Reliance Industries Ltd has completed spin-off of the firm's oil-to-chemical business into a new unit that will help it pursue growth opportunities with strategic partnerships, the company has said. The oil-to-chemical (O2C) business unit holds Reliance's oil refinery and petrochemical assets and retail fuel business but not upstream oil and gas producing fields such as KG-D6 and textiles business. Reliance for the first time reported integrated earnings of the O2C business in its third quarter financial results. Previously, refining and petrochemical businesses were reported separately while fuel retailing revenue was part of the firm's overall retail business. In the October-December 2020 earnings statement, refining and petrochemical as well as fuel retailing businesses earnings were reported as one. As a result, it did not give refining margins - the most sought after number to assess the firm's oil refining business. "Reorganising refining and petrochemicals as oil-to-chemicals … [Read more...] about Reliance spins off oil-to-chemical business unit
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I’d die of sadness without my Nora: John Lydon’s wife of 41 years is battling Alzheimer’s and has burnt down their houses, but the devoted former Sex Pistol reveals why he wouldn’t dream of putting her in a home
He plans to visit Britain next year for his first ever spoken-word tour to promote his book, ‘and it’s going to be heartbreaking and very, very hard to leave Nora,’ he says, ‘but I can’t bring her with me. We went back to England last year, and it was hell at every airport. She couldn’t cope with the noise, and the endless images popping in her head really confused and frightened her.’ … [Read more...] about I’d die of sadness without my Nora: John Lydon’s wife of 41 years is battling Alzheimer’s and has burnt down their houses, but the devoted former Sex Pistol reveals why he wouldn’t dream of putting her in a home
Furloughed hairdresser, 20, on brink of becoming millionaire selling gym equipment
"As long as you have a laptop or a phone and the internet, you can create a business - I managed to do it from my bedroom at my parent's home. … [Read more...] about Furloughed hairdresser, 20, on brink of becoming millionaire selling gym equipment
We can vaccinate ALL teachers, say schools: Heads send Boris a plan for huge seven-day operation to inoculate one million staff during February half term to get schools open within a few weeks
Professor Robert Dingwall, who sits on the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) - the subcommittee of Sage which discussed the deadliness of the new strain on Thursday - said the claim that the variant is 30 per cent more lethal is on a 'very fragile' base of evidence and accused the Government of 'exploiting public fear' over the virus. … [Read more...] about We can vaccinate ALL teachers, say schools: Heads send Boris a plan for huge seven-day operation to inoculate one million staff during February half term to get schools open within a few weeks
Inside a California COVID ward, exhausted staff care for patients on the edge of life and death
She’d gone to her sister’s house in San Jose for Thanksgiving. But even though everyone removed their masks for dinner, the timing wouldn’t be right. COVID symptoms show up within 14 days, and Martinez didn’t feel ill until early January. She assumed she had the flu. “I didn’t think anything of it until the 9th or 10th,” she says. “Then I started to feel real bad.” By the 13th, her granddaughter insisted they go to the hospital. … [Read more...] about Inside a California COVID ward, exhausted staff care for patients on the edge of life and death
