China’s Xinhua news agency and the People’s Daily have reported that officials tend to inflate economic data in order to boost their performance based on which they are assessed by China’s central government. Baotou, a northern industrial city in China’s… Read More ›
Economy & Finance
Banks Refuse Further Aid Leading To Collapse Of Britain’s Carillion
The biggest corporate failure in a decade in Britain was triggered after the financing banks of Carillion withdrew their support from the company. The events forced the U.K. government to mediate and assure that there would be no let-up in… Read More ›
$13.96 Billion Is The Anticipated Worth Of The Global Blockchain Technology Market By 2022: Market Research Report
The global blockchain technology market is anticipated to reach a value of $13.96 billion by 2022 and register a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 42.8 per cent during the period. This was revealed in a market report on this… Read More ›
The Trump Administration’s Great Firewall of Commerce blocks Huawei Technologies and ZTE from gaining access to U.S. market
The Trump Administration is taking a stronger stance on national security policies initiated by the Obama Administration and is increasingly frustrating Beijing’s efforts at acquiring strategic U.S. industries and U.S. technology. Two congressional aides have disclosed, U.S. lawmakers have urged… Read More ›
Continental AG aims to tap burgeoning autonomous self-driving vehicle markets, hires JPMorgan for potential break-up
Across the supply chain of the auto industry, investors are cheering firms who break away from the mold of the combustion engine centered model, which they see as a sunset industry, to that of new age self-driving, autonomous, automated vehicles…. Read More ›
85% North America content in vehicles, an unrealistic target: U.S. Auto industry to Trump Administration
The U.S. auto industry has gone at great lengths to to convince the Trump administration of the importance of NAFTA for the industry. In fact, in October 2017 major auto dealers, automakers and suppliers had launched a coalition to back… Read More ›
An Autonomous Car Minus Pedals And Wheels To Be Launched By GM By 2019
Mass production of self-driving cars which will not have the traditional controls such as steering wheels and pedals is to be started by General Motors by 2019. The bold declaration was made by the company and is one of the… Read More ›
Warnings Over Trading Of Cryptocurrencies Issued By Indonesian Central Bank
A possible threat to the sustainability of the financial system and the potential risk of losses to the public and the investors were cited as the reasons for the central bank of Indonesia to issue strong warnings against investors trading… Read More ›
Japan’s SoftBank Group aims to sell its Japanese wireless business to raise at least $18 billion
The SoftBank Group’s proposed $18 billion (2 trillion yen) IPO would mark it as one of the biggest listings by a Japanese company. On Monday, the SoftBank Group Corp disclosed, it is considering an IPO for its Japanese wireless business… Read More ›
Ford to invest $11 billion in next generation car lineup by 2022
With countries, including France, India, UK and China pledging to phase out fossil fuel and combustion engined powered vehicles between 2030 and 2040, carmakers are increasingly focussing their future lineup to tap these big markets. At the Detroit auto show,… Read More ›