The turnaround of the onetime leader of the mobile phone industry – BlackBerry, is apparently going on well, as it attempts to now become a leader in cybersecurity software and connected cars. Software and services account for over 90% of… Read More ›
Economy & Finance
Australian Banking Industry Misconduct Driven By Greed: Royal Commission
An inquiry into Australian banking system has concluded that a culture of greed is driving incidents of abuse and misconduct in Australia’s banks and financial institutions. Widespread wrongdoing in the banking industry has been exposed by a royal commission this… Read More ›
Firms Selling Cryptocurrency Mining Equipment Wants To Go Public
Three top developers of cryptocurrency technology are reportedly in the hope of raising billions of dollars by selling shares and thereby offering investors a new method to bet on digital currencies. Cryptocurrencies are based on computer code in stark contrast… Read More ›
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority to probe super complaint against consumers ‘rip off’
Britain’s Citizens Advice has lodged a super complaint against the country’s financial and telecom providers saying existing customers were being overcharged yearly to the tune of $5.2 billion. Following a complaint by Britain’s consumer body Citizens Advice that customers who… Read More ›
$1 Billion In Profits Lost By Ford Due To Trump Metal Tariffs: CEO
United States president Donald Trump and his administration was encouraged to resolve trade disputes fast by Ford Motor Co’s Chief Executive Officer Jim Hackett. But he also warned that if the trade disputes are not resolved fast, the tariffs would… Read More ›
Cost of food and drink likely to shoot up significantly in case of a no-deal Brexit
Consider this snapshot: last year the UK imported food and drink worth 48 billion pounds, 71% of which were not subject to tariffs. As per the results of a study commission by Barclays that was released on Thursday, food suppliers… Read More ›
German institutes warn of major recession in EU and Germany if trade conflict with the U.S. escalates
Germany, the EU’s biggest economy, thrives on its exports of cars to the U.S. EU’s retaliatory measures could also significant slow down the U.S. economy if not trigger a major recession there. On Thursday, leading economic institutes from Germany disclosed,… Read More ›
Central Bank Chief Of Argentina Resigns After Just Three Months On The Post
The chief of the central bank of Argentina has resigned reportedly over disagreement about measures and policies for restoring confidence in the country’s economy that is in a dire state. The country’s currency peso tumbled against the US dollar following… Read More ›
JP Morgan: Gig Economy Transportation Workers Earning Half Of What They Did 5 Years Ago
The gig economy – where people work through transportation apps available online, is not doing well in the United States. A new study conducted by the JP Morgan Chase Institute claimed that those employees such as drivers who used online… Read More ›
‘No Brexit’ deal will have a devastating impact on the car industry
British and EU’s carmakers will feel the effect of a cliff hanger Brexit. With Brexit’s March 29 deadline fast approaching and faced with growing fears of a cliffhanger exit , Britain’s carmakers have triggered some of their Brexit contingency plans,… Read More ›