US Kroger Group announced it will provide a one-time payment of $100 to employees vaccinated against the coronavirus. Kroger operates supermarkets in 35 states. "A one-time $100 vaccine payment will be offered to all employees who receive full doses of the COVID-19 vaccine recommended by the manufacturer and provide appropriate proof of vaccination to a human resources representative," the...

Shell reported an annual loss of almost $22bn, the first loss since 2005, when the company was formed by merger. Anglo-Dutch oil and gas concern Royal Dutch Shell has reported a net loss of $21.68bn for 2020, while the company closed 2019 with a profit of $15.8bn. This is the company's first annual loss since 2005, when Royal Dutch and Shell Transport merged, CNBC noted. In addition, Shell's...

Japanese Sony published its report for the fourth quarter of 2020, in which it reported record quarterly earnings for its gaming division in the company's history. Overall, revenue for the fourth quarter of 2020 rose 9.5% to $25.7 billion and operating profit rose 62% to $3.5 billion. The company increased its annual revenue forecast by 6.5% to $83.8 billion and profit by 86% to $10.3 billion,...

Alphabet published its financial report for the fourth quarter and the entire year 2020, which turned out to be better than analysts' forecasts. As a result, the corporation's shares gained almost 8% in over-the-counter trading immediately after the report was published. For example, Alphabet's revenue for the quarter reached $56.9 billion, which is not only 23% higher than the previous year, but...

GameStop and AMC Entertainment shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange fell 54% and 49% respectively after briefly taking off late last week in response to a flash mob by internet users of the popular resource Reddit. Silver, to which users decided to switch following their success with GameStop shares, was also down by almost 9%. Analysts assumed that the decline in quotations was due to...

Google has agreed to pay $3.8m to its current employees and software development candidates. In total, more than 5,500 people will be compensated. The US Department of Labor said that the audit found that the corporation had used discriminatory methods in selecting staff for the position, as well as in determining the salaries of those already hired.  The company's policy was found to...

UK online retailer Asos announced that it bought several clothing brands from retailer Arcadia Group. The deal amounted to £265m, which will be paid in cash. The company bought out the brands Topshop, Topman, Miss Selfridge and HIIT.  However, as previously reported, the online retailer did not acquire the physical shops where the aforementioned brands were sold by Arcadia. All of them...

The CEOs of US oil companies Chevron and ExxonMobil, Mike Wirth and Darren Woods, were in talks about a possible merger because of the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported, citing sources. They noted that the talks were tentative but that company representatives may revisit them in the future. The capitalisation of the combined company could exceed...

China's second-largest short video service Kuaishou Technology has raised $5.4bn during an IPO in Hong Kong, Bloomberg reports. The offering was the largest for the Hong Kong stock exchange since November 2019, when Alibaba Group floated its shares on the exchange, managing to raise about $13bn. The service, backed by Tencent Holdings, sold 365 million of its shares to investors at a price of...