Chevron Corp. has agreed to buy Hess Corp. for $53 billion in an all-stock deal, in a bid to boost production growth and consolidate its position as one of the world’s leading oil and gas companies. The acquisition will give Chevron a significant foothold in Guyana, the South American country that is one of the…
Freelance.com acquires STA Group, expands its payroll management and IT consulting
PARIS, FRANCE: Freelance.com, the European leader in the relationship between companies and their external talents, announces the signing of a reciprocal promise with STA Groupe, a specialist in the salaried self-employment of independents and the matching of highly qualified consultants with companies. The rapprochement with STA will allow Freelance.com to strengthen its range of services…
SpaceX partners EU to launch European Galileo satellites into orbit
SpaceX has signed an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to launch four Galileo navigation and communications satellites into orbit. This is the first time that the EU has partnered with SpaceX to launch a satellite containing classified information. The launches will take place from the US next year in two rounds, using the…
How to create your own games on Roblox using Roblox Studio
Roblox Studio is a powerful game creation platform that allows you to create your own games on roblox of all kinds, from simple obbies to complex RPGs. To get started, you will need to download and install Roblox Studio from the Roblox website. Once you have installed Roblox Studio, you can create a new place…
Roche buys Telavant for $7.1 billion, gains access to novel IBD drug
Roche, a Swiss pharmaceutical giant, has agreed to a US$7.1 billion deal to acquire Telavant, a biotech company that is developing a promising drug for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Telavant is jointly owned by Roivant and Pfizer, two of Roche’s US competitors. The deal gives Roche the exclusive rights to RVT-3101, an experimental antibody that…
TotalEnergies partners with Corio and Rise for 3GW Attentive Energy offshore wind project
PARIS, FRANCE: TotalEnergies has partnered with Corio Generation and Rise Light & Power for the joint development of the Attentive Energy offshore wind project off the coast of New York and New Jersey. The Attentive Energy project aims to develop more than 3 GW of offshore wind located 54 miles from New York State and…
Gulf International Bank Becomes a Signatory to the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles
MANAMA: Gulf International Bank B.S.C. (GIB) today announced that it has become a signatory to the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). Established by UN Women and UN Global Compact, WEPs are a set of principles offering guidance to businesses on how to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment. By joining the WEPs community, GIB continues to…
Philips Q3 results show improved operational performance, with sales increasing 11%
AMSTERDAM: Philips’ third-quarter results show improved operational performance, with sales increasing 11% to EUR 4.5 billion and adjusted EBITA increasing to EUR 457 million, or 10.2% of sales. The company’s order book remains strong, and it has raised its outlook for the full year 2023 to 6-7% comparable sales growth and an adjusted EBITA margin…
Google faces antitrust probe in Japan over web search dominance
Just after pulling out of the Web Summit, Google is under scrutiny by Japan’s competition watchdog for allegedly abusing its market power in web search services. The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) announced on Monday that it would examine if Google breached Japan’s Antimonopoly Act by paying Android phone makers to exclude rival search engines….
New Galaxy Tab A9 and A9+ tablets go on sale globally today
Samsung has announced the release of its latest budget Galaxy A series tablets, the Galaxy Tab A9 and Galaxy Tab A9+. The two tablets are designed for those who don’t want to spend a lot of money on a new tablet, but still want a good quality device with some great features. Display The Galaxy…
Beyonca, a Renault-Dongfeng EV joint venture, secures Saudi investment
Beyonca, an electric vehicle brand jointly owned by French automaker Renault and Chinese carmaker Dongfeng Motor, announced on Monday that it had received an investment from Al Faisaliah Group Holding Company, a Saudi Arabian conglomerate. The deal was signed at a ceremony in Wuhan, China, where Dongfeng Motor is based. Beyonca also signed a strategic…
Oxford University’s AI tool predicts virus variants before they emerge
A new artificial intelligence tool, called EVEscape, can forecast how viruses will mutate and evade the human immune system. Researchers from Oxford and Harvard say the tool could have predicted the Covid-19 variants that drove the pandemic. EVEscape uses a deep-learning model and biological data to estimate how likely a viral mutation is to escape…