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UK businesses ask for help after rise in shoplifting
UK businesses ask for help after rise in shoplifting
by  AFP

British businesses are seeking government help as shops suffer an unprecedented number of thefts and violence by criminal gangs, addicts and people struggling with a cost-of-living crisis. Its latest crime report stated that 79 percent of represented retailers believed the cost-of-living crisis had caused an increase in theft.

ExxonMobil to buy Texas shale producer Pioneer for about $60 bn
ExxonMobil to buy Texas shale producer Pioneer for about $60 bn
by  AFP

ExxonMobil sealed a megadeal to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources for about $60 billion, bolstering its holdings in the Permian Basin, a key US petroleum region, the companies announced Wednesday. Both ExxonMobil and fellow US petroleum behemoth Chevron have invested heavily in the region in recent years.

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