IEA slashes oil demand forecast as Delta variant spreads
Renewed social curbs in Asia ‘look set to reduce mobility and oil use’, organisation says
Tui ends cash burn despite hit from UK travel changes
Tour operator narrows losses but quarantine extensions force capacity cut
Biden to Opec: Drill, baby, drill
Plus: what the latest shale patch merger tells us, and renewable adds lag coal declines
CNET Topics – Tech Industry 2021-08-12 14:00:03
In today’s top stories, Samsung went hard on folding phones at its virtual Unpacked event, giving Galaxy fans an upgraded Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3, high-tech Galaxy Watch 4 and its smallest and lightest earbuds yet.
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Foxconn profit jumps 30% as smartphone demand booms
Apple supplier cautions on risk of renewed supply chain disruption in Asia from Covid-19
UK regulator calls for Facebook to unwind $400m Giphy deal
Watchdog provisionally finds competition concerns after probe into acquisition of image platform
EU leads vaccine marathon after losing sprint
Slow to start, the bloc is now vaccinating at twice the rate of US or UK
Orsted blames low wind speeds as it warns on profits
World’s biggest offshore developer expects hit to earnings from ‘extraordinarily poor’ North Sea conditions
Cineworld considers US listing as pandemic worries persist
Cinema group warns of uncertainty over recovery after figures show 70% drop in admissions