The move by the new government of the United States under president Joe Biden to not impose additional tariffs on goods from the European Union as a part of the -running dispute over aircraft tariffs was acknowledged by the EU… Read More ›
Economy & Finance
Disney reports third quarterly profit, shrugs off pandemic woes
In a pleasant surprise, Walt Disney Co has reported a quarterly profit after “The Mandalorian” and “Soul” lifted growing streaming business, outweighing pandemic concerns over its hobbled theme park operations. Investors overlooked its 53% decline in park revenues in the… Read More ›
French automobile and electronics firm will work together to improve availability of chips in supply chain: French Finance Ministry
In a statement, the French Finance Ministry stated, French companies from the automobile and electronics sectors will collaborate and work together in the near-term in order to improve and fix supply chain glitches that have hit the automotive industry. Carmakers… Read More ›
Organic Revenue Growth In 2021 Expected By PepsiCo As Vaccines Get Administered
The global beverage leader PepsiCo Inc is hopeful that consumers would be returning to their pre-pandemic lifestyles with the reopening of the economies and the wider implementation of Covid-19 vaccines around the world which prompted the company to forecast organic… Read More ›
Looking forward to resolve aircraft subsidies dispute with Europe: USTR’s office
In a statement the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said, it is looking forward to working with European allies to resolve a dispute over aircraft subsidies. “We know there is great interest in resolving the Boeing-Airbus dispute on both sides of… Read More ›
Chinese Regulators Target Tesla Potentially Ending Elon Musk’s Love-In With China
The United States based electric car maker Tesla now risks upsetting Beijing’s powerful regulators after its founder and CEO Elon Musk spent the last two years to win over China – the largest car market of the world. According to… Read More ›
Pandemic Demand Surge Pushed Barbie To Its Best Sales In Over Five Years
With parents choosing to stock up on toys to keep children busy through the Covi-19 pandemic related school closures, Barbie hit sale figures of $1.35bn last year which was the highest for the company since at least 2014. There was… Read More ›
Reddit’s valuation more than doubles to $6 billion after new funding round
Reddit Inc’s valuation has more than doubled to $6 billion after it raised more than $250 million in a new round of funding. It has been at the core of the recent social media-driven retail trading frenzy. In a statement,… Read More ›
US Airlines Have Large Cash Stocks Despite Huge Losses
Despite making a combined $32 billion loss excluding special items, the airline industry of the United States stull ended 2020 with a lot of cash at hand. At the end of 2020, there was $31.5 billion in cash on their… Read More ›
With Carmakers Struggling With Shortage, Auto Chip Production Ramped Up By TSMC
Amid a global shortage of chip, one of the market leaders of the industry the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) has said that it is “expediting” auto-related products through its wafer fabs while also reallocating wafer capacity. The worst… Read More ›