March, 2022

• 18 March

  Edge’s Beacon Red to introduce cyber security initiatives

    Abu Dhabi / WAM Beacon Red, part of the Electronic Warfare & Intelligence cluster of Edge, on Thursday announced their participation in the Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (Gisec), where they will feature an interactive engagement booth and highlight their cyber security advisory services. Eric Eifert, Executive Director for Cyber Advisory Services, will present crowdsource vulnerability disclosure and ...

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• 18 March

  European natural gas advances with market focused on Russia supply risk

  

  Bloomberg European natural gas prices rose as the market continues to weigh the risk of potential supply disruptions and further sanctions against Russia. The EU has so far been reluctant to ban energy flows from its top gas supplier Russia. Yet, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Twitter that the bloc and its partners “will keep up ...

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• 18 March

  Saudi Arabia to start green hydrogen plant in Neom by 2026

  

    Bloomberg Saudi Arabia will start construction of a green hydrogen plant as soon as this month as it pushes ahead with plans to export the fuel in about four years. The kingdom is on track sell carbon-free hydrogen from a $5 billion project in Neom by 2026, according to Peter Terium, the head of energy and water for the ...

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• 18 March

  Russia can be made to pay for Ukraine damage now

  

  Billions of people around the world are watching helplessly as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine accelerates into its third week, continuing to kill more innocent people every day, while destroying infrastructure throughout the country and forcing millions of refugees into neighboring European countries. There is one positive step that the US and like-minded countries should begin developing immediately to ensure that ...

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• 18 March

  Starbucks and its search of a leader

  

  Howard Schultz is the Tom Brady of the consumer world. Starbucks said that Chief Executive Officer Kevin Johnson would retire and that Schultz, who stepped down as CEO for a second time in 2017 and left the company a year later, would return as interim CEO early next month. The company’s shares rose as much as 8% as investors welcomed ...

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• 18 March

  Believe it or not! Food, gas are the new rent

    Early on in the pandemic, a lot of New Yorkers got major deals on apartments. Now the landlords are striking back. Even though rats are popping out of toilets, hedgehogs are escaping through holes in walls and my own ceiling rains sewage on me (really!), the rent is still going up by percentages your paycheck can only dream about. ...

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• 18 March

  What if Russia destroys Ukraine’s cell networks

    As Taliban insurgents fended off US-led forces in their battle for Afghanistan in the late 2000s, local warlords decided that the nation’s mobile phone network was becoming an unacceptable risk. So they shut it down. Sometimes the outages in Afghanistan were only during the night or sporadically enforced. Quite often, though, the Taliban simply blew up cellphone masts so ...

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• 18 March

  Retailers bet on improvement classes at home for consumers

  

    Bloomberg Americans are finally getting out of the house as pandemic restrictions melt away like the winter snow. But Lowe’s Cos and Home Depot Inc are betting they can keep consumers interested in home-improvement projects via online and in-person workshops on bathroom upgrades and lawn care. Both retailers want to hold onto the customers that they gained during the ...

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• 18 March

  British Airways operator Comair resumes ‘flights’

  

    Bloomberg South African airline group Comair Ltd resumed flights after being given the all clear by the country’s Civil Aviation Authority, which was investigating a series of incidents over concerns about safety. The decision allows the local operator of British Airways and owner of the low-cost Kulula carrier to restart services on Thursday after a five-day grounding, restoring about ...

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• 18 March

  Delta CEO says Covid crisis essentially over for travellers

  

  Bloomberg Delta Air Lines Inc Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian said the coronavirus crisis is effectively over as far as the travel sector is concerned, with demand comfortably outweighing any impact from Russia’s war in Ukraine. Delta had the two busiest days for sales in its near 100-year history last week, while the North Atlantic market has been swamped with ...

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