28 January 2021 | 08:50am
StockMarketWire.com - The FTSE 100 was 59.97 points down this morning at 6,507.29 as the market awaited big name reports on super Thursday as well as any developments in the Reddit attack on hedge funds.
The impact of Redditors attacking hedge fund shorts is causing uncertainty with the Dow down 2% by the close last night and the FTSE 100 expected to fall more than 1%. A spat over vaccines involving AstraZeneca, the UK and EU also didn t help sentiment.
Budget Airline EasyJet reported a slump in first quarter revenue and said it expected second-quarter capacity of just 10% of the prior-year period as lockdowns continued to dent air travel activity.
Aboriginal native title groups say Rio Tinto’s executive reshuffle is a sign the company is in “PR mode” and the new appointments won’t lead to meaningful change in the miner’s dealings with traditional owners. Investors also remain sceptical as to whether Rio has committed to the cultural change needed after it destroyed 46,000-year-old rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara. They are flagging a confrontation with management at the.
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Rio Tinto unveils new Executive team
Rio Tinto will increase its focus on operational excellence and project development, strengthening the company’s ESG credentials, and rebuilding trust, particularly in Australia, under a new organisational structure. This approach will be underpinned by the safe operation of our world-class assets, continued disciplined capital allocation, and a strong balance sheet.
To achieve these goals, Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm has appointed a permanent Chief Executive of Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore business, created a Chief Operating Officer (COO) role, and added a Chief Executive Australia to his leadership team. Simon Trott, currently Chief Commercial Officer, will become Iron Ore Chief Executive; Copper & Diamonds Chief Executive Arnaud Soirat will become Group COO; and Kellie Parker, now Managing Director Pacific Operations Aluminium, will join the Executive Committee (ExCo) as Chief Executive
In the coming months, Bizzarri says, her aim is just to keep her head above water. Da Lucia restaurant was started by her great grandmother in 1938, and closed only once during World War II when the city was bombed. It shut down for the second time last March when Italy went into lockdown. Bizzarri says all she wants now is to continue her great-grandmother’s legacy.
“The big fear was that I would have to close, after 82 years. So now, I just hope to be open for the next few years.”
‘The magic of theater is lost’
German business owners are experiencing similar pains. In Germany, a strict lockdown is already in place with only essential shops allowed to open. Christmas markets, an intrinsic part of the German Christmas, have been broadly banned, and the popular Gluhwein stalls ordered to close. Berlin’s famous theater, the Friedrichstadt-Palast, has been dark since last March.