The leader in the business world in the United States, Canada and Mexico apparently still have a positive outlook for the future despite the rising tensions between the countries with respect to the NAFTA agreement – negotiations to reset the… Read More ›
Economy & Finance
Hopes Of Exemption From Trump Tariffs High Within The EU
The risk of a trans-Atlantic trade war appears to be dying down because the there is a belief in the European Union that the Trump tariffs on steel and aluminum would not be imposed on it. According to media reports… Read More ›
French President Emmanuel Macron warns China against escalation in international trade wars
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to announce additional tariffs on China following an investigation into its trade policy and violation of U.S. intellectual property rights. On Thursday, the office of French President Emmanuel Macron told his Chinese counterpart Xi… Read More ›
Reckitt Benckiser Group withdraws from race to acquire Pfizer Inc’s consumer healthcare business
With Reckitt Benckiser out of the race, it is advantage GlaxoSmithKline Plc. Reckitt Benckiser Group, a British consumer goods group, has withdrawn from discussions with Pfizer Inc over buying its consumer healthcare business. According to sources familiar with the matter… Read More ›
Hefty Tax Bills Being Faced By Investors In Crypto Currencies
Experts are of the opinion that very soon taxes could be levied on the gains that traders and investors make from the trading of cryptocurrencies and with the highs that some of the digital currencies reach. Starting with less tan… Read More ›
EU firms scaling back their presence in UK
Lack of clarity on the UK’s long term relationship with EU is clouding supply chain decision-making beyond March 2019, the date the UK will formally break relationships with the EU. As per a survey, 1 in 7 business from EU… Read More ›
U.S. government drops demand for U.S. auto content in NAFTA negotiations
With this bone of contention being amicably resolved, NAFTA negotiations can continue. Two leading newspapers, The Mail and The Globe, have reported citing sources, that the U.S. government has dropped its demand all vehicles manufactured in Canada and Mexico for… Read More ›
Rihanna’s Outburst Against Offensive Ad Sees $800 Million Wiped Away From Snapchat’s Market Value
Snapchat’s shares have been sent sliding this time by a celebrity – Rihanna. Opposing an offensive ad that was allowed to appear in the social media chat site, Snapchat was taken apart by the singer last week. approximately $800 million… Read More ›
Australia and ASEAN to establish regional infrastructure pipeline
The development is aimed at boosting high quality infrastructure projects in the region. In a strategic development aimed at countering China’s growing influence in the region, Julie Bishop, Australia’s Foreign Minister stated the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and… Read More ›
5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down fiduciary rule
This is the second instance wherein systemic changes brought in by former President Barrack Obama in the wake of the 2007-2009 financial crisis is being dismantled. In a landmark judgment, a federal appeals court has struck down the U.S. Department… Read More ›