Heineken is the latest Western company to announce it’s pulling out of Russia.The Dutch brewer said Monday it will stay operating in Russia until it’s offloaded its local business unit.It said it was doing so to “minimize the risk of nationalization” by the Kremlin.Sign up for our weekday newsletter, packed […]
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Heineken wants to leave Russia but it’s worried the Kremlin could seize its assets
Heineken is the latest Western company to announce it’s pulling out of Russia.The Dutch brewer said Monday it will stay operating in Russia until it’s offloaded its local business unit.It said it was doing so to “minimize the risk of nationalization” by the Kremlin.Sign up for our weekday newsletter, packed […]
Russian secret service agents seized millions of dollars of Swiss luxury watches from Audemars Piguet in apparent retaliation against sanctions
Russian agents reportedly seized millions of dollars’ worth of Audemars Piguet watches in Moscow.It appeared to be in retaliation against Switzerland’s sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Switzerland departed from its historically neutral status to sanction Russia over the war.Sign up for our weekday newsletter, packed with original analysis, news, and […]
Walmart to stop selling cigarettes in some stores – CBS News
Walmart will stop selling cigarettes in some of its 4,700 U.S.locations, the retail giant confirmed on Monday. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report the development Monday.It noted some stores in California, Florida, Arkansas and New Mexico were on the list, citing anonymous sources and store visits. Walmart […]
Oligarch Mikhail Fridman says he learned about the sanctions against him from TV and that he doesn’t have any way to deliver messages to Putin
The Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman told CBS he didn’t have any way to reach Vladimir Putin.Fridman said he learned about sanctions against him when he was watching TV.The billionaire, who lives in the UK, said his ATM card had been blocked.Sign up for our weekday newsletter, packed with original analysis, […]
Singapore is 3rd most expensive globally for flexible office space; HK drops to 7th: Survey | The Straits Times
SINGAPORE ( THE BUSINESS TIMES ) – Singapore is the third most expensive market for flexible offices in the world, coming behind two cities in the United States, New York and San Francisco. New York tops the ranking with private office desk spaces costing an average of US$961 (S$1,307) a […]
French retail giant says its Russian stores will stay open as Ukraine’s foreign minister calls for boycott
The French supermarket chain Auchan will keep its stores in Russia open.The retailer’s CEO told Le Journal du Dimanche that its “primary mission” was to feed both Russia and Ukraine.Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, called for people to boycott the brand in a tweet Sign up for our weekday newsletter, […]
Micron (MU) Q2 Earnings: What to Expect | Nasdaq
M icron ( MU ) stock remains one of the better performers in the chip sector, rising 6% over the most six months, sharply outperforming both the tech sector and its peer group within semiconductors.That outperformance is poised to continue, according to analysts at Citigroup.But can Micron’s stock gains hold […]
Chris Rock not filing police report over Will Smith Oscars slap: LAPD
Chris Rock declined to file a police report on Sunday after Will Smith slapped him on stage at the Academy Awards, Los Angeles police appeared to confirm.The moment that shocked Hollywood and viewers around the world came after Rock made a joke about a “G.I.Jane” sequel, referencing Jada Pinkett Smith’s […]
Queens DA clears two men of murder, citing ‘new’ cell technology – New York Daily News
It took Queens prosecutors four years to realize what Barry Hall and Pharaoh Ferguson always knew: They weren’t at the scene of a 2018 murder. Ferguson, 49, and Hall, 52, walked out of Queens Supreme Court last week frustrated but vindicated after three years on Rikers Island and one year […]