Matthias Mueller’s pay package comes in the wake of VW almost doubling its 2017 operating profit despite being weighed down by the U.S. emission scandal. On Tuesday, Volkswagen, EU’s biggest carmaker, reported that it has hiked up its CEO, Matthias… Read More ›
Month: March 2018
Norweigian defense contractor Kongsberg Gruppen signs $1.93 billion deal with Qatar
The deal will see Kongsberg Gruppen supply military vehicles, weapons technology and help in the digitization of 490 armored vehicles. On Tuesday, Kongsberg Gruppen, a Norwegian defense contractor disclosed it has signed a letter of intent to supply equipment for… Read More ›
Indian Tariffs on Solar Panels Ultimately to Hurt India’s Solar Targets?
A target of generating enough solar power to provide energy to 16 million homes by 2022 is a target for India which would transform the country in a solar power house. While offering financial incentives to companies building solar panels,… Read More ›
Trade War With U.S. Would Be A ‘Disaster’ For Global Economy: China Says About Trump Tariffs
China continued with its criticism of import tariffs on steel and aluminum imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump even as its commerce minister Zhong Shan said that the world economy would suffer because of its trade war with the United… Read More ›
Vas Narasimhan, Novartis’s new CEO pushing for immersion of technology at the Swiss pharmaceutical firm
The elevation of key human resource personnel to Novartis’s board suggests that Vas Narasimhan is aiming to turn a new leaf at the Swiss pharmaceutical giant. Vas Narasimhan, Novartis’s new CEO is strategically changing the leadership in the Swiss drugmaker…. Read More ›
Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers starts due diligence on GM Korea’s troubled unit
While the due diligence will decide the fate of GM Korea, already 2,500 workers, amounting to nearly 15% of the plant’s staff, have opted for a redundancy package, as part of a strategic restructuring. On Monday, an official from South… Read More ›
Jeff Fettig to replace Andrew Liveris as DowDuPont’s executive chairman
The change in leadership comes at a time when the U.S. chemicals producer is in the process of breaking up its units into 3 distinct businesses. On Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported, Andrew Liveris, U.S. chemicals producer DowDuPont Inc’s… Read More ›
Crude oil prices edge up on a drop in U.S. drilling activity
The general U.S. oil drilling trend shows that it is set to become the world’s no.1 oil producer. On Monday, two factors contributed in the rise of oil prices. The first was the drop in production of U.S. rigs drilling… Read More ›
Increase In U.S. Growth Rate Of Jobs In February
While the rate of job creation in the US increased in the month of February, there was a slowdown in the annual rate of wage growth. According to official figures, expectations of the jobs growth by analysts were surpassed as… Read More ›
South African Hops Becoming More Popular With Craft Brewers
Craft brewers around the world are now feverishly seeking hops from South Africa’s Western Cape. But given the hot and dry climate of the region, growing hops in South Africa is a near impossibility. However, the odds have been thrown… Read More ›