LONDON: Deliveroo shares slumped 23 percent as it launched on the London stock market yesterday, with the app-driven meals delivery group facing criticism over its treatment of riders. 

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, took part in a panel discussion that came as part of the first day of the eighth eGovernment Forum (EGOV8). 

NEW YORK: Volkswagen US’ subsidiary is keeping its name and will not rename itself “Voltswagen,” a company spokesman said, confirming that an earlier announcement was an April Fool’s joke that may have gone further than intended. 

NEW YORK: US carrier Southwest Airlines agreed to buy 100 additional Boeing 737 MAX planes, the companies announced Monday, in a vote of confidence for the aircraft after a 20-month grounding. 

KUWAIT: Zain Group, the leading mobile telecom innovator in seven markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces the publication of its consecutive 10th annual sustainability report, entitled ‘The Ten-Year Journey’, which charts the sustainability agenda the company has undertaken in this area across its footprint over the last decade.

LONDON: The OPEC+ grouping of oil producers will hold its third ministerial summit of the year via videoconference tomorrow to discuss output cuts in the face of fresh price volatility. 

BESSEMER, US: Votes are set to be counted today on whether to create the first Amazon union in the United States, at a warehouse in Alabama, after a historic, five months-long David vs Goliath campaign. 

HONG KONG: Video streaming site Bilibili sank on its first day trading on Hong Kong’s stock exchange yesterday as investors fret over a global sell-off in Chinese tech shares. 

KUWAIT: Kuwait Telecommunications Company (stc), a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Company’s Headquarters – Olympia Mall/West Office Towers on Monday, March 29, 2021, where the attendance represented 70.324 percent from the total shareholders.