(RTTNews) - Professional services provider Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (JEC) released a Climate Action Plan on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, on Wednesday, aiming to be net zero carbon in 2020 and carbon negative by 2030.
Italian yields fell on Wednesday but remained at levels seen before the European Central Bank's emergency bond purchases began in mid-March as risk appetite improved across markets.
China stocks reversed course to close higher on Wednesday, as investors hoped the government would speed up rolling out further fiscal stimulus to shore up an economy that has been hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic.
Doctor Cristina Fernandez stands in a residential Madrid stairway, both feet in a red plastic bag while a coworker gingerly peels off her personal protective equipment (PPE), taking care to only touch the inside of her disposable overalls.
Lynas Corp said on Wednesday the U.S. military will give it initial funding for a U.S.-based rare earths separation facility as part of Washington's push to secure domestic supply of the essential minerals that China currently dominates.
Some of the early tests used to check whether British health workers had the coronavirus were inffective, junior health minister Helen Whately said on Wednesday.
(RTTNews) - Facebook, Inc. signed an agreement to buy 9.99 percent stake in India-based Jio Platforms Ltd., owned by billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited.
Chile's Antofagasta on Wednesday cut capital expenditure for the year and said copper production would be at the lower end of guidance due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Europe's largest chipmaker STMicroelectronics sees a 10% drop in second-quarter revenue due to declining automotive demand and governmental measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic, it said on Wednesday.
The collapse in China's economic activity caused by the coronavirus has loudened calls from top policy advisers for the government to hasten the rollout of fiscal stimulus, as ballooning unemployment threatens social stability.
South Africa's rand firmed against the dollar early on Wednesday after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a 500 billion rand ($26.41 billion) rescue package on Tuesday evening to cushion the economic blow of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Swedish medical equipment group Getinge said on Wednesday it expected its high delivery rate for medical ventilators due to the pandemic to continue into next year before gradually returning to past levels.
Standard Bank said on Wednesday credit impairment charges were "significantly higher" in the three months to March 31 compared to a year earlier, as the impact of the coronavirus hit its customers.
Britain's Thames Water Utilities Ltd on Wednesday appointed Sarah Bentley as its new chief executive officer, nearly a year after it began the search for the top role.
France's Fonds Stratégique de Participations (FSP) said it had raised its stake in chemicals company Arkema to 7.75%, making the investment fund Arkema's biggest individual shareholder.
(RTTNews) - Heineken N.V. (HKHHF.PK) reported net profit of 94 million euros for the first three months of 2020 compared to 299 million euros, prior year, impacted by the volume drop in March due to Covid-19 and limited benefit from the mitigation actions. HEINEKEN has decided t
Specialist insurer Hiscox said on Wednesday it expected to pay up to $175 million to settle claims arising from travel, events and mass gatherings cancelled in the wake of COVID-19, if disruption from the pandemic lasted more than six months.
Australia on Wednesday committed to spending A$94 million ($59 million) to build an emergency oil stockpile, first by buying crude to store in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve to take advantage of oil prices that have slumped to 21-year lows.