Business

Staying private: the booming market for shares in the hottest start-ups

In 2014, an Austrian entrepreneur offered investors a rare chance to purchase shares in Jumio, his fast-growing and profitable...

Norsk Hydro blamed for birth defects in Amazon forest pollution case

Maria do Socorro explains in graphic detail the spate of ailments affecting newborns in her remote community in the...

Austria puts its faith in Covid testing above immunisations

As lockdowns across Europe drag on into spring, the Austrian government says it has a strategy to get life...

Junta warns embassies against speaking to Aung San Suu Kyi’s representatives

Myanmar’s junta has ordered foreign embassies, UN agencies and other international organisations in the country not to talk to...

FDA authorises Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine in the US

The US drugs regulator has authorised the country’s third coronavirus vaccine, giving emergency approval to the jab made by...

Democrats pursue tax penalty for companies paying low wages

Top Senate Democrats are pushing the White House to consider a tax penalty on large companies unless they pay...

SentinelOne plans IPO at $10b valuation – report

Israeli cybersecurity company SentinelOne is planning an initial public offering (IPO) at a possible valuation of over $10...

Turkish army to add new indigenous heavy machine gun to inventory

A new domestically-produced heavy machine gun has successfully passed all test stages and is now ready for mass production,...

$100 million F-35 quagmire: How to replace aging F-16s, again

The U.S. Air Force wants inexpensive, lightweight fighter jets to replace its fleet of aging F-16s and to supplement...

Buffett warns of ‘bleak future’ for debt investors