Dollar General plans to pay employees to get COVID-19 vaccination

Dollar General Corp will offer frontline employees four hours worth of pay after they get the COVID-19 vaccine, the discount retailer said on Wednesday, making it one of first U.S. companies to incentivize its workers to get inoculated.

Reuters 13-01-2021

Vodafone targets Frankfurt listing for mast business in early 2021

Vodafone , the world's second biggest mobile operator, said on Friday it would list its towers business, named Vantage Towers, in Frankfurt in early 2021.

Reuters 24-07-2020

Nubank and Chubb are launching a life insurance product

The Brazilian neobank has rolled out life insurance coverage—Nubank Vida—which will be underwritten by global insurer Chubb, per the press release.

Business Insider 03-12-2020

U.S. airlines remain in 'dire straits,' needs new government assistance: industry group

The head of a group representing major U.S. passenger airlines and a senior union official will make the case Tuesday to lawmakers for a third round of government assistance, according to testimony seen by Reuters.

Reuters 02-03-2021

Electronic Arts falls 7% as profit-growth forecast misses expectations

Video game company Electronic Arts slipped by as much as 7.6% Wednesday after the company's forecast for the fiscal fourth-quarter of 2021 disappointed Wall Street investors. The Redwood City, California-based company on Monday reported $1.38 billion in revenue for the last quarter, higher than analysts' estimates of $1.32 billion. Adjusted earnings, however, were forecast only at 98 cents, which is lower than Wall Street's expected $1 per share average.

Business Insider 03-02-2021

Cruise stocks surge after Bank of America lifts price targets on vaccine hopes

Cruise stocks shot higher in Thursday trading after Bank of America lifted its forecasts for an industry-wide recovery. Widespread vaccination gives confidence to a full cruise-industry recovery in 2022, Bank of America analysts Andrew Diadora and Geoffrey d'Halluin said in a Thursday note. Cruises are a leading element of the travel recovery theme, and a vaccine puts the stocks' previous highs back in play, they added.

Business Insider 03-12-2020

Ford, Infiniti in spotlight on China consumer rights show

Auto brands Ford and Nissan's Infiniti were among those companies criticised on Monday on Chinese state television China Central Television's (CCTV) popular annual consumer rights show.

Reuters 15-03-2021