by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Risk Management
Tokyo: Japan said on Tuesday it would take countermeasures to ensure next year’s Tokyo Olympics are not derailed by cyber attacks after Britain and the United States accused Russia of orchestrating efforts to disrupt the Games. Olympics organizers...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life
Automobile insurance startup Root Inc said on Tuesday it plans to raise as much as $604.1 million in its initial public offering on the Nasdaq, the latest in a line of insurers looking to tap the current boom in U.S. capital markets The firm, which provides...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News, Non-Life, Pandemic
LONDON: The world will have a smaller airline industry as a result of the coronavirus crisis with many privately funded carriers set to go under and governments throwing "good money after bad" to keep national champions afloat, Wizz Air's CEO WIZZ.L...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management, Technology
WASHINGTON: The U.S. sued Google on Tuesday, accusing the $1 trillion company of illegally using its market muscle to hobble rivals in the biggest challenge to the power and influence of Big Tech in decades.The Justice Department lawsuit could lead to the break-up of...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance
WASHINGTON: Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc agreed to pay $4.14 million to settle civil allegations that a Turkish subsidiary committed “egregious” violations of U.S. sanctions against Iran, the U.S. Treasury Department said on...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Technology
Microsoft Corp is partnering with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk-led SpaceX and others as it targets space customers, the software giant said on Tuesday. The partnership with SpaceX Starlink will provide high-speed satellite broadband for Microsoft's cloud...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic, Risk Management
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the government was working rapidly to ensure the supply of COVID-19 vaccines to all citizens once they are available. “Whenever the corona vaccine comes, how it reaches to every Indian as soon as possible,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Non-Life
Bengaluru Karnataka's Transport Department has made helmets mandatory for all people riding on the two-wheelers and imposed a three-month suspension of driving license for non-compliance. "As per new directives, helmets are mandatory for all...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Pandemic, Policy, Regulation, Risk Management
London: London must reinvent itself in order to emerge stronger following the COVID-19 pandemic and maintain its position as a world-leading business hub, according to a new report published today by the City of London Corporation. “London Recharged: Our...
by AIP Online Bureau | Oct 20, 2020 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
New Delhi: The number of new coronavirus infections reported daily in India dropped below 50,000 nearly after three months, taking India's COVID-19 caseload to 75,97,063, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. A total of 46,790 fresh...
