The Facebook owned messaging app WhatsApp is applying double standards for implementation of its changes in data privacy policy and sharing of user data. The messaging app has confirmed that its policies on data-sharing remain unchanged for users in Europe… Read More ›
Month: January 2021
Efficacy Of Its Covid-19 Vaccine Defended By China’s Sinovac After Poor Brazil Data Emerges
Researchers in Brazil announced results of late-stage clinical trial data of the Covis-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech which showed that the vaccine candidate’s efficacy was much lower than the initial claims by the Chinese firm. However the safety… Read More ›
Washington bans import of cotton and tomato products from China’s Xinjiang region over forced labor by Uighur Muslims
The Trump Administration has announced a ban on all cotton and tomato products from western China’s Xinjiang region over alleged forced labor issues from detained Uighur Muslims. In a statement, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said, the order applies… Read More ›
Trump Administration bolster ban on U.S. investors funding Chinese military modernization
In a statement the White House said, U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order which further strengthens the November ban on U.S. investments in companies which are allegedly controlled or owned by the Chinese military curbing their access… Read More ›
Citigroup Inc combines wealth management under Citi global wealth
In a statement, Citigroup Inc said, it has created a single wealth management business called Citi global wealth to deliver its products and services to clients, including ultra-high net worth individuals. The newly formed unit, formed by combining wealth management… Read More ›
70,000 Accounts That Shared QAnon Conspiracy Theories Suspended By Twitter
More than 70,000 accounts that were dedicated primarily to share QAnon content were suspended by the social media company Twitter, the company has said, which, according to analysts, is a part of the efforts of the platform to be strict… Read More ›
Latest Funding Round Helps Checkout.Com Raises $450Mn And Achieve $15Bn Valuation
With the help of a $450 million Series C finding round with Tiger Global Management leading the round, the payments company Checkout.com is ready to raise its head once again. Greenoaks Capital and all the existing investors in the company… Read More ›
China’s COVID-19 vaccine, CoronaVac, has general efficacy of less than 60% in Brazil trials
According to two sources who have seen the lab results, China’s CoronaVac, its COVID-19 vaccine, developed by Sinovac Biotech, has a general efficacy of less than 60% in clinical trial in Brazil. Brazil’s Sao Paulo’s Butantan biomedical center, which has… Read More ›
Australia blocks Chinese-state owned company from acquiring domestic peer involved in high profile construction projects
In a significant development, Australia has blocked a Chinese construction company from buying out a domestic builder involved in several high-profile projects, citing national security concerns, reported local media reports. In a regulatory filing to the Johannesburg stock market filing… Read More ›
Huawei’s CFO was a flight risk
Canadian prosecutors told a Canadian court that China’s Huawei Technologies had a plane waiting to whisk away the company’s Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou, back to China from Vancouver, even as a key verdict in her extradition case was to… Read More ›