With increasing tensions between Australia and China, regulators in Beijing have put up another hurdle in front of Australian winemakers. After a complaint from the China Wine Industry Association, an anti-subsidy investigation of some wine imports from Australia has been… Read More ›
Month: August 2020
Warren Buffett Chooses Five Biggest Trading Houses In Japan To Invest $6bn
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has chosen Japan’s five biggest trading houses to invest $6bn. These conglomerates have arrange of businesses in everything – ranging from importing food and textiles to the technology and manufacturing industries. Analysts view this move by… Read More ›
Exxon restarted Beaumont, Texas, small crude distillation unit and fludic catalytic cracker units
According to sources familiar with Exxon Mobil Corp’s operations, the oil giant has restarted it’s small crude distillation unit (CDU) and gasoline-producing fludic catalytic cracker (FCC) at its 369,024 barrel-per-day (bpd) Beaumont, Texas, refinery. The 110,000-bpd Crude A CDU and… Read More ›
Irish Finance Minister Claims Possibility To Get Tax Deal On Tech Giant This Year
According to the Irish finance minister, a deal between Europe and the United States on the issue of new tax arrangements for digital giants could be had in 2020 itself. There is a disagreement between countries – especially between the… Read More ›
‘Operational Mistake’ Caused Failure To Remove Kenosha Militia Page, Admits Zuckerberg
The failure of the social media platform Facebook to remove a page that encouraged armed Americans to take to the streets of Kenosha, Wisc, was because of an “operational mistake”, admitted the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg acknowledged in a… Read More ›
Economic Sentiment In Euro Zone Rises For Fourth Straight Month In August
Following a record drop in economic sentiment in March and April because of the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic induced lockdowns, the sentiment in Euro zone grew in August for the fourth consecutive month. This was revealed in a… Read More ›
Sanctions Against Turkey Being Prepared By EU Over Its Ankara’s Dispute With Greece
Sanctions against Turkey are being prepared by the European Union in response to Turkey’s dispute in the eastern Mediterranean with Greece and the sanctions are likely to be discussed t the next meeting of the bloc later in September, according… Read More ›
China Expects No Change In US Policy Towards It Irrespective Of A Trump Or Biden Win
A key insight for China Inc about what the policies towards China of the next President of the United States could look like was available during the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. China Inc has been caught in the rocky… Read More ›
London Startup MelodyVR Acquires Napster In A Surprise $70m Deal
In a deal that surprised the market, a British music tech startup has acquired one of the pioneers of the music streaming industry Napster. Rhapsody International, which operates as Napster and is owned by Nasdaq-listed RealNetworks, will be taken over… Read More ›
SoftBank To Sell $14 Billion Of Its Asset Again In Its Drive To Prop Up Cash Reserves
In its efforts to protect itself from possible future waves of the coronavirus pandemic, billions more in cash by selling assets is being raised by one of the biggest tech investors of tee world – SoftBank. It is now set… Read More ›