highest level since the start of the pandemic. In total, there were 31 administrations in the construction industry in February 2022, the biggest total in nearly two years (see full breakdown below). According to data collected by Creditsafe, February saw the…
Health Care Firms Were Pushed to Confront Racism. Now Some Are Investing in Black Startups.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Marcus Whitney stands out in Nashville’s $95 billion health care sector as an investor in startups. In addition to co-founding a venture capital firm, he’s organized an annual health tech conference and co-founded the city’s professional soccer club. And, often, he’s the only Black man in the room. So in summer 2020,…
Can American firms rid their supply chains of Xinjiang goods?
Possibly. Just don’t tell ChinaMOST COMPANIES prefer to talk about corporate social responsibility than to act on such pronouncements. The Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law on December 23rd, is leading many to do the opposite. American businesses may be happier to try to comply with it than to…