The United States sanctioned Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE after it was caught illegally shipping U.S. goods to Iran. With the United States banning ZTE Corp from selling its components to U.S. telecom equipment makers for seven years, Chinese funds… Read More ›
Month: April 2018
Amazon increases its traction in India as its expands further into the groceries market
Last week, Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and CEO told shareholders in a letter that Amazon India is its fastest growing marketplace: in its first year of Amazon Prime, Amazon added more members in India than any other location in Amazon’s… Read More ›
Uber faces flak from Australia’s competition regulator
Uber is in the midst of preparing for its IPO in 2019. It is facing strong competition in the U.S. and in Europe. On Monday, the head of Australia’s antitrust regulator stated it will scrutinize contracts signed between Uber Technologies… Read More ›
Digital money in a cashless economy is not safe. Here’s why.
Experts are reacting to the unprecedented rise in cybercrime, to verify whether the promises of furthered security are on the level, in our current world where cash operations have yielded much of their place to e-wallet payments. Despite the appearance… Read More ›
Bayer gets Russia’s nod for its $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto
Bayer has already received approval from the EU, Australia, Brazil, China; Russia now adds to this list. In a development that aids Bayer’s $66 billion acquisition of Monsanto, it has now got approval from FAS, Russia’s antitrust regulator, for its… Read More ›
Wells Fargo readies to pay a $1 billion related to abuses from its lending business
Wells Fargo is readying to pay the fine as two U.S. regulators had found inconsistencies at its auto lending and mortgage business. As per a source familiar with the matter at hand, Wells Fargo & Co is likely to agree… Read More ›
U.S. Department of Treasury aiming to plug and strengthen CFIUS law
The strategic move by the Trump Administration is aimed at rationalizing the treatment of business investment in the United States. As per a senior Treasury official, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is weighing options to restrict investments by Chinese… Read More ›
Billions Of Facebook Users Would Be Left Outside Of European Privacy Laws
According to the new terms of service that have been introduced by Facebook, it is being estimated that about 1.5 billion members of the social media platform would not be covered by the tough new privacy protections that are slated… Read More ›
IMF Announces India To Be The Sixth Largest Economy Of The World With GDP At $2.6 Trillion
The International Monetary Fund has officially declared India to be the world’s sixth largest economy as it displaced France with a narrow margin to gain the coveted position in the global economy. the United States, China, Japan, Germany and United… Read More ›
Uber Technologies wants VMWare’s Zane Rowe as its CFO
Uber needs to fill the post of the CFO before it launches its IPO in 2019. As per a Bloomberg report, Uber Technologies Inc has selected VMware Inc’s Zane Rowe as its top candidate for the post of chief financial… Read More ›