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Press Release: KSAT Announcing Impactful Cross-Industry Collaboration with Microsoft at Ignite 2020

Category: Business News

KSAT is announcing an impactful cross-industry collaboration with Microsoft at Microsoft Ignite 2020. By integrating their world-leading capabilities, KSAT will work with Microsoft to explore new ways to make satellite data more accessible through Microsoft Azure Orbital, which is a new ground station as a service from Microsoft enabling customers to directly ingest data from […]

Source: KSAT

UN FAO: Google and FAO launch new Big Data tool for all

Category: Business News

Anyone anywhere can access multidimensional maps and statistics showing key climate and environmental trends wherever they are, thanks to a new tool developed by Google and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Earth Map is an innovative and free-to-use Web-based tool to provide efficient, rapid, inexpensive and analytically cogent insights, drawn […]

Source: UN FAO

Bloomberg: Citi Names Fraser as First Female CEO of Wall Street Bank

Category: Accounting / Financial

Citigroup Inc. picked Jane Fraser as its next chief executive officer, placing the first woman atop a major Wall Street bank. Fraser will succeed Mike Corbat, who is retiring in February after more than eight years in the top job. Fraser, who was named the company’s president last year in a move that marked her as […]

Source: Bloomberg

Published: October 9, 2020

European Commission: Commission adopts proposals to make EU-US agreement on tariffs effective

Category: Business News

The European Commission today published a proposal for a Council and European Parliament regulation to scrap duties on certain imports to the EU. In return, the United States will reduce its duties on certain EU exports to the U.S. market. This will put into effect the agreement announced by the EU and the U.S. on […]

Source: European Commission

Published: September 8, 2020

Press Release: Equinor partners with BP in US offshore wind to capture value and create platform for growth

Category: Business News

Equinor (OSE: EQNR, NYSE: EQNR) has entered into an agreement with BP (LSE: BP, NYSE: BP) to sell 50% non-operated interests in the Empire Wind and Beacon Wind assets on the US east coast for a total consideration before adjustments of USD 1.1 billion. Through this transaction, the two companies are also establishing a strategic partnership for further growth within offshore wind in the US. Currently Equinor holds […]

Source: Equinor

Published: September 10, 2020