According to the published financial results of the second quarter, net profit of Alphabet, the owner of Google, experienced the largest drop since 2008 - by 28%, to $ 3.5 billion. This drop is caused by a record fine of $ 2.7 billion, at the end of June imposed on Google by the European Commission...

Dutch shipowner Vroon is conducting difficult negotiations with banks, trying to find a way out of the long recession in the shipping industry. However, the situation is not easy for the creditors too, writes Reuters. Vroon, a 127-year-old family business that serves about 200 vessels and...

In order to jointly invest about $12 billion in the Shanghai-listed unit of China Unicom, the weakest of three big state-owned telecoms firms, Baidu Inc and JD.com will join other big Chinese technology firms, reported Reuters citing information from two people with direct knowledge of the matter....

In a move to avoid complications from U.S. sanctions, to swap its collateral in Venezuelan-owned, U.S.-based refiner Citgo for oilfield stakes and a fuel supply deal, Russia's top oil producer Rosneft is negotiating, reported Reuters quoting two sources with knowledge of the negotiations.  ...

License requests to operate in China are being prepared to be submitted within months by U.S.-based payment card companies, including American Express, MasterCard and Visa, reported news agency Reuters citing three people with direct knowledge of the matter.   However, it may not be soon...

Amazon launched its own social network named Spark. The service’s main goal is to offer an opportunity to purchase goods in the company's online store. Not only the new service will allow users to exchange interesting information, but also to make purchases. Spark is available in the Amazon for...

With the aim of increasing competition from new fintech firms in the financial system, where the "Big Four" high street banks have long dominated, the Bank of England has widened access to Britain's interbank payments system with the country.   With the undeniable fact, supported by many...

In a figure that is at par with a catastrophic natural disaster such as U.S. Superstorm Sandy in 2012, Lloyd's of London said in a report on Monday that a major, global cyber attack could trigger an average of $53 billion of economic losses.   The hypothetical situation of cyber attacks on...

As Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte considers resuming energy exploration in the tension-laden South China Sea, Manila appears to be testing its relationship with Beijing.   Located in the international waterway, the oil and gas drilling in the Reed Bank has been suspended since 2014....