Day: May 19, 2020

LONDON: 14-year-old British Pakistani singer Sirine Jahangir moved millions of people to tears and won four yeses from the judges as she displayed her unique vocals at Britain’s Got Talent show on Saturday night and shared with the audience and judges how she completely lost sight in both eyes but never gave up on life and her passion for music. The four Britain’s Got Talent (BGT) judges Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon, Amanda Holden and David Walliams unanimously gave yeses to Sirine. Appearing on the stage, she told the judges: “It’s…

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As Uber embarks on another round of layoffs, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi signaled that the company may be able to avoid more job cuts in the future, but said he can’t make any promises. The company, which has seen its revenue dip by up to 80% amid the COVID-19 pandemic, moved forward with plans to lay off 3,000 workers this week, Business Insider first reported. Those bring the company’s total job cuts to 6,700 this month — roughly a quarter of its global workforce. In a grim email to staff Monday,…

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The Pakistan International Airlines recorded an increase in revenue by 43% in the past year, according to an annual report compiled under the new CEO Air Marshal Arshad Malik, who resumed charge in March this year. The report pertaining to the complete results of the national air carrier was submitted to the Pakistan Stock Exchange today. In the report mentioned that the PIA increased its annual revenue in 2019 from Rs104 billion to Rs148 billion. The increase in revenue brought to the fore the fact that the national airline recorded…

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The UK has become more attractive to renewable energy investors following the government’s decision to lift its block on financial support for onshore wind and solar projects. New renewable energy capacity hit record levels in 2019Read moreBritain has climbed the rankings of a biannual global survey of investors to take the sixth spot in EY’s “attractiveness index” for renewable energy ahead of a major clean energy auction next year. The auditing giant said the government’s decision to include onshore wind and solar energy projects in the auction had helped the…

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The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Rusty Hutson Jr, founder and chief executive of US energy firm Diversified Gas & Oil (DGO). In the end, Rusty Hutson Jr couldn’t escape the calling of the family trade. Born and raised in a blue-collar household in the oil and gas fields of West Virginia, his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather all earned their livings in the energy sector. They worked at the wells, and on the pipelines, putting in a…

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