“All sides of politics are very good at saying small business is the engine room of the economy but it is bloody hard to run that engine if you don’t have petrol and that petrol is finance,” Carnell says. “You can’t grow a business if you don’t have access to finance , it’s that simple.” Jobs…
By Tara Patel April 10, 2018, 11:57 AM EDT EasyJet Plc has approached Alitalia SpA about a possible takeover of the Italian airline once it has been restructured. Europes second-biggest low-cost airline has submitted a revised expression of interest for a restructured Alitalia, the Luton, England-based company said in a statement Tuesday. The airline is acting within…
PARIS (Reuters) French insurer AXA <AXAF.PA> is restructuring its Swiss business in a move that would hit its results in the short term, but is expected to give it more financial flexibility ahead of the $15 billion (10.59 billion pounds) acquisition of XL Group <XL.N>. AXA, Europes second-biggest insurer by market value behind Allianz <ALVG.DE>,…
In the morning trades on Tuesday, shares of Wipro dropped as much as 2.56% to a days low of Rs 277.75 on NSE. (Image: Reuters) Shares of the Bengaluru-headquartered IT giant Wipro tanked over 2.5% to the lowest level since 28 March 2018 after the company said that clients insolvency weighs on the profitability and revenue…
PARIS (Reuters) – French insurer AXA (AXAF.PA) is restructuring its Swiss business in a move that would hit its results in the short term, but is expected to give it more financial flexibility ahead of the $15 billion acquisition of XL Group (XL.N). A logo of insurer Axa is seen at the entrance of the…
Naomi Rovnick April 10, 2018 Print this page French insurer Axa is restructuring its Swiss business in the face of low interest rates and tougher regulation in the country. The Swiss unit, Axa said, will be revamped so it can hold less capital and adopt a riskier investment strategy that would enable it to offer…
Tax Day is nearly upon us! Have you filed your 2017 tax returns yet? This years tax due date is April 17, 2018, only a week away. Ive found that many people put off filing their tax returns for many reasons. One of those reasons is that they cannot afford to pay a tax preparer…
Wipro shares fell as much as 2.5 per cent as the company had on Monday said that one of its telecom clients in India has filed for bankruptcy and it would impact its profit for the March quarter and year ended March 31, 2018. “On February 28, 2018, the client filed a petition to initiate…
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Wipro share price settled flat in Monday’s trade even as the IT major said its profitability may be impacted by 65-75 basis points in the March quarter as one of its telecom clients is undergoing insolvency proceedings. Without naming the client, the third largest software services firm in India, led by Azim Premji, said its profitability…