Sources: Xinhua
Alaska Airlines announces their intent to acquire Hawaiian Airlines in a deal worth $1.9 billion. The new company will maintain separate operations for both brands. $2023-12-3
The Pentagon announces that it will send Ukraine an additional $1 billion in military assistance, including tens of thousands more munitions and explosives, the largest such aid package to the country since the start of the invasion. $2022-08-8
The Philippine government announces the termination of a US$227-million deal to procure 16 Mil Mi-17 military helicopters from Russia, citing the risk of a potential imposition of sanctions by the United States under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. $2022-07-26
The value of the Lebanese pound falls to 35,600 pounds against the U.S. dollar, its lowest value ever. $2022-05-26
U.S. President Joe Biden signs the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law. $2021-11-15
A consortium between Mohsin and Zuber Issa, owners of the British-based retailer Euro Garages, and the private equity firm TDR Capital acquire a majority stake in the supermarket chain Asda worth £6.8 billion (US$8.7 billion) from American retailer Walmart. Walmart will maintain a minority shareholding. $2020-10-2
McDonald's files a US$40 million lawsuit against former CEO Steve Easterbrook, equal to the worth of his severance package, for allegedly lying to investigators about the extent of his sexual relationships with three employees. $2020-08-10
Bill Cosby is found guilty of three counts in regard to an aggravated sexual assault of a woman in 2004 in a retrial. He faces a maximum sentence of ten years imprisonment and a fine of up to $25,000 on each count. $2018-04-26
Puerto Rico fails to make a scheduled payment of US$58 million to service its debts of $72 billion. Moody's considers the commonwealth in default. $2015-08-3
Activists from the Enough Project reveal through "The Guardian" newspaper that Omar al-Bashir's Sudan and Joseph Kabila's DR Congo together received 2.4 million pound sterling (around USD 4 million) in British military aid, in the last five years alone. $2012-09-25