On Friday, Germany’s Mercedes-Benz Group AG said, it has opened a research and development (R&D) centre in Shanghai which will focus on mobility technology. The opening of the new centre will be its second R&D facility in China. The centre will… Read More ›
Day: March 18, 2022
Russia averts sovereign bond default
As per a source familiar with the situation at hand, Russia has made payments towards sovereign bonds which were due this week, which was received by JPMorgan which processed it and made an onwards credit to Citi. With this Moscow has… Read More ›
Amazon.com Inc closes $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM
In a statement Amazon.com Inc said, it had closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM. It welcomes all MGM employees to the company and will work with the studio’s leadership, indicating that it would not lay off employees. On Tuesday,… Read More ›
No protection in investments in cryptoassets: EU’s securities, banking, insurance watchdogs
In a joint statement, securities, banking and insurance watchdogs of the European Union said, consumers risk losing all their money invested in cryptoassets. “Consumers face the very real possibility of losing all their invested money if they buy these assets,”… Read More ›
Canberra sanctions Russian oligarchs with links to mining industry
On Friday, Australia imposed sanctions on two Russian oligarchs with links to its mining industry, with one of them connected with an investment to Rio Tinto’s Gladstone alumina refinery joint venture. In a statement Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said,… Read More ›