The Chinese food-delivery market is likely to see a direct fight between Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and tech giant Tencent. The former is reportedly setting aside hundreds of millions of dollars which it intends to put to use this summer… Read More ›
Day: July 30, 2018
EU Warned By UK Of Tit-For-Tat Steps On Financial Sector Post Brexit
If the European Union does not change its stance on the City of London after Brexit, then there could be regulations for about 7,000 European-based investment funds which depend on British clients for their cash and profits, warned the UK negotiators… Read More ›
Caterpillar Beats Market Estimates For Q2, Increases 2018 Profit Outlook
Caterpillar Inc beat market expectations on earnings for the results in the second quarter driven by a good demand in the global equipment market. The company also upgraded its profit outlook for the complete the year. An adjusted profit of… Read More ›
Warning Against Bias Of Face Recognition Tech Given By Google Executive
According to a warning from a top Google executive, the technology behind facial recognition does not yet have “the diversity it needs” and has “inherent biases”. This remark from the director of cloud computing at Google was made following a… Read More ›
US Steel Industry Feeling Elated With The Trump Trade Tariffs
An 18 per cent increase in prices resulted in record revenues for US frim Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS). At the same time, the second best quarter in its history was recorded by another US firm Nucor (NUE). “All in… Read More ›
Forex investors and analysts awaiting key decisions by central banks, set for this week
The forex market promises to be turbulent in the near term. On Monday, with investors shying away from taking any big position ahead of the central bank monetary policy meetings this week, currencies in the forex market stuck to familiar… Read More ›
Sky TV Poll shows majority of British voters think Brexit would be bad for the country’s economy
The nationally representative sample throws light on what British voters want out of the Brexit deal. On Monday, as per the results of a Sky TV poll, 50% of British voters support a referendum for choosing between leaving the European… Read More ›
Deutsche Bank re-routes euro clearance to Frankfurt from London
Although this is largely a symbolic move, it marks a significant increase in the market share of its clearing division. On Monday, Deutsche Bank’s spokesman confirmed that it has moved a “large part” of its euro clearing activity from London… Read More ›