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Oracle offers to move clients to cloud for free as it plays catch-up By Reuters

By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL) announced on Wednesday it will migrate companies' most complicated computer programs to its cloud for free as it tries to catch a new wave of potential cloud-computing clients by aiming to save them time and money. The pandemic prompted many businesses and governments to shift from in-house digital storage and computing to...

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UK’s Queen Elizabeth returns to public duties after lockdown By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth carried out her first face-to-face engagement this year on Wednesday, two days after the country's strict COVID-19 lockdown was eased. The 94-year-old monarch, who has continued to carry out her official duties by videolink since a lockdown was imposed at the start of the year, visited the Air Forces memorial in Runnymede to mark the centenary...

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Walgreens Boots Earnings beat, Revenue misses In Q2 By Investing.com

Walgreens Boots (NASDAQ:WBA) reported on Wednesday second quarter earnings that beat analysts' forecasts and revenue that fell short of expectations. Walgreens Boots announced earnings per share of $1.4 on revenue of $32.78B. Analysts polled by Investing.com anticipated EPS of $1.13 on revenue of $36.49B. Walgreens Boots shares are up 32.85% from the beginning of the year and are trading...

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Lagarde Says Investors Can Test ECB Resolve as Much as They Want By Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said her institution won’t shy away from using all its tools if investors try to push bond yields higher. “They can test us as much as they want,” she said in a Bloomberg TV interview with Francine Lacqua on Wednesday. “We have exceptional tools to use at the moment. We will use them as needed.”...

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Petropavlovsk sees lower gold production in 2021 By Investing.com

By Samuel Indyk Investing.com – Petropavlovsk PLC (LON:POG), the UK-listed Russian gold producer, has said it sees gold output declining in 2021 following last year’s management problems. The company appointed Denis Alexandrov as their new CEO in December last year, with a new management team in place in January 2021. Gold Production The company now forecasts 2021 gold production of 430,000-470,000...

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Ballot review enters second day in landmark Amazon union election By Reuters

By Jeffrey Dastin and Mike Spector (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN)'s landmark union election was set to resume Wednesday morning with a second session of reviewing ballots from employees in Alabama, who are deciding whether to organize one of the company's U.S. warehouses for the first time. Starting at 8:30 a.m. CT (1330 GMT), the U.S. National Labor Relations Board will continue...

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Mastercard, rivals ‘ran cartel’ on cards for the vulnerable, UK watchdog says By Reuters

By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) -Mastercard is among five companies which broke the law for cartel behaviour when offering pre-paid cards to vulnerable members of society, Britain's Payment Systems Regulator said on Wednesday. Mastercard (NYSE:MA), allpay, APS, PFS and Sulion agreed not to compete or poach each other's customers on cards used by local authorities for welfare payments including to the homeless,...

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