China’s online and brick-and-mortar retailers world are being forced to take sides as both giants battle it out for dominance over China’s $13 trillion mobile payment market. Chinese tech giants, Tencent Holdings Ltd and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd are forcing… Read More ›
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U.S., India, Japan and Australia revive four-way talks to deepen security and economic cooperation in the region
The move, an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, is on the agenda on Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s visit this week to the U.S. where he will meet U.S. President Donald Trump and discuss a range of issues,… Read More ›
Kraft Heinz meets $1.7 billion cost cutting targets
The food and beverage giant is scheduled to announce its quarterly results later today. Kraft Heinz Co, a U.S. food and beverage firm, disclosed it had met its cost cutting target of $1.7 billion by December 31, 2017. Kraft Heinz,… Read More ›
Wal-Mart in talks to purchase 40% stake in Flipkart
The strategic move by Wal-Mart represents a direct challenge to Amazon’s strategy of dominating the e-commerce space in India, Asia’s third largest economy. As per two sources familiar with the matter at hand, Wal-Mart Inc is in talks to purchase… Read More ›
Rupert Stadler, head of VW’s Audi, is likely to be replaced by Winfried Vahland in April 2018
The change in CEO comes midst German prosecutors widening their enquiry into the diesel emissions scandal. On Friday, Bild, a German business daily has reported, the CEO of Audi, Volkswagen’s luxury brand, Rupert Stadler, is most likely to be replaced… Read More ›
SEC blocks Chongqing Casin Enterprise Group from purchasing the Chicago Stock Exchange
On verification by the SEC’s commissioners, led by Chairman Jay Clayton, the regulator was unable to locate the source of funds for the proposed deal; they were also unable to get sufficient information on the proposed buyers. U.S. regulators have… Read More ›
Esurance Study In U.S. Finds Drivers Getting More Distracted By New Car Technology
A recent national level survey conducted on over a thousand drivers in the U.S. has revealed that there is a largescale difference in the attitudes and behaviors to distraction while driving. The survey was commission by Esurance and was aimed… Read More ›
Bridgewater bets against some of Europe’s biggest companies
Although in the United States, hedge funds are not required to disclose their short positions, European rules demand that beyond a certain threshold short positions are to be declared mandatorily. These disclosures have shed light on Bridgewater’s short strategy. Bridgewater’s… Read More ›
GM prepares to leave South Korea, doles out generous compensation package
While GM will shutter its plant at Gunsan by May 2018, it has yet to disclose on the fate of the remaining 3 plants in the country. As part of its voluntary redundancy plan, the South Korean unit of General… Read More ›
Donald Trump’s energy source mix features green energy credentials
This report is in stark contrast to expectations and believes that the Trump Administration is only pro-fossil fuels. Here is a shining example of how a self-funded U.S. goverrnment international finance body is helping to promote and fund green energy… Read More ›