On Monday, officials from Japan’s antitrust authority raided the offices of e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc following complains from online merchants regarding the company’s free shipping policies With the news reaching the market, its shares fell briefly by 3%. Rakuten’s spokeswoman… Read More ›
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Albemarle, world No.1 lithium miner, to monitor aquifers beneath Chilean desert
With Chile’s residents and Chilean courts ringing the alarm on depleted water supplies in the country’s Atacama salt flat, Albemarle, the world’s top lithium miner had filed a proposal in December to monitor water flows beneath the parched desert floor…. Read More ›
Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant resumes operations
On Monday, as per a source with direct knowledge of the matter at hand, Foxconn has received approval to resume production at its plant in Zhengzhou in northern China. Around 16,000 people have returned to the plant, said the source… Read More ›
Tesla can avail state subsidies for its Gigafactory: German economy minister Peter Altmaier
In an interview to a German weekly newspaper, Germany’s economy minister stated, Tesla could avail state subsidies if it were to set up a gigafactory in the country. “In my conversations with (Tesla CEO) Elon Musk I have always made… Read More ›
US Lawmakers Demand Stricter Crackdown On Vaping Companies
Lawmakers in the United State alleged that the executive of e-cigarette companies were responsible for introducing nicotine to a new generation of Americans and demanded stricter regulations against such companies during a hearing on Wednesday. The increasing concerns the teenagers… Read More ›
Market Value Of Exxon Has Lost $184 Billion Since 2014
While it was once the most valuable public company of the world, the largest oil company of the United States ExxonMobil is now on a steady decline path. Since the company’s market valuation peaked in 2014, it has lost a… Read More ›
Consultations with U.S. disaster-related clause in Phase-1 agreement could start after Q1: Global Times
On Thursday, the Global Times, published by China’s People’s Daily newspaper of the country’s ruling Communist Party said, Beijing is weighing the option of using a disaster-related clause in the Phase-1 trade deal with the United States following the outbreak… Read More ›
China will cut tariffs on select U.S. products by 50%
On Thursday, China said it will reduce tariffs on select goods which it imports from the United States by 50% starting from 1:01 p.m. local time (0501 GMT) on February 14 and said, it hopes to work with the U.S…. Read More ›
Britain eyeing Free Trade Agreement with Australia
Now that Britain has left the European Union, Britain hopes to clinch a free trade deal with Australia, said British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. Britain hopes to sign a free trade deal with Australia as one of its first trade… Read More ›
New Study Urged EU To Impose Meat Tax To Address Climate Change
A new report on the environment has claimed that farmers and consumers can be helped to produce and eat better food if a “sustainability charge” is imposed on meat to cover the environmental damage it causes. The report produced for… Read More ›