Samsung’s third quarter results expected to touch new heights. Despite Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 fiasco, analysts have found that this is likely to be Samsung’s best quarterly profits in nearly 3 years. An aggressive sales strategy for its memory chips… Read More ›
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South Korean court allows Italy’s Fincantieri to become a preferred bidder for STX France
The French state has a 33% stake in STX France. Last year, STX France delivered the largest passenger ship ever built – the ‘Harmony of the Seas’. A spokesman for South Korea’s court has reported that the court had given… Read More ›
Bitcoins have registered a growth of 125% in 2016
Traded heavily in China, the cryptocurrency is used to go around capital control norms placed by China’s ruling bosses. In a significant development, bitcoin has jumped above $1,000 for the first time in 3 years. It has outperformed all currencies… Read More ›
Tesla faces potentially class action suit from sudden acceleration issues in Model X
The lawsuit had cited incidents of sudden acceleration from NHTSA’s database and on this basis has sought class action status. A model X owner has sued Tesla Motors stating that his EV suddenly accelerated while being parked, causing it to… Read More ›
South Korea bans models of Volkswagen, BMW, Porsche, Nissan
The ban comes in the wake of an investigation by South Korea whose findings indicate that these companies had falsified documents related to pollution norms and noise levels. BMW and Nissan have acknowledged the findings of the investigation. In the… Read More ›
Swiss favours closer ties to EU over immigration curbs: survey
Access to EU’s single market is key especially since Swiss products have a sizeable market presence. According to a survey, Swiss voters prefer closer ties to the EU and its single market than adopt immigration curbs that could jeopardise these… Read More ›
Kia Motors to chase sales target of 3.12 million vehicles in 2017
Kia Motors has set an aggressive sales target despite falling short of its undisclosed target for 2016. South Korea based Kia Motors Corp has stated that it intends to sell 3.17 million vehicles globally this year. In 2016, it had… Read More ›
3 Chinese men caught trading with insider information gained from hacking
The 3 Chinese men made more than $4 million from these trades. While Hong, 26, has been arrested in Hong Kong, Zheng, 30, and Hung, 50, are yet to be taken into custody. U.S. prosecutors have criminally charged three Chinese… Read More ›
Lockheed Martin wins $450M contract: Pentagon
This contract is linked to a previous contract in which Lockheed was to build and delivery F-35A fighter jets to South Korea. The Pentagon has reported that Lockheed Martin Corp has been awarded a contract worth $450 million, which is… Read More ›
Brexit has made British companies vulnerable to acquisitions
The shock verdict has led to a fall of business and investor confidence in the British economy. The fall of the pound has made the UK companies easy picking for foreign companies who have snapped up lucrative deals. The shocking… Read More ›