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McDonald’s Faces EU Investigation over Tax Avoidance
McDonald's could be facing a European Commission (EU) investigation into its tax affairs. EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager said she is looking into trade union...
White House 2016: Mike Huckabee Launches Second Presidential Bid
Mike Huckabee has announced his bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on May 5th. The former Arkansas governor has launched his second attempt at...
Jean-Marie Le Pen Wants His Daughter to Change Name
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's far-right National Front party, says he is "ashamed" his daughter - current party leader Marine Le Pen...
Australia Cuts Key Interest Rate to All-Time Low of 2%
Australia’s central bank (the Reserve Bank of Australia) has cut its key interest rate by 25 basis points to a historic low of 2%. Rising...
McDonald’s to Restructure Business Globally
McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook has announced a major shakeup after the fast-food chain reported poor results for Q1 2015. The world’s largest rest chain it...
Dave Goldberg Cause of Death: SurveyMonkey CEO Died of Severe Head Trauma in Gym Accident
David “Dave” Goldberg, SurveyMonkey CEO and husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, died of severe head trauma in an exercise accident in the Mexican...
Jean-Marie Le Pen May Lose Front National’s Honorary Presidency
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the former leader of France’s National Front, will find out if he is to lose his post of honorary president after...
Dave Goldberg Dead: SurveyMonkey CEO Dies Suddenly at 47
SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg has died suddenly at the age of 47, his family announced. A Silicon Valley entrepreneur and husband of Facebook COO Sheryl...
LinkedIn Shares Fall After Releasing Q1 2015 Report
LinkedIn shares have fallen sharply in after-hours trading after the company reported its Q1 2015 earnings. The business social network site also said it expected...
McDonald’s China Fries Supplier Gets Record Pollution Fine
McDonald’s China fries supplier got Beijing’s biggest ever pollution fine, state media report. Beijing Simplot Food Processing will have to pay 3.9 million yuan ($629,000)...
Gazprom Profits Drop 86% in 2014 on Russian Ruble Fall
Gazprom has reported a big drop in its annual profits after being hit by the fall in the value of the Russian currency. Russia's largest...
Togo Elections 2015: President Faure Gnassingbe Re-Elected for Third Term
Faure Gnassingbe has won a third term as Togo’s president, electoral officials say. According to provisional results, Faure Gnassingbe gained 59% of the vote, extending...
Ford Reports Lower than Expected Profits for Q1 2015
Ford has reported lower-than-expected profits for Q1 2015 after it sold fewer vehicles in North America and continued to lose money in Europe and...
Walmart Plans to Open 115 New Stores in China
Walmart is planning to open 115 new stores in China by 2017, the world's biggest retailer has announced. The move would increase the number of...
King Salman of Saudi Arabia Names New Crown Prince
King Salman of Saudi Arabia has announced a major cabinet reshuffle that puts in place a new generation to succeed him as head of...
Greece Crisis: PM Alexis Tsipras Believes EU Deal Will Be in Place by May 9
Greece’s PM Alexis Tsipras has said his country is in the final, critical stretch of talks with its international creditors and that he believes...
Oil Prices Hit 4-Month High amid Concerns over Middle East Disruption
Oil prices have reached a four-and-a-half month high on April 27 amid concerns over disruption to supplies from the Middle East. Brent crude oil is...
Northern Cyprus Election 2015: Mustafa Akinci Wins Presidential Runoff
Mustafa Akinci has won the presidential election in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Standing as an independent, leftist Mustafa Akinci, 67, won 60.3% of...
Harley-Davidson Recalls 46,000 Motorcycles Over Clutch Defect
Harley-Davidson has decided to recall nearly 46,000 motorcycles in the US because they could stay in gear due to clutches that won't fully disengage. The...
NASDAQ Sets New High in 15 Years
NASDAQ index has closed at a record high, surpassing a level it last reached in 2000 at the height of the dot-com bubble. The tech-heavy...
Get Your Business On Trend with Executive Suites
Many businesses feel an immense amount of pressure to be up to date on everything. They want to be the leaders in their industry...
IBM Is On The Hot Plate
Many people do not realize all of the things that are happening in current events surrounding IBM. Since they have been in the news...
Facebook Posts Slower Revenue Growth in Q1 2015
Facebook posted a slower revenue growth in the first quarter of 2015 with a profit of $512 million, down 20% on a year earlier. Revenue...
Mercedes-Benz Fined $56 Million for China Price Fixing
Daimler's Mercedes-Benz has been fined 350 million yuan ($56.5 million) in China for price-fixing as part of a broader clampdown on anti-monopolistic practices. A pricing...
Doug Parker to Be Paid Entirely in American Airlines Stock
American Airlines Chairman and CEO Doug Parker has decided to give up his cash salary and annual bonuses opting to be paid entirely in...
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