A simple tweet made the world of Football tremble. A famous American news anchor tweeted that FIFA will strip Qatar of its 2022 Football World Cup and wants the United States of America to be ready to host it. The tweet was later deleted, but does this information have some grounds. Well, FIFA appointed Qatar as the ... read entire article »
Hitachi, a Japanese engineering company, wants to follow its partner, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which teamed up with Siemens Electronics in order to bid for the French company Alstom's energy business. Together, Siemens, Mitsubishi Heavy and Hitachi will form ... read entire article »
Germany recorded massive exports in 2013 and the figures were mind blowing. A very big part of the massive income was generated by weapon exports. Official figures revealed Germany exported arms worth of 2 billion dollars only to its top three buyers. Despite ... read entire article »
Hundreds of former employees of the Greek state broadcaster ERT gathered outside the building to hold a protest rally that marks the passing of one year since the government suddenly and inexplicably shutd own the station. The building now holds the NERIT ... read entire article »
Ukraine officials declared that an offer for gas payment discount made by Russia is a 'trap'. Representatives from Moscow and Kiev sat together in Brussels for the past days to discuss a possible re-negotiation of the gas supply delivery deal between the two ... read entire article »
The corruption allegations aimed at FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) are hurting Switzerland. A renowned lawyer based in Geneva even said the World football governing body should no longer be based in the country. FIFA is being accused ... read entire article »
One of the most affected regions in the US by the financial crisis was the Michigan area and especially Detroit. The state capital city lost more than one million inhabitants and some parts of the city look deserted even today. The automobile industry suffered a ... read entire article »
Car-maker giant Ford decided to partner up with the most unusual partner: ketchup-maker, Heinz. You may wonder how could the two companies benefit from each other? Well, it seems Ford decided to make auto-parts out of leftover tomatoes in the ketchup-making ... read entire article »
David Marcus, president of Paypal since April, 2012, is switching jobs and moving to Facebook. PayPal creator and retail giant, eBay, announced that Marcus 'has made a career decision to focus on what he loves most -- leading smaller teams to create great product ... read entire article »
In an unusual move, Fifa's main sponsors have called out for an investigation on the 2022 Qatar World Cup bribery accusations. Thus, Coca-Cola, Adidas, Sony, Visa and Hyundai have prompted Fifa to get to the bottom of the whole story and come up with a full ... read entire article »
At least 2,000 jobs out of the 12,800 Alitalia has, are in jeopardy. The Italian airline has been struggling for a while and the deal with Etihad Airways puts more than 2,000 employes at risk. Atihad Airways promised to invest more than half a billion euros in ... read entire article »
On Sunday, the Bulgarian government announced it will suspend the construction of the controversial South Stream gas pipeline over criticism issued by the EU and US. Gazprom's $45 billion investement is the suspected reason for not meeting EU's standards and ... read entire article »
Beats was already a big name in the music industry because of its affiliation with famous raper Dr.Dre. The brand became even more renowned world wide after tech giant Apple bought it for 3 billion dollars. Beats products have always been linked to sport ... read entire article »
Roaming charges will soon be a thing of the past and carrier are already rushing to adapt. UK carrier Three announced it will boost the number of countries for its “Feel at Home” offer to 16 from 11. The Feel at Home offer from UK's Three was basically a no ... read entire article »
Mexico is a country better known for its very fast deforestation pace, one of the highest rates in the world, actually. Over 330,000 hectares of forest are lost every year due to illegal logging and land conversion to more sustainable uses such as agriculture or ... read entire article »
Each year, during the D-Day landings commemoration, the France region of Normandy sees tourism increase by as much as 20 to 30 percent. Normandy is already France's richest region, welcoming as many as eight million visitors from June to September of each year ... read entire article »
One of the biggest economies in Europe that is still struggling to recover after the financial crisis is Italy. The country has increased unemployment, economic instability and the latest statistics confirm it. According to Confcommercio business confederation' ... read entire article »
By some unknown combination of factors, people worldwide have suddenly started taking in more whiskey than they have in previous years. Brown-Forman, one of the world's top spirits brands, says its sales increased by as much as 6 percent worldwide in just 12 ... read entire article »
The construction of Russian Gazprom's South Stream gas pipeline in Bulagria might be suspended as the European Union fears it does not conform with EU's regulations regarding a single energy market. Brussels EU authorities have sent the Sofia government a letter ... read entire article »
HTC, the Taiwanese manufacturer was a step away from collapse a few years back, but it found out a way to dodge the “bullet”. Since then it has struggled to regain some confidence and income and it looks like not even their latest creation can't bring some ... read entire article »
